MARIAN ROMILA DE LA CRUZ
Nunawading,Australia
Summary
A passionate, proactive and highly motivated Registered Nurse with 8 years of clinical settings experience internationally. Registered Nurse in the Philippines and in Saudi Arabia with 6 years in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and in Residential Aged Care Facility settings, able to work under pressure while utilizing critical thinking skills and effective communication. I am determined to progress my career in taking up leadership role with flexible approach with empathy to patients and their families in providing the best quality care with patients' satisfaction.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Eastern Epworth
11.2023 - Current
- Rendering bed side nursing care with patients who are medically ill
- Administering medications observing the Rights of medication administration
- Continuous assessment of patient's health care needs; planning, implementing and evaluating plan of care involving patient in his/ her own care & their carers
- Recognizes changes in patient's condition, takes necessary action & documenting in the plan of care
- Collaborates with other healthcare team to achieve patient' care goals.
Special Care Nursery RN
Eastern Health
06.2023 - 09.2023
- Cultivated strong relationships with parents and caregivers, providing emotional support throughout their infant''s NICU stay.
- Supported breastfeeding mothers by providing lactation assistance and education on breast milk expression techniques for their hospitalized infants.
- Performed comprehensive assessments of neonatal patients, identifying subtle changes in condition that required medical intervention or modification of treatment plans.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality, compassionate care to critically ill neonates.
- Administered medications and treatments as ordered by physician.
- Managed ventilator settings and monitored patients'' respiratory status closely to optimize oxygenation and minimize complications.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for each patient.
Registered Nurse
Clovelly Cottage
07.2022 - 02.2023
- Providing leadership & high quality care, contemporary nursing services for all consumers
- Understanding and upholding the Charter of Aged Care Rights
- Keeping consumers' access to timely information/advocacy so that they understand their rights and responsibilities
- Developing, implementing and timely evaluation of care plan in consultation and partnership with consumers/representatives to assisting assessment and planning; ensuring the consumer gets the care and services needed for their health and well-being
- Overseeing day to day clinical operations
- This includes checking the clinical roster and ensuring appropriate allocations each shift i.e.delegation of care duties
- Assume accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to accreditation and professional nursing standards
- Monitoring and managing complex care/needs of high care consumers
- Timely follow up of clinical issues and identification of clinical risk e.g
- Falls, wounds, infections, agitation, violence, absconders, pain,and 'adverse change' in consumer condition
- Specialized nursing care (SNC) is provided e.g
- Monitoring of BGLs, complex pain and complex wound management
- Safe administration of medication and monitoring of complex medication.
Registered Nurse
The Avenue Hospital by Ramsay Healthcare
08.2022 - 11.2022
- Providing bed side nursing care to patients suffering from bone fractures, arthritis,and a host of other bone & muscle related problems, patients who undergo joint replacement surgeries & are suffering from degenerative diseases
- Continuous monitoring of neurovascular status, performing external fixation care, casting 7 continuous motion therapy
- Administering treatments & medications as well as post-operative care.
Personal Care Assistant
Nellie Melba Retirement Village by Ryman Healthcare
05.2019 - 07.2022
- Assisting and supporting elderly residents to achieve daily activities and tasks they require to promote quality of life
- Providing person centred care with compassion while recognizing patient cognitive capacity and health conditions according to their personal choices & respecting their preferences to promote independence.
Student Nurse
Knox Private Hospital by Healthscope
05.2022 - 06.2022
- Assigned to Delamere ward (orthopaedic/ neurosurgical) & handled 3 to 4 patients observing good time management with the use of shift planners
- Demonstrated a keen head-to-toe assessment & able to prioritize patients' needs
- Safe and quality bedside patient care rendered within scope of practice through the help of clinical educators
- Able to prepare patients for surgery & provided quality post operative care
- Performed bedside procedures such as wound & debulking of surgical dressings, removing intraarterial catheter, bladder scan and urinary catheter removal with direct supervision of the clinical educator observing aseptic technique
- Able to work collaboratively & communicated effectively with other health care team such as surgeons during rounds, physiotherapists, handovers within the ward, in the theater & PACU
- Keen in observing signs of bleeding, complications & health deterioration & able to identify the need for MET call while observing scope of practice
- Strictly observed proper donning and use of PPEs with patients in isolation maintaining infection control measures.
Casual Disability Support Worker
Hire Up
09.2018 - 03.2020
- Providing care and support to people in the community with mental, health conditions & with physical disabilities to empower them to participate freely in their decisions about their personal, social & healthcare needs thus encouraging clients to improve their quality of life.
Casual Disability Support Worker
Just- For-You Care
11.2018 - 03.2019
- Rendering person centered care to clients with Parkinson's disease, dementia, vision and mobility-impairment, bipolar, multiple stroke, autism through positive companionship and assisting them with their ADLs, such as attending to their grooming needs, preparing meal assistance and completing household chores.
Registered Nurse
Dr. Halah Essa Binladen Hospital
07.2012 - 07.2018
- Assigned permanently to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) providing care to newborns with special needs(congenital anomalies, respiratory distress, cardiac & renal problems, sepsis, mechanical ventilated/CPAP assistance, and with preterm babies with low birth weight)
- Attending normal vaginal deliveries & cesarean section & providing new born care after birth with the collaboration of paediatric doctors
- Rendering round-the-clock care to newborns with special needs (congenital anomalies, respiratory distress, cardiac & renal problems, sepsis, mechanical ventilated/ CPAP assistance and preterm babies with low birth weight) and severely ill newborn infants
- Assessing APGAR scoring and able to perform resuscitation when complications arise after deliveries
- Caring for infants' basic needs including feeding, changing of diapers and coordination of the baby's medical treatment if needed
- Evaluate and oversee baby's improvement and progress and reporting to attending NICU physicians
- Assisting the NICU physicians in performing medical procedures and treatments
- Using and administering medications and NICU equipment for patient wellbeing and support
- Offering comfort to ill newborn babies
- Monitoring newborn' vital signs and other activity
- Performing medical procedures such as inserting intravenous lines, blood extractions for blood works and umbilical arterial/ venous catheter
- Reporting and documenting patient assessment and physician referrals
- Effectively and efficiently perform mechanical ventilator and CPAP protocols and care
- Attending ambulance transport for critically ill babies to be transferred to another hospitals
- Educating the parents and family members on at-home care of the baby once discharged
- Maintain up to date knowledge of best practice in neonatal care and treatment
- Floated in different areas of Nursing to cover under staffing: Dermatology- skilled in laser hair removal, assisted dermatologist in Botox administration, face lifting, Botox & filler injections etc
- Labour & Delivery- knowledgeable about birthing process and & able to assist expecting mothers during labour & childbirth; monitoring foetal heart rate & mother's health; able to assess patients quickly, prioritize and assisting in minor procedures; demonstrated sound decision making in emergency situations based on patient conditions such as vital signs, patient presentation & assessments
- Surgical ward- Preparing patients for surgery; receiving patients from recovery room after surgery & providing bed side care including pain management, carrying out doctor's order, administered injections & medications observing rights of giving medications, IV insertion & removal, skilled in blood extractions & collaborating effectively with other members of the healthcare team such as laboratory technicians, radiologists, physiotherapists & physicians.
Education
Bachelor of Nursing Internationally Qualified Nurses (H326) -
Deakin University
Burwood, VIC07.2022
Certificate IV in Ageing Support -
Lawson College
Dandenong, VIC06.2020
Diploma of Business -
Lawson College
Dandenong, VIC01.2020
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Saint Gabriel College
Kalibo Aklan, 560003.2008
Skills
- Strong Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Fast Learner
- Effective Time Management
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Patient Advocacy
- Clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
- Compassion and Empathy
- Nursing staff leadership
Registrations
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, 07/01/22, Present, NMW0002629916, Registered Nurse (Division 1) with General Registration
- Philippine Regulation Commission, 0586213, Registered Nurse
References
References are available on request.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Eastern Epworth
11.2023 - Current
Special Care Nursery RN
Eastern Health
06.2023 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse
The Avenue Hospital by Ramsay Healthcare
08.2022 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse
Clovelly Cottage
07.2022 - 02.2023
Student Nurse
Knox Private Hospital by Healthscope
05.2022 - 06.2022
Personal Care Assistant
Nellie Melba Retirement Village by Ryman Healthcare
05.2019 - 07.2022
Casual Disability Support Worker
Just- For-You Care
11.2018 - 03.2019
Casual Disability Support Worker
Hire Up
09.2018 - 03.2020
Registered Nurse
Dr. Halah Essa Binladen Hospital
07.2012 - 07.2018
Bachelor of Nursing Internationally Qualified Nurses (H326) -
Deakin University
Certificate IV in Ageing Support -
Lawson College
Diploma of Business -
Lawson College
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Saint Gabriel College
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