Kelly Mcnab
Mount Isa,QLD
Summary
Clinical Nurse with extensive nursing experience in all areas of emergency care including flow coordination, team leading, resuscitation and triage. The focus of my nursing practice is compassion, respect and highly motivated to ensure patients receive the best possible care and outcomes on their healthcare journey.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse - Emergency Department
Mount Isa Base Hospital - Queensland Health
12.2022 - Current
- Coordinate comprehensive and patient centered nursing care for patients in the emergency department, meeting both patient and organisational QEAT expectations.
- practice with compassion, respect and empathy for our patients and their families.
- Team leading role, including managing patient flow, escalating patient care concerns and ensuring nursing care achieves the highest quality standard.
- Liaise with multidisciplinary team members to provide comprehensive patient centered care and ensure safe discharge planning and follow up care.
- Team leader role in 'Ryan's rule', addressing patient concerns and liaising with treating team.
- Provide palliative care to patients who are transitioning to end of life care.
- Facilitate and encourage staff education, including conducting regular in-services.
- Open communication with patient regarding treatment, nursing cares and addressing concerns
- Assess patient care with expected outcomes and adjust accordingly.
- Work in team leading, resuscitation, triage, short stay and acute area's.
- MET response team member
- MARS auditing for bedside handover
Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Mount Isa Base Hospital - Queensland Health
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Provide emergency nursing care to patients presenting to the emergency department.
- Work in triage, resuscitation, acute and short-stay area's.
Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Redcliffe Hospital
05.2021 - 01.2022
- Provide emergency nursing care to patients in the resuscitation, acute, fast track and Short-stay areas
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Redland Hospital
01.2020 - 05.2021
- Provide emergency care to patients in the resuscitation, acute, fast track, Paediatric and Short-stay areas
Registered Nurse (first Year)
St George Hospital
02.2019 - 01.2020
- Provide nursing care to patients in emergency,R HDU and maternity and ward areas.
Education
Master of Nursing (leadership And Management) - Nursing
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, QLD11-2022
Transition To Emergency Nursing Program - Emergency Nursing
Queensland Health
Redland Bay, QLD09-2020
Bachelor of Nursing Science - Nursing
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, QLD07-2018
Diploma of Business - Business
Brisbane North Institute of TAFE
Bracken Ridge11-2012
Queensland Certificate of Education -
Bracken Ridge State High School
Brisbane, QLD11-2011
Skills
- Cannulation and venepuncture
- PICC use for medications and blood draws
- Wound care and management
- Trauma nursing
- Caring for critically il patients including invasive and non-invasive ventilation
- Airway management
- Advanced life support
- Paediatrics emergency care & IV medications
- Dementia care
- Graded assertiveness for escalating patient care concerns
- Triage
- Paper based & IeMR systems
- Comprehensive care and discharge planning
- ECG and telemetry monitoring
Timeline
Clinical Nurse - Emergency Department
Mount Isa Base Hospital - Queensland Health
12.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Mount Isa Base Hospital - Queensland Health
01.2022 - 12.2022
Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Redcliffe Hospital
05.2021 - 01.2022
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Redland Hospital
01.2020 - 05.2021
Registered Nurse (first Year)
St George Hospital
02.2019 - 01.2020
Master of Nursing (leadership And Management) - Nursing
University of Southern Queensland
Transition To Emergency Nursing Program - Emergency Nursing
Queensland Health
Bachelor of Nursing Science - Nursing
University of Southern Queensland
Diploma of Business - Business
Brisbane North Institute of TAFE
Queensland Certificate of Education -
Bracken Ridge State High School
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