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Rachna Trehan
Registered Nurse
Braybrook
Summary
Registered Nursing professional in Emergency Medicine and Advance trauma care with extensive knowledge in acute patient care, rapid assessment, and critical interventions. Skilled in team collaboration, maintaining high standards, and adapting to changing needs seamlessly. Known for strong clinical judgment, effective communication, and focus on achieving optimal patient outcomes in fast-paced environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Western Health
04.2024 - Current
- Able to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to patients presenting with wide range of medical, surgical , and trauma emergencies in fast- paced environment.
- Executing rapid and accurate patient triage using the Australian Triaging system and ensuring timely care.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to develop comprehensive care plans for patients presenting with diverse medical conditions in the Emergency Department.
- Optimized patient flow within the Emergency Department by collaborating with charge nurses in coordinating bed assignments and discharges according to capacity constraints.
- Delivered important IV and venous medications to control symptoms and provide effective treatments.
- Documenting all patient assessments, interventions and outcomes accurately in the EMR system, ensuring compliance with hospital policies and AHPRA standards.
- Providing expert care to paediatric patients (ages 0-18) presenting with diverse range of medical, surgical and traumatic emergencies.
- Managing and coordinating care during peadiatric codes , resuscitation and demonstrating leadership and clinical competence .
- Administering medications with accurate weight based calculations and ensuring medication safety with children
- Providing emotional support and simple explanations to children and their families during high stress situations.
- Conducting short mental state examinations, suicide- harm risk assessments, drug and alcohol withdrawal management and crisis intervention in Behavioral assessment units.
- Utilizing advances de-escalation techniques to manage agitated patients, reducing need for physical or chemical restraints , also with adherence of laws and sections of Mental health practise.
- Administration and monitoring of psychotropic medications, observing for therapeutic effects and adverse reactions.
Clinical Nurse Supervisor Emergency Department
Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS Delhi
03.2021 - Current
- Reviewed care plans on a daily basis to ensure appropriate care is provided to each patient.
- Determined patient care assignments and task delegation in accordance with patient's needs.
- Managing stock inventory for daily requirements and disaster preparedness.
- Scheduled staff meetings for monthly census and quality audit meetings.
- Planned and coordinated day-to-day nursing administrative operational functioning of the Trauma Emergency department.
- Supported the senior nurse manager in operating the unit by controlling the quality of service, and patient safety.
- Conducting nursing Workshops and classes for new recruits.
- Compiling of data for census and presenting in departmental meeting.
- Organizing and coordinating patient simulation mock drills in Emergency department.
COVID ICU Nurse
Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS Delhi
05.2020 - 03.2021
- Adhering to PPE guidelines and infection control practices of Hospital and following proper donning and doffing of PPE.
- Provided high quality care for acute patients with diversified needs, in a 12 bedded ICU department.
- Providing Oxygen therapy, suctioning with closed suction devices.
- Administering of IM, IV medications, Inotropes via Infusion pump, sedatives and narcotics by unit protocol.
- Care of CVP lines and Arterial lines dressings by aseptic technique.
- Pre and post-operative care of surgery and dialysis patients.
- Documentation in ICU charts and other patient clinical record in computer.
Registered-nurse Emergency department
Jai Prakash Apex Narayan Trauma Centre, AIIMS Delhi
03.2009 - 05.2020
- Triaging and prioritizing patient care based on the critical nature and severity of a patient's condition.
- Providing early Emergency management, it includes the initial management of patient in accordance to trauma protocols for e.g. applying cervical collar to accident victims, splinting, pressure dressing.
- Acute care management of all other life threatening Emergencies like stroke, MI, poisoning etc. and referral to designated unit.
- Administering Emergency medicine with proper drug dose calculation.
- Giving IV fluid therapy and blood therapy to Trauma Emergency resuscitation patients.
- Performing lifesaving emergency procedures CPR and handling a code blue situation according to advance cardiac life support.
- Monitoring patients throughout in Emergency department and during transfers to other areas.
- Proficient in performing skilled invasive procedures – IV Cannulation, Venipuncture, Blood sampling, Ryle's tube Insertion and urinary Catheterization.
- Familiarity with sophisticated Emergency equipment- Electrocardiogram, Portable ventilators, defibrillators, infusion pump, portable monitor, Pulse oximeter and rapid fluid infuser.
- Proficient with assisting Physician in all Emergency procedures-ETT intubations, Surgical airway, percutaneous- tracheostomy, chest tube placement, CV line insertion, arterial line placement, venous cut down, intra-osseous needle placement, wound and bleeder suturing.
- Competent in wound dressing and assisting in suturing of wounds with aseptic technique.
- Clinical handover over of patients by ISBAR method.
- Adhering to guidelines for sterilization of surgical instruments and thorough with disinfection techniques.
- Proficient in doing ultrasound guided nursing procedures in Emergency-IV cannulation, Arterial sampling and fracture detection with ultrasound.
- Logging vital signs and nurses notes in computerized patient record promptly with maintaining high level of confidentiality.
- Trauma injury coding(ICD10) for data base.
Education
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Nursing
Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
08.2008
Skills
- ALS
- Pediatric Emergencies practise
- EMR and CPRS
- Critical thinking
- Emergency Patient Care
- Triage and prioritization
- Crisis management/ mass casualty
- Leadership
- Analytical
- Team work
- Improving Clinical Outcomes
- Quality Control
- Clinical Staff Management
Certification
Trauma System and Mass Casualty Management by Rambam Training center, Israel.
Training
- Urban search and rescue mission task force member by INSARAG, UNO.
- Management of COVID-19 conducted by SEAR WHO.
Interests
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Western Health
04.2024 - Current
Clinical Nurse Supervisor Emergency Department
Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS Delhi
03.2021 - Current
COVID ICU Nurse
Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS Delhi
05.2020 - 03.2021
Registered-nurse Emergency department
Jai Prakash Apex Narayan Trauma Centre, AIIMS Delhi
03.2009 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Nursing
Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing