Jacqualine Mary Monaghan
FLYNN,ACT
Summary
As a Registered Nurse, I prioritize the ongoing maintenance and updating of my education. I actively participate in regular education sessions and practical workshops offered by my current and previous employers. Additionally, I stay up to date with the latest advancements in the field by regularly reading current literature in nursing journals. By staying informed and continuously expanding my knowledge, I deliver the highest level of care to my patients.
Overview
42
42
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Liaison Nurse – RN 2
Drug and Alcohol Services
08.2017 - Current
- Assessing clients for drug and alcohol withdrawing
- Drug and Alcohol intervention, relapse prevention
- Triaging clients
- Educating new staff
- Educating nursing students
- Educating ward staff on Drug and Alcohol issues
- Work Health and Safety Representative
- Infection Control Representative
- Supported evidence-based practice implementation within clinical teams through ongoing research review and dissemination of current best practices.
RN2
Alexander Maconochie Centre
04.2015 - 08.2017
- Primary health nursing
- Assessing client for drug and alcohol withdrawing
- Medications
- Immunization
- Dressings of wounds
- Assessing clients that are unwell
- Team leader
- Educating new staff
- Educating clients
- Work Health and Safety Representative
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
RN1
School Based Immunisation Programme
01.2013 - 04.2015
- Immunizing school students and conducting kindergarten checks
- Team leader
- Communicating with students, teachers and parents
- Educating new staff
- Educating students
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
RN2
The Cottage
07.2014 - 12.2014
- Support
- Psychoeducation
- Conflict resolution
- Development of Care Plans
- Negotiation
- Mental State Assessment
- Personal recovery plans and relapse prevention
- Extensive liaison with family
- Provision of education
- Support to family in preparation for transitioning adolescents to main stream schooling
- Individual therapy sessions
- Group therapy session
- Organising and presenting Life skills groups
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Acting Nursing Unit Manager 3.2 (holiday Relief)
The Canberra Hospital – Operating Rooms
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Inputting data on to Proact
- Approving annual leave for staff
- Contacting referees for character references for potential staff
- Conducting Interviews for potential staff
- Hiring staff for scrub/scout position
- Liasing with other managers and attending meetings
- Being available for staff, when they need to discuss certain situations
- Managing rosters on a daily basis, ensuring there is enough staff and the skill mix is appropriate
- Ensuring the on-call staff has been rostered on for general call and cardiac call
- Allocating staff to theatres, ensuring the skill mix is appropriate
- Conducting a salary check for all staff
- Conducing a pay run for all staff
Registered Nurse
The Canberra Hospital - Operating Rooms
01.2004 - 01.2013
- Scrub and Scout – 2012 Anesthetic nurse
- Acting Clinical Development Nurse
- Team leader in the operating theatre complex
- Communicating with appropriate staff in organizing the emergency theatre book
- Delegate staff to the appropriate theatre
- Scrub and scout for operating procedures
- Team leader in the individual operating theatre, ensuring the smooth running of the theatre that I am appointed to
- Reporting any delays with in the theatre to the appropriate personal
- Educating new staff and nursing students that is in the theatre that I am allocated to
- Double scrubbing new graduate staff and nursing students
- Being a preceptor for new staff
Acting Clinical Development Nurse
The Canberra Hospital – Operating Rooms
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Educating nursing staff, nursing students and medical students in scrubbing gowning and gloving
- Educating nursing staff, nursing students and medical students in the sterile field, and theatre etiquette
- Organising educational in-services for nursing staff
- Orgainsing orientation for new staff and nursing students
- Allocating nursing students into appropriate theatre with nursing staff
- Updating the excel spread sheet of staffs mandatory education and advising management in a monthly report what the completed percentages are
- Assessing new graduates and new staff in scrubbing, gowning and gloving
- Assessing new graduates in setting up a sterile work station, and working in the positions of scrub and scout
- Double scrubbing and educating new graduates in surgical procedures
- Writing a draft Standard Operating Procedure for bullet collection in the theatre complex
- Assisting in policy writing
- Interviewing nursing graduates for the New Graduate Programme at The Canberra Hospital and the Foundation Programme in the Operating Rooms
Registered Nurse
The Canberra Hospital - Psychiatric Services Unit
04.2000 - 01.2004
- Team leader in the Psychiatric Services unit
- Allocating staff to patients
- Responding to emergency codes, physical harm and medical emergency
- Assessing patients for any psychotic symptoms
- Assessing patients for depression
- Administering medication
- Searching patients belongings for weapons or illegal substances
- Attending multidisciplinary meetings and contributing to the care plan for the patient
- Attending the Tribunal with patients
- Writing reports for the Tribunal on patients
- Home visits to patients and accessing wellness of the patient and administering medication
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
Registered Nurse
Northern Area Health -Sydney
02.1997 - 04.2000
- Team leader in the Psychiatric Services unit
- Allocating staff to patients
- Responding to emergency codes, physical harm and medical emergency
- Assessing patients for any psychotic symptoms
- Assessing patients for depression
- Administering medication to patients
- Searching patients belongings for weapons or illegal substances
- Attending multidisciplinary meetings and contributing to the care plan for the patient
- Attending the Tribunal with patients
- Writing reports for the Tribunal on patients
Assistant in Nursing
Bankstown Nursing Home
06.1995 - 11.1996
- Assisting elderly patients with their activities of daily living eg; showering, dressing and eating
Assistant in Nursing
Blakehurst Nursing Home
01.1994 - 06.1995
- Assisting elderly patients with their activities of daily living eg; showering, dressing and eating
Office Worker
Various Employers
01.1983 - 01.1993
Education
Masters - Nursing
James Cook University
Queensland01.2011
Post Graduate Certificate - Nursing Science - Peri Operative Care
James Cook University
Queensland01.2005
Graduate Certificate - Health - Clinical Forensic Nursing
Flinders University
Adelaide, SA01.2003
Mental Health Phase I - Certificate
Gladesville Macquarie Hospital
Sydney, NSW01.1997
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Technology Sydney
Sydney, NSW01.1996
Secretarial Studies - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
Reid Tafe
Canberra, ACT01.1982
Year 10 Certificate -
St Mary’s Central School
Wellington, NSW01.1981
Skills
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Time Management
- Punctual and Hardworking
- Calm and Effective Under Pressure
- Reliability
- Organizational Skills
- Effective Communication
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Reliability and Dedication
- Professionalism
- Emotional Intelligence
- Excellent Communication
Affiliations
- DANA member
- Nurses Union
Professional attributes
- Well developed communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Accountable for nursing practice
- Willingness to self-educate and to participate in professional development programs
- To disseminate acquired information and knowledge to my colleagues
- Able to perform self-assessment and identify areas in need of improvement
- Infection control nurse in Building 7
- Work Health Safety Representative Building 7 and AMC
Specialinterest
- Tennis
- Swimming
- Snow shoe walking
- Walking my dog
- Reading
- Riding my bike
References
- Joan Macgregor, Level 3.1 – ADS CL CNC, 0407489671
- Angela Waring, ADS – RN 2
Professional Development
It is the responsibility of a Registered Nurse to maintain and keep up to date with education. My professional growth is maintained by attending regular education sessions and practical workshops from my current and previous employers. My professional growth is also maintained through the reading of current literature provided in various nursing journals.
Timeline
Clinical Liaison Nurse – RN 2
Drug and Alcohol Services
08.2017 - Current
RN2
Alexander Maconochie Centre
04.2015 - 08.2017
RN2
The Cottage
07.2014 - 12.2014
RN1
School Based Immunisation Programme
01.2013 - 04.2015
Acting Nursing Unit Manager 3.2 (holiday Relief)
The Canberra Hospital – Operating Rooms
01.2012 - 01.2013
Acting Clinical Development Nurse
The Canberra Hospital – Operating Rooms
01.2011 - 01.2012
Registered Nurse
The Canberra Hospital - Operating Rooms
01.2004 - 01.2013
Registered Nurse
The Canberra Hospital - Psychiatric Services Unit
04.2000 - 01.2004
Registered Nurse
Northern Area Health -Sydney
02.1997 - 04.2000
Assistant in Nursing
Bankstown Nursing Home
06.1995 - 11.1996
Assistant in Nursing
Blakehurst Nursing Home
01.1994 - 06.1995
Office Worker
Various Employers
01.1983 - 01.1993
Year 10 Certificate -
St Mary’s Central School
Masters - Nursing
James Cook University
Post Graduate Certificate - Nursing Science - Peri Operative Care
James Cook University
Graduate Certificate - Health - Clinical Forensic Nursing
Flinders University
Mental Health Phase I - Certificate
Gladesville Macquarie Hospital
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Technology Sydney
Secretarial Studies - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
Reid Tafe
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