Mehrnaz Keramatikerman

Key responsibilities:

• Granted International Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship
• Performed a systematic review research on the effects of peer support on caregivers caring for advanced cancer patients
• Prepared the Doctor of Philosophy proposal and ensured it was within the timeframe and budget.

Key Achievements:

Successfully register the systematic review on PROSPERO.

Key responsibilities:

• Administrated several chemotherapy regimens based on protocols and managed critical conditions such as nausea, vomiting, neutropenia, arrhythmias, heart failure, anaemia, and shock.
• Assisted physician in performing invasive procedures such as Bone Marrow Aspiration, intrathecal chemotherapy, Lumbar Puncher, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Intubation, and Chest tube insertion.
• Interpreted diagnostic tests, clinical manifestations, and assessments to provide a patient-centred care plan and educated patients and caregivers.
• Collaborated with haematologist-oncologists, dietitians, pharmacists, and other multidisciplinary healthcare team members.

Key Achievements

• Patient satisfaction with the education and care provided during the admission period hospital.
• Successfully managed patients from chemotherapy complications other members of multidisciplinary team

Key responsibilities:

• Triaged patients based on the ESI triage algorithm guideline, monitored, and acted as required.
• Acted as a key member of the CPR team and provided advanced life support (ALS) for both adults and paediatrics.
• Managed and stabilised patients with chronic and acute conditions such as myocardial infarction (MI), diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), trauma exacerbation of heart failure, stroke, cancer, epilepsy, asthma attack, hypertension, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis (MS).
• Robust skills in patient education, pain management, and emotional support for invasive procedures such as appendectomy, chest tube insertion, etc.

Key Achievements:

• Provided appropriate levels of care for each patient and effectively identified emergency conditions.
• Demonstrated a significant improvement in patient stabilisation rates for acute conditions through adherence to best practice protocols
• Provided emotional support that significantly reduced patient anxiety levels, as evidenced improvement in patient feedback scores.

Key Responsibilities:

• Triaged patients based on the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage algorithm, monitored, and acted as required
• Assisted in placing nasogastric tubes (NGT), urinary catheters, and rectal tubes
• Assisted in suturing skin lacerations and applying orthopaedic splinting for fractures
• Obtained blood glucose level and acted upon the protocol
• Assisted in patients' personal hygiene, mobility, and nutritional needs
• Assessed patients' safety and environment
• Worked under manager nurses' supervision and assisted in completing the task
• Educated patients and family caregivers about procedures and patients care.

Key Achievements:

• Patients' satisfaction from post-discharge education.
• Successfully placing NGTs, urinary catheter and rectal tubes.
• Provided exceptional personal care, mobility assistance and nutritional needs to improve patients' quality of life during hospital admission.