Jason Garcia
Woodcroft,NSW
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with 16 years of progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Westmead Public Hospital
05.2008 - Current
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Developed strong rapport with patients and families through active listening, empathy, and clear communication during challenging situations.
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
- Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
- Utilized EMR to document data related to patient care such as medications, interventions and patient responses.
- Implemented fall prevention strategies to minimize patient injuries and promote a safe environment within the medical-surgical unit.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Managed caseload of 28 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy, and wound care.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Effectively managed acute pain symptoms by administering medications as prescribed while monitoring for potential side effects.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Mentored new staff members and nursing students, fostering a supportive learning environment within the unit.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Pathology Collector
Laverty Pathology
02.2006 - 04.2008
- Enhanced patient comfort by efficiently managing the specimen collection process.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to address patient needs during the specimen collection.
- Documented and verified patient information using laboratory information system.
- Set up, maintained and verified sterility of lab equipment and tools.
- Validated blood and specimen collection orders, alerting nurses, or physicians of discrepancies between order and nursing station logs.
- Performed venipunctures, finger sticks and heel sticks for both adult and pediatric patients.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Excelled in high-pressure situations, maintaining composure and professionalism during peak hours and emergency scenarios.
- Reviewed patient records for accuracy and completeness.
- Collected blood samples in accordance with laboratory protocols and regulations.
- Collected blood samples using vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles, and straight needles.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Australian Catholic University
Sydney, NSW12.2007
Skills
Professional Skills:
Organised and effective time at management
Competent Interpersonal communication
Clinical judgement and attention to detail
Empathetic, reliable, respectful with patient care
Leadership, Motivational, effective, committed
Understand and incorporate clinical documentation into practice
Hardworking and focused on improving outcomes
Ability to Critically think and apply evidence-based knowledge
Problem solving/decision making
Medication administration
Teamwork and collaboration
Adaptable and flexible,
Patient education, conflict, and complaints resolution
Excellent planning and management skills
Competent in MS applications, able to navigate essential applications including EMR, IPM, Ims, health roster, patient flow portal
Specialist Neuroscience skills:
Knowledge of intracranial pathology (TBI, Bleeds, tumours) and nursing care
Neurological observations
Epilepsy Video EEG telemetry
SPECT,
invasive intracranial EEG including intracranial grids and StereoEEG
Knowledge of spinal pathologies (fractures, spinal injuries, tumours and bleeds)
Motor/sensory observations
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Westmead Public Hospital
05.2008 - Current
Pathology Collector
Laverty Pathology
02.2006 - 04.2008
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Australian Catholic University
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