Monique Hoareau

• 3+ years experience working in a Level 6 care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, attending to all aspects of specialist medical, surgical and neonatal care for babies across NSW
• Intensive care for critically ill newborns providing a full range of respiratory support
• Comprehensive care for complex congenital and metabolic diseases of the newborn
• Support for women with pregnancies with known foetal abnormality requiring consultation, treatment or surgery immediately following birth.
• Performed typical RN duties such as supervising, patient assessment, care planning, reporting, documenting, assistance in diagnostic testing as well as pre- and post- surgical care
• Responding to neonatal medical emergencies across the hospital, attending and assisting deliveries of high risk and premature newborns
• Family integrated care through communicating with parents to provide education and information regarding treatment plans and medical options, as well as involvement in direct patient care
• Breastfeeding and enteral nutrition education for parents of term, preterm and neonates with complex surgical conditions.
• Followed policies, procedures and hospital regulations for protocol compliance and patient safety
• Part of the Cultural Care, Nuerodevelopmental Care and Skin-Care quality improvement teams

Infants, Cardiac & Renal Surgical Unit (Full time)

• Nursing Graduate Transition to Practice Program (1 year)
• Working on a high dependency unit specialising in Infants, Cardiac and Renal Surgical services
• Delivered specialised care to a diverse range of paediatric patients including infants, young children and adolescents in a fast-paced environment
• Communicated with parents, families and patients to provide education on management of long-term health conditions, treatment plans with empathy and compassion
• Worked collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to develop, coordinate and implement comprehensive and tailored family centred care
• Administered medications, monitored patient vital signs, created medical reports and alerted medical teams to ongoing changes in patient condition
• Skilled at recognising and responding to acute deterioration in patient condition

Casual employment June 2020 - June 2023

• Surgical Short Stay, Neurological, Adolescent Mental Health units
• Coronavirus Immunisation Program (Team Leader)