Mikaela Marsden
Brisbane
Summary
Dedicated and highly skilled Registered Nurse with five years of experience in emergency and critical care, committed to delivering exceptional patient care in fast-paced and high-pressure environments. Proven ability to assess, plan, and implement effective nursing interventions, with a strong focus on patient safety, critical thinking, and evidence-based practice. Seeking to apply existing clinical expertise and leadership abilities in a permanent Clinical Nurse position to improve patient care and support the development of junior Registered Nurses.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Coach
Logan Hospital
01.2025 - Current
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement with ongoing feedback and performance evaluations.
- Evaluated clinical processes to identify inefficiencies, making recommendations for process improvements that resulted in better patient care delivery.
- Provided expert guidance on best practices in clinical documentation, ensuring accurate record-keeping and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing tailored coaching and support to clinical staff.
- Served as a liaison between management and clinical staff, addressing concerns and implementing solutions for optimal workflow efficiency.
- Fostered an inclusive learning environment where staff members felt comfortable sharing their ideas, concerns, and questions.
- Served as a role model for clinical excellence, demonstrating exceptional patient care and communication skills in daily practice.
Registered Nurse Emergency Department
Logan Hospital
04.2022 - Current
- Provide a gold standard level of care to patients of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Provide advanced care and advanced life support to adults, children and neonates
- Proactive, supportive and approachable shift manager and team leader
- Ability to triage patients in line with the ATS and Logan hospital specific guidelines
- Perform and initiate clinical assessment relevant to the patient’s presentation and history by accessing and following associated Metro South clinical pathways
- Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration and appropriately escalating to Clinical Nurse Consultant, senior doctor and resus team if indicated
- Co-ordinate patient care by communicating with patients, family members, doctors and members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Assess, care for and manage unwell paediatric patient’s and access appropriate clinical guidelines to inform practice
- Competently and efficiently work in a variety of clinical settings and models of care within the Emergency Department
- Support students, graduates, casual staff, and agency staff on the clinical floor
- Demonstrate efficient time management skills by prioritising patient care based on acuity
- Accurately document all medications, observations and care provided
Clinical Nurse - Occupational Violence Response Team (OVERT) Emergency Department
Logan Hospital
12.2024 - 03.2025
- Expertise in de-escalation techniques
- Proficient in verbal de-escalation strategies during high-stress situations
- Support staff, patients and families in the recognition and proactive management of escalating situations and implementing appropriate interventions
- Ability to guide practice in conjunction with the Acute Behavioural Disturbance pathway, Unacceptable Behaviour Framework and Code Grey/ Code Black policies.
- Liase with Senior Medical Officers, Clinical Nurse Consultants, Safety and Response Team and complete a written report each shift
- Strong conflict resolution and crisis management abilities
- Experience in handling challenging and volatile situations calmly and effectively
- Accurate reporting of Occupational Violence by completing Riskman’s
Registered Nurse, High Dependency Unit
Redland Hospital
02.2021 - 04.2022
- Provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to patients with complex medical conditions in a variety of specialities
- Recognise and respond to clinical deterioration through appropriate escalation through MET calls and code blues to advocate for my patients and their safety
- Monitor patients who require non-invasive ventilation and High-Flow oxygen therapy.
- Care for patients with multiple infusions including inotropes such as dobutamine, noradrenaline and nitroprusside. As well as heparin infusions, GTN infusions and insulin infusions.
- Manage arterial lines to ensure accurate haemodynamic monitoring in patients as well as arterial blood gas interpretation.
- Interpret ECGs and care for patients on continuous cardiac monitoring
- Assist doctors with the insertion of intercostal catheters (ICC) and continue to manage ICC’s and provide care for these patient’s
Assistant in Nursing
First Choice Care Agency
01.2020 - 02.2021
Education
Graduate Certificate - Emergency Nursing
Griffith University
QLD12-2024
Bachelor of Nursing -
Australian Catholic University
Brisbane03-2021
Skills
- Clinical assessment
- Compassionate care
- Quality improvement
- Clinical supervision
- Feedback delivery
- Airway management
- Patient care
- Emergency triage
- Advanced Life Support
- Clinical expertise
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient safety
- Patient and family advocacy
- Compassionate and caring
Certification
- AHPRA, Registered Nurse NWM0002441535 (expired 05/2025)
- Acute Shift Manager Training
- ETEK Triage Workshop
- Advanced Life support
- Non- Invasive Ventilation Workshop
Professional Development
- Difficult and Courageous Conversations | November 2024
- CN Simulation Interview Preparation Workshop | Logan Hospital, November 2024
- Imminent Birth Workshop | October 2024
- Emergency Medicine Nursing Course | July 2024
- CN Interview Panel Member | Logan Hospital, June 2024
- CN Simulation Interview Preparation Workshop | Logan Hospital, May 2024
- Debrief Facilitator Training | Logan Hospital, October 2023
- Graduate Clinical Coach | Metro South, July 2023 – present
- Trauma Workshop | Logan Hospital, June 2023
- Palliative Care Workshop | Logan Hospital, June 2023
- OPTIMUS PRIME Workshop | Logan Hospital, March 2023
- Logan ED Interhospital Transfer Package | Logan Hospital, November 2022
- Logan Hospital Emergency Nurse Initiated Titration of Sedation for the Adult Intubated Patient | Logan Hospital, November 2022
- Graduate Insight Mentor | Metro South, 2022
- New Starter Preceptor | Logan Hospital, 2022- current
- PIVC Assessor | Logan Hospital, 2022- current
- Recognising and Responding to Clinical Deterioration | Queensland Health, 2021
- Clinical Transfusion Practice | BloodSafe Australia, 2021- present
Quality Initiatives
Let it Flow, Redlands Hospital 2021
This project focused on improving patient safety when completing a Trial of Void (TOV) after the removal of an Indwelling Catheter (IDC). I collaborated with the Quality CNC to develop a TOV policy for Redlands Hospital to ensure best evidenced based practice was followed. I also delivered in-services and created a flow chart that was attached to all bladder scanners within the hospital.
Timeline
Clinical Coach
Logan Hospital
01.2025 - Current
Clinical Nurse - Occupational Violence Response Team (OVERT) Emergency Department
Logan Hospital
12.2024 - 03.2025
Registered Nurse Emergency Department
Logan Hospital
04.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse, High Dependency Unit
Redland Hospital
02.2021 - 04.2022
Assistant in Nursing
First Choice Care Agency
01.2020 - 02.2021
Graduate Certificate - Emergency Nursing
Griffith University
Bachelor of Nursing -
Australian Catholic University
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