Dedicated and compassionate nurse with proven ability to provide patient care in fast-paced environment. Calm and level-headed when handling high-stress situations. Uses strong communication skills and humour to develop professional relationships with patients and families. Adaptable professional registered nurse specializing in critical care nursing. Experienced across variety of functions in fast-paced medical settings. Proven history of effectively implementing nursing procedures and training to promote safe, patient-centered care. Diligent Clinical Nurse with demonstrated success in emergency care. Responsive and agile to dynamic patient needs and environmental conditions. Team oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge and sound clinical judgment.
Louise Luke
Summary
Overview
Work History
Ashford Hospital
Job overview
- Maintained strong working relationships with physicians and ancillary staff, fostering a collaborative approach to patient care delivery.
- Responded to patient emergencies to provide prompt and correct intervention .
- Educated patients and families to increase understanding of condition and best ways to manage.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for optimal patient outcomes and efficient care coordination.
Education
SA UniversityAdelaide, SA
University Overview
Skills
- Inpatient Care
- Direct Patient Care
- Care Coordination
- Employee Evaluation
- Team Supervision
- Advanced airway management
- Airway management
- Total plasma exchange
- Continuous renal replacement therapy
- Cardiac monitoring
- Blood pressure maintenance such as inotropic drug management, Intra aortic balloon pump set up and management, drug management, temporary and permanent pacing, patient management during angio procedures,
- Patient transport and management
- Patient support, anaesthetic assistance during return to theatre procedures and unit procedures
- Assistant for invasive line insertion including set up and maintenance
- Recovery of post op patients
- Pain protocol administration
Accomplishments
Three years as Clinical Manager Intensive Care Unit, Ashford.
Clinical Nurse ICU/CCU, Ashford before and after CM role and to present time
Equipment nurse Intensive care
Registered nurse cardiac surgical ward
Registered nurse HDU
Quality manager, Blood Gas analyser units for critical care including staff education and auditing. Basic maintenance of analysers, consumables management, laboratory accreditation, participation in external quality control program and sample comparisons.
Bed bookings/ bed flow, maternity bookings and theatre bookings management for Ashford hospital.
Manual handling assessor
Certification
Graduate Diploma Intensive Care
Cert IV Front line management
Advanced Life Support
Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Cardiac Advanced Life Support
Police clearance
Working with children certification
Additional Information
Referees:
Bindu George:
Clinical nurse, Ashford Hospital: Hospital Co ordinator, Burnside Hospital
Ph:
Claire Beckett:
Registered nurse, Ashford Hospital
Ph:
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