Janine Brown

• Follow professional standards and guidelines by adhering to ethical and legal guidelines and maintaining continued education certifications and mandatory training.
• Work with women in an acute setting with complex comorbidities.
• Practise in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
• Nurse predominantly women and infants but relieve on general wards within the hospital as well.
• Initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients.
• Assess individual patient conditions, monitor behaviours, vital signs, physical, emotional and social needs and administer medication and infusions.
• Kept accurate medical records by documenting patient care on EMR-Sunrise.
• Educate mothers and families on pregnancy-related topics to inform and prepare for pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care.
• Provide Antenatal, Labour, Postnatal, Neonatal Gynecological and Oncology nursing care.
• Admit and prepare women for gynecological and general surgical procedures.
• Provide postoperative care.
• Perform assessments by checking vital signs and performing physical exams to determine overall health during all stages of the health journey.
• Advocate for mothers' rights and choices to make informed decisions about care by respecting human autonomy.
• Promote benefits of breastfeeding and offer education on proper positioning, latching and breast care.
• Identify complications in pregnant women or labouring mothers and notify medical doctors to obtain speedy and effective care.
• Helped mothers handle realities of labour, childbirth and postpartum recovery through proactive preparation and education.
• Assisted parents in coping with miscarriages, termination, stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

Senior position in a dynamic multi tasking country hospital

Worked in Obstetrics, Medical, Surgical, Recovery, Paediatric, Day Surgery, Theatre, HDU, Emergency and Chemotherapy services. Frequently assisting a visiting Cardiologist with cardioversions.

Liaised with GPs, visiting surgeons, community and allied health on a daily basis

As a new graduate registered nurse I emersed myself in a country hospital with a broad experience, embedded strong practises and studied Midwifery during this period. Frequently working independently; relying on remote medical staff and directing allied health, community supports, SAAS and RFDS/Medstar.