Mercedes R. Siao
Gisborne,Australia
Summary
Accomplished RN with extensive experience across various healthcare settings, including Feros Care and The Alfred Hospital. I am skilled in fostering multidisciplinary team collaboration and providing mentorship, significantly enhancing patient outcomes and care standards.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
RN, Community
Feros Care
04.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Not-for-profit organization, Home Care Provider
- Queensland, NSW, ACT and Victoria
- Providing excellent, client-focused care in relation to specialised nursing needs, such as management of diabetes, wounds, infections, pain and medications and continence management
- Maintaining documentation; completing baseline client assessments, review well-being, incident investigation, PAS, and related care documents in accordance with policies, and procedures
- Recommendations and referral to Allied Health and follow up on outcome
- Encourage clients to participate in care planning
- Build relationships with families and significant others which promote participation and partnership in care
- Provide comprehensive care planning, monitoring and review
- Promote healthy active ageing by enabling participation in each client preferred lifestyle activities
- Ensure high level of clinical care is delivered in accordance with the client’s individual care needs, organizational policies and evidence-based best practice guidelines
- Assess, implement, observe, monitor, evaluate, report and document client conditions and responses to treatment
- Administer medicines and other medical treatment to clients in accordance with legislative requirements and best practice
- Work in conjunction with other health professionals to support clients
- Develop strong relationships with fellow staff through ongoing mentoring, coaching, sharing information and providing education
- Not-for-profit organization, Home Care Provider
- Queensland, NSW, ACT and Victoria
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Implemented infection control measures within the unit, maintaining a safe environment for both patients and staff members.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.
RN, Clinical Support
Benetas Gisborne Oaks Aged Care
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Company Overview: Residential Aged Care
- Assessing residents' health conditions, monitoring vital signs, and managing medications and treatments
- Wound Management
- Formulate Care Plan for the residents according to specific needs and medical conditions
- Documentation: Health assessments, Observations on LeeCare and makes referral accordingly
- Pain Management: Addressing pain concerns, assessment and implementing strategies
- Emergency Response: Managing medical emergencies and escalating accordingly
- Palliative Care: Providing comfort and support during end-of-life care
- Residential Aged Care
RN Div1 H@NT/Clinical Support Team
The Alfred Hospital
01.2019 - 11.2023
- Company Overview: The team’s approach to patient care after hours is to ensure all patients receive timely, high quality care consistent with their clinical needs
- Attend to requests by nursing staff via pager
- Prioritizes tasks based on clinical urgency
- Routine Tasks include, accessing central lines, IV cannulation, venipuncture, male and female indwelling catheterization
- Assistance and support during met call
- Admit new patients as required to assist primary nursing staff
- General help as necessary (administering/checking IV meds, drug checks)
- Assessing Nursing staff with IV cannulation/venipuncture competency
- Trouble shooting difficult vein access
- Redeployment to a specific department/ward during staff shortage
- The team’s approach to patient care after hours is to ensure all patients receive timely, high quality care consistent with their clinical needs
RN Div1 MDU-Medical Day Unit
Alfred Centre/Western Health
03.2015 - 01.2019
- Attended regular and non-regular IV infusions, blood and blood products
- Preparation for in-patients’ and outpatients for ct scan, biopsy, and ERCP
- Monitoring of patients post radiology procedures, minor surgery, ERCP and biopsy prior to their transfer back to the ward
- Attending emergency procedures
- Booking of clients receiving IV infusions
- Receive phone calls from clients
- Ordering of IV medications – some monoclonal antibody drugs
- Act as in-charge of the unit (Western Health) in rotation and covers the ANUM role when needed
RN Div 1
The Alfred Hospital
03.2012 - 03.2015
- As primary nurse attends to patients with complex medical conditions such as emergency and trauma, neurological, cardiac, respiratory, renal, endocrine, gastro-intestinal, infectious diseases, burns, oncology-hematology, musculoskeletal, psychiatric, mental disorders, palliative, and end of life
- Accept patients pre and post kidney live and cadaveric transplant, as well as kidney donor patients
- Play an important role as primary nurse and as part of the Multi Disciplinary Team, patient referrals
- Act as preceptor to nursing students, new grad nurses and new staff members
- Coordinates with patient, pt's family and support groups regarding discharge planning and other issues
Registered Nurse
Hutt Valley District Health Board
06.2007 - 02.2012
- Company Overview: Hutt Hospital, operated by the Hutt Valley District Health Board, is New Zealand's first and only Magnet designated hospital
- Effectively manage under water seal drainage
- Preparing patients for certain procedures including chest drain, naso gastric tube insertion
- Wound care management
- Pain assessment and management, telemetry
- Caring for patients with pain-controlled analgesia equipment with supervision and support- administration by syringe driver
- Provided Enrolled Nurses support and supervision
- Care and management of indwelling catheters and drains
- Effectively assist inserting and managing Naso-gastric tubes and managing patients’ fluid balance regime and managing those with gastro or peg feedings
- IV fluids transfusion, medication infusion, Red Blood cell/other blood product transfusion, Insulin Infusions
- Monitor vital signs, 12-lead ECG taking
- Assist patient to meet nutritional needs
- Management of emergencies, e.g
- Cardiac arrest, MI, diabetic ketoacidosis, COPD, asthma including defibrillation
- Clinical time management and observance of patient safety
- Makes independent management/leadership and refer to senior nurses when necessary
- Communicates effectively with patients, relatives and other members of the multidisciplinary team
- Administer medications as prescribed in line with HVDHB medication policy
- Provide expert advice and guidance in all aspects of care to junior members of the team
- Act as an assessor to student nurses
- Take charge of the department without direct supervision in the absence of the senior nurse
- Support implementation of infection control issues and implementation of action plans to reduce cross infections
- Accurate and legible documentation of patient care
- Hutt Hospital, operated by the Hutt Valley District Health Board, is New Zealand's first and only Magnet designated hospital
Registered Nurse/Shift In charge
Guardian Healthcare Group, Ltd (BUPA)
03.2006 - 05.2007
- Company Overview: GHG offers independent living in a caring environment in its retirement villages, rest homes and hospitals
- Provide excellent, resident focused care such as wound management, infections and pain management, maintaining accurate documentation in accordance with policies and procedures and meeting accreditation standards
- Overseeing the administration of day-to-day tasks as relates to the provision of clinical care to achieve best residents’ outcome and undertaking clinical monitoring of residents and escalating changes as required
- GHG offers independent living in a caring environment in its retirement villages, rest homes and hospitals
RN/Staff Nurse
Don Gregorio Memorial Public Hospital
01.2005 - 12.2005
Clinical Instructor (Nursing Teacher)
Iligan Medical Center College of Nursing
01.2004 - 08.2004
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Iligan Medical Center College
Diploma -
La Salle Academy
Diploma -
Iligan City North Central School
Graduate Certificate - Diabetes Education
Deakin University
02.2023
Skills
- Venipuncture
- IV Cannulation
- Central Line Access
- IDC insertion
- PEG/NG Feeding
- Wound Management
- Clinical Health Assessment
- Driving with License - Full License, Australia
- Computer Applications Literate
Registrations
- AHPRA Registered, RN Div 1
- NZ Registered Nurse
- Philippine Nurses Board Examination - by Philippine Regulatory Board
Examinations
- CGFNS, passed, CGFNS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
- TOEFL, Passed, Cebu City, Philippines
Covid-related experience
- Staff Nurse, 7West (Covid Ward), Alfred Hospital, 05/2020, Assisting the Nurse In charge with admissions and supports staff/assist during met call, busy shifts etc, Acts as Primary Nurse of Covid19 and at risk covid19 patients
- PPE Spotter, 7West (Covid Ward), Alfred Hospital, 07/2021 - 08/2021, Ensures proper PPE wearing of all staff, checks incoming and outgoing other staff members e.g. allied health, clinicians on proper wearing of PPE to maintain safety, Timely reporting of PPE breaches to prevent recurrence
- Covid Vaccination Nurse, Alfred Hospital Clinic, 06/2021 - 07/2021, Administering Covid 19 vaccinations to Alfred Staff members of Alfred Health as well as to the general population
Telephone - Mobile
0449-882565
References
- Melissa Sobredo, Associate Nurse Unit Manager, Ward 7West – Infectious Disease, Epilepsy, Gen Med, Alfred Hospital, 03 90762000, m.sobredo@alfred.org.au, 0450609477
- Ashlee Hawken, Associate Nurse Unit Manager, 4east – General Medical Ward, Alfred Hospital, 03 90762000, K.Yajaman@alfred.org.au, 0413685994
Personal Information
- Height: 5'3"
- Weight: 57 kg
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Philippines
- Gender: Female
Timeline
RN, Community
Feros Care
04.2024 - Current
RN, Clinical Support
Benetas Gisborne Oaks Aged Care
03.2024 - 06.2024
RN Div1 H@NT/Clinical Support Team
The Alfred Hospital
01.2019 - 11.2023
RN Div1 MDU-Medical Day Unit
Alfred Centre/Western Health
03.2015 - 01.2019
RN Div 1
The Alfred Hospital
03.2012 - 03.2015
Registered Nurse
Hutt Valley District Health Board
06.2007 - 02.2012
Registered Nurse/Shift In charge
Guardian Healthcare Group, Ltd (BUPA)
03.2006 - 05.2007
RN/Staff Nurse
Don Gregorio Memorial Public Hospital
01.2005 - 12.2005
Clinical Instructor (Nursing Teacher)
Iligan Medical Center College of Nursing
01.2004 - 08.2004
Diploma -
La Salle Academy
Diploma -
Iligan City North Central School
Graduate Certificate - Diabetes Education
Deakin University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Iligan Medical Center College
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