Nadia Lopes
Guilderton,WA
Summary
Accomplished Clinical Nurse Specialist with a proven track record at Ramsay Healthcare, excelling in interprofessional collaboration and critical thinking. Spearheaded quality improvement initiatives and led end-of-life care projects, demonstrating leadership and compassionate care. Skilled in EMR/EHR and adept at driving evidence-based practices, significantly enhancing patient care standards.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Ramsay Healthcare - Joondalup Health Campus and Glengarry private Hospital (1FTE)
Joondalup And Duncraig, Western Australia
03.2024 - Current
- Receive and triage palliative care referrals from any team within the hospital and other hospitals
- Collaboration on consults to patients requiring palliative care specialized advice and use the PCOC tools.
- Leading and chairing the End-of-Life Care Working Party: organizing the monthly meetings, writing minutes, and developing action plans and projects, such as: 1. Diet codes implementation. 2. Care of the dying pathway implementation
- Regular audits, address of needs and quality improvements development and implementation: 1. End of Life care Clinical audit, 2. Clinician Survey 3. FAMCARE (family feedback), bedside audits and mortality data audit input at Glengarry Hospital.
- Design, host and present at Palliative Care Study days for nursing and allied health care professionals.
- Review and develop palliative care and end of life care related policies, eg End of Life care procedure.
- Statistics data input and interpretation
- Mentor the Palliative care CN in her professional development and manage her roster.
- Building long lasting relationships with all healthcare professionals at Joondalup Health Campus from all areas.
- Recommend quality improvement initiatives to address needs.
- Present a team building approach
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Marymount University Hospital and Hospice
Curraheen, Co. Cork - Ireland
09.2021 - 02.2024
- Patients and family comprehensive and holistic assessments using: - AKPS scale - RUG-ADL - Phase of Illness - Symptom Assessment Scale - PCOC
- Documentation of my Assessments and all phone contacts to and from patients into the office (iCARE digital platform) 3 to 30 daily
- Patient’s Clinical History – New Referrals
- Access and collection of clinical information: blood tests and scan results (Citrix and ICM).
- Statistics Data Input Updated daily, reviewed weekly and completed monthly
- Liaise with GPs, PHNs and CNS from other hospitals for optimal continuity of care
- Present and update the medical team, especially the complex cases. Advise on palliative care recommendations and ensure implementation of same.
- Teaching in locum, staff in Nursing Homes (more frequently) and Public Health Nurses on symptom management, end of life care and the Holistic Palliative Care Approach
Education
Master of Science - Palliative Care
ICS Da Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
Porto - Portugal07-2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Degree
ESS Da Universidade De Aveiro
Aveiro - Portugal06-2005
Skills
- Diagnosing conditions
- EMR / EHR
- Clinical decision making
- Staff education and training
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Compassionate care
- Evidence-based practice
- Leadership and management
- Nursing research utilization
- Healthcare policy advocacy
- Patient assessments
- Shared governance
- Specimen results and scans interpretation
Languages
Portuguese
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Affiliations
- Enjoys the most of quality family time enduring on outdoor activities
- Regards time to meditate daily and live in a mindful way
- Practices swimming in a weekly basis
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Ramsay Healthcare - Joondalup Health Campus and Glengarry private Hospital (1FTE)
03.2024 - Current
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Marymount University Hospital and Hospice
09.2021 - 02.2024
Master of Science - Palliative Care
ICS Da Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Degree
ESS Da Universidade De Aveiro
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