MEENA RAI
Coburg
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, prioritization and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication and respectful attitude.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Intensive Care Unit
07.2024 - 02.2025
- Currently undertaking Transition to Intensive Care Program (6 months program).
Registered Nurse
St Vincent's Public Hospital, Melbourne
04.2018 - 07.2024
- Collaborated with different medical and allied health team to quickly assess patient and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Patient education on different renal procedures and management of different dialysis lines.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis, management and lifestyle options.
- Provided high quality direct patient care with available resources
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses to adjust care plans.
- IDC insertion and airway management.
- IV Cannulation
- Managed care from admission to discharge.Collaborated with different medical and Allied Health Team for Discharge Planning.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures
- Wound management and referring patient to community services like HITH/ Post Acute Care services on discharge, if required.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
- Participated in different Professional Development Sessions.
- Provided orientation/ education to new nurses/ graduate nurses and student nurses.
- Graduate Nurse Preceptor
Registered Nurse
Helping Hands Community Hospital
12.2011 - 02.2013
Education
Masters of Advanced Nursing Practice -
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC2015
Bachelors of Science in Nursing -
Purbanchal University
10.2010
Skills
- Patient Care Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Compassionate and Caring
- Formulating appropriate careplan and prioritising care
- Wound care including changing VAC dressing
- Setting up Airvo/ Fisher and Paykal machine for airway assistance
- Tracheotomy care
- Intravenous Cannulation
- Nasogastric tube insertion and management of patient with enteral feeding
- Competent in Peritoneal Dialysis
- CVAD access and care within the scope of practice
- Patient Education
- Discharge Planning
- Student and junior/grad nurse Precepting
- Providing information/ education packages to the patients, student nurses and new/ grad nurses
TRAININGS
- Peritoneal Dialysis Study day organised by Baxter
- Basic Life Support
- Speech ASSIST Training
- Intravenous Cannulation
- Manual Handling
- Nephrology Education Session
- Preventing Pressure Injuries
- Hand Hygiene
- Planning to attend ECG interpretation and Preceptorship Study Day
REFERENCES
Provided on request
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Intensive Care Unit
07.2024 - 02.2025
Registered Nurse
St Vincent's Public Hospital, Melbourne
04.2018 - 07.2024
Registered Nurse
Helping Hands Community Hospital
12.2011 - 02.2013
Masters of Advanced Nursing Practice -
University of Melbourne
Bachelors of Science in Nursing -
Purbanchal University
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