Kyle Kissane Loberas
Calista,Australia
Summary
I am a compassionate registered nurse with a strong foundation in high-pressure environments, demonstrated during my experience in emergency and surgical. By diligently adhering to evidence-based guidelines and continuous learning, I have improved my practice and achieved significant professional growth. I excel at prioritizing patient needs and delivering high-quality, patient-centered care by effectively communicating and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and advocating for my patients' safety.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Emergency Department
Sir Charles Gairdner
Nedlands, WA
02.2025 - Current
- Performing comprehensive assessments of patients presenting with a wide range of acute conditions in a high-volume emergency department.
- Providing compassionate care for psychiatric patients by employing de-escalation techniques and coordinating appropriate management plans to ensure patient safety and well-being.
- Providing patient education on Infusaport care and maintenance, while actively pursuing competency through training and supervised practice, to ensure safe and effective management.
- Administering high-risk medications and implementing interventions such as IV access, wound care, and resuscitation protocols.
- Administering IV fentanyl safely by adhering to dosing protocols, monitoring patient vital signs closely, and promptly managing any adverse reactions.
- Monitoring patient vital signs and symptoms, responding rapidly to changes in condition, and initiating appropriate interventions, such as the sepsis pathway and DKA pathway.
- Adhered to infection control protocols while caring for potentially infectious patients.
- Facilitated seamless transfer of patients to other units or facilities, ensuring continuity of care.
- Managing time effectively while providing timely documentation in accordance with established policies.
- Utilizing critical thinking skills while prioritizing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Participating in educational activities related to emergency nursing practices.
G61 Colorectal and Upper Gi Surgical
Sir Charles Gairdner
Nedlands, WA
08.2024 - 02.2025
- Demonstrated expert time management in a fast-paced acute setting, efficiently caring for both post-operative and critically ill patients to ensure timely and effective treatment.
- Managed complex wound dressings for colorectal and upper GI surgical patients, including the assessment of wound healing and the application of advanced dressings, such as negative and positive pressure dressings.
- Provided specialized post-operative care for colorectal and upper GI surgical patients, including pain management, early mobilization, monitoring for anastomotic leaks, ileus, and nutritional support to promote recovery and prevent complications.
- Provided safe and effective management of nasogastric tubes (NGTs), including insertion, removal, verification of placement, maintenance of patency, monitoring for complications, and ensuring proper enteral feeding, or gastric decompression.
- Provided comprehensive surgical drain management, including care and removal of vacuum-assisted closure drains (VariVac); monitoring output, maintaining patency, ensuring proper function, and assessing for signs of infection or complications.
- Managed stoma care and provided patient education on appliance use, skin care, and complication prevention to support optimal stoma function, and patient independence.
- Managed Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) and Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PPN), including preparation, administration, monitoring of metabolic parameters, prevention of complications, and coordination with nutrition and medical teams for individualized patient care.
- Interpreted blood test results, and promptly escalated abnormal findings to the medical team to ensure timely intervention and patient safety.
- Monitored and managed patients receiving intraoperative intrathecal morphine to ensure effective analgesia, while regularly assessing for respiratory depression, pruritus, nausea, and urinary retention.
- Administered and titrated intravenous opioid and ketamine infusions for acute and post-operative pain, monitoring efficacy, sedation, and potential adverse effects, such as respiratory depression and hemodynamic instability.
- Provided comprehensive care for PICC and CVC lines, including removal, maintenance, flushing, regular dressing changes, and monitoring for complications to ensure catheter patency and prevent infections.
- Instructed patients on proper self-care techniques at home following discharge from the hospital, such as wound management, and self-administration of Clexane for safe use.
- Managed patient admissions and discharges efficiently to maintain smooth patient flow and optimize bed availability.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Curtin University
Perth, WA02-2023
Skills
- Patient assessment
- Effective communication
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Wound care management
- Blood interpretation
- Pre- and post-operative care
- Time management
- Emergency medical treatment
Affiliations
- Engaging in a structured transition program focused on developing clinical skills, theoretical knowledge, and confidence as a novice emergency nurse.
- Undertaking clinical development seminars as part of the graduate program to enhance professional knowledge, clinical competence, and evidence-based practice, including care plans for the dying, PICC's and CVC's, allied health roles, and a clinical deterioration workshop
- Attending professional development study days featuring multidisciplinary teaching to enhance clinical knowledge, nursing practice, and interprofessional collaboration
References
Colorectal and Upper Gi Surgical
- Clinical Nurse Specialist: Helen Zagar- Helen.Zagar@health.wa.gov.au
Emergency Department
- Nurse Manager: Marli McGuckin- SCGH.ED.NM@health.wa.gov.au
Certification
- Adult Peripheral Intravenous cannulation
- Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration
- Manual Task- Spinal Transfer Practical Training and Theory
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Hospital Basic Life support
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
- Administration and handling Antineoplastic drugs
- Blood safe- Clinical Transfusion Practice
- Falls management
- Introduction to high risk medicines
Timeline
Emergency Department
Sir Charles Gairdner
02.2025 - Current
G61 Colorectal and Upper Gi Surgical
Sir Charles Gairdner
08.2024 - 02.2025
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Curtin University
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