KRISTIN LOUISE ARIATE

• Participated in quality improvement initiatives to ensure best practices were followed.
• Utilized critical thinking skills when making decisions about patient care needs.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills when interacting with patients, family members, physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers.
• Adhered to ethical standards of practice while providing compassionate care.
• Responded quickly and effectively during medical emergencies and provided life saving measures as necessary.
• Provided clinical guidance to nursing staff on patient care and management.
• Served as a resource person for nursing staff regarding current trends in clinical practice.

• Demonstrates problem-solving skills to improve patient care outcomes in ICU
• Implement and monitor organization's quality standards, work health and safety policies, procedures and programs and provide clinical governance relevant to ICU
• Respond appropriately to sudden alteration in the health status of the patient using comprehensive nursing assessment and intervention skills.
• Use effective communication skills to engage others in a mature, confident manner to achieve positive patient outcomes, including proving information / advice with clinical issues within the team.
• Accountable for the planning and provision and communication of nursing care to members of multi-disciplinary team including the evaluation of agreed priorities, goals, plan and outcomes.
• Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization
• Maintained respectful treatment environment that honored patients' and families' cultural and religious traditions and preferences.
• Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.

• Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost student learning.
• Participated in multidisciplinary teams responsible for developing new protocols for providing high quality patient care.
• Monitored clinical performance of staff and students to ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Stay current with health system initiatives and incorporated evidence-based practice and research into care routine.
• Monitored progress of each student and provided formal evaluation upon completion of clinical placements.
• Coached underperforming students to help meet clinical objectives
• Assessed student knowledge levels and abilities with detailed assessments.
• Support and train nursing staffs to identify signs of patient health deterioration and use of clinical equipment in order to deliver effective intervention.
• Coached and mentored clinical personnel on best practices related to patient care.

• · Utilize effective communication and active listening skills when interacting with physicians, nursing staff and patients.
• · Organize short term educational programs such as in service to address specific clinical knowledge
• · Implement new educational techniques to boost student comprehension.
• · Provides clinical supervision, clinical education and up skilling to nurses and students to achieve a skilled capable workforce in line with professional workforce standards.
• · Provide immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
• · Utilize effective communication and active listening skills when interacting with physicians, nursing staff and patients.

• ·each and support staff to understand and notice early signs of deteriorating health and provide prompt, appropriate intervention
• Identify and institute treatment in patients who are deteriorating within the hospital but outside of the ICU and either help to prevent admission to ICU or ensure that admission to a critical care bed happens in a timely manner to ensure best outcome.
• Share critical care skills with staff on wards, ensuring enhancement of training opportunities and skills practice.
• Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
• Monitored patients, evaluated results and recommended further courses of treatment to quickly improve patient outcomes.

Acting Duty Nurse Manager:

• Promoted a positive work environment through effective communication with staff members.
• Works collaboratively to understand and allocate staffing resources
• Provides clinical leadership to nursing, medical and allied healthcare professionals
• Demonstrates and manages ethical behaviour, high professional standards and compliance with the Departments Code of Conduct and policies.
• manage demand and capacity including flow of patients to beds and provision of adequate skills mix and resources for shifts.
• Manage demand and capacity including flow of patients to beds and provision of adequate skills mix and resources for shifts.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.

• Assist in timely ICU admission, facilitate ICU discharge, and share ICU skills with the ward interdisciplinary team
• identify and prevent clinical deterioration
• Identifying ward patients who are at high risk of deteriorating enables earlier intervention and prevents further deterioration.
• Administered nursing care to cardiac patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic or emergency services.
• Supported healthcare team by maintaining responsibility for electrocardiogram monitoring, defibrillation and cardio rehabilitation training.
• Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care.
• Participate in clinical research projects such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.

• Conducted frequent physical assessments of patients in the Cardiac ICU and communicated changes to physicians.
• Maintained respectful treatment environment that honored patients' and families' cultural and religious traditions and preferences.
• Receive and care for patient post op heart and lung transplant
• Coordinate with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
• Assists physicians during procedures - insertion of arterial line, Central Venous device, VasCath
• Monitor all aspects of patient care
• Interpret Arterial Blood Gas and ECG report accurately
• Manage to operate equipment’s - Ventilator, Oxylog and Hamilton for patients transport, Renal Dialysis machine, IABP, Nitrous, ECHMO
• Provided leadership role in mentoring new staff members on policies and procedures related to Cardiac ICU nursing practices.
• Instructed patients and family members regarding post-operative care instructions, wound care and medications.

• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
• Ensured quality assurance standards were met by monitoring staffing levels, evaluating performance of nursing staff and providing feedback as needed.