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· Assist residents with all personal care tasks such as bathing, showering, feeding, dressing etc.

· Assist residents in meaningful activities.

· Assist with medication administration.

· Provide personal-centered care to the residents.

· Ensured residents’ daily care is provided in a dignified manner, residents look neat, tidy, and well-groomed.

· Documenting actions by completing forms and charts.

· Documentation of ACFI, using Icare program

· Provide general care and emotional support to the residents and families.

· Reporting abnormalities and changes in health status to Registered Nurses.

· Maintained work operations by following policies and procedures.

Maintaining aged care Standards

Clinical placements 01/05/2023 -12/05/2023 ( Maternity Ward)

Monitoring and recording of vital signs- Temperature, Blood pressure, Oxygen saturation, Pulse, and respiration rate. Neurovascular observation

· Cesarean wound dressing

· Medication Administration

· ISBAR handover to midwives

· Feeding the babies under Midwives supervision

· Monitoring catheters and recording fluid balance chart after caesarean

Monitoring and recording babies’ vitals, Weighing, bathing, and changing babies under midwives

Clinical placements 03/04/23- 21/04/2023 (MAU)

· Assisting Patients with showering, bathing, bed washing, and grooming patients.

· Assisting residents to transfer from bed to chair and change position in bed.

· Maintaining confidentiality, privacy, and dignity of the patients

· Implementing infection control standards with all work undertaken

· Monitoring and recording of vital signs- Temperature, Blood pressure, Oxygen saturation, Pulse, and respiration rate.

· Complex wound management, wound dressing

· Medication oral and intravenous Administration under Registered Nurse

· ISBAR handover to the facilitator

· Pain assessment

Clinical placements 20/02/2023-03/03/2023 ( Geriatric Ward)

• Monitored patient vital signs, reporting any changes to experienced nursing staff.
• Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Performed regular rounds to check on well-being of patients.

· Monitoring vital signs.

· Observation of basic skin integrity and reporting skin condition to the RN

· Assisting patients to transfer from bed to chair and maintaining pressure sores.

· Transferring residents and manual handling

· Assisting resident with toileting

· Assisting patients with meals

· Maintaining confidentiality, privacy, and dignity of residents

· Safety awareness and reporting unsafe issues and potential workplace hazards to the RN.

· Implementing infection control standards with all work undertaken.

Clinical placements 06/02/2023 -17/02/2023 (Day Surgery)

Admission and discharge of the patients.

· Performing ECG on the patients before they go to the theatre.

· Administered subcutaneous injection under the Registered Nurse’s supervision.

Monitoring and recording vital signs, weighing, and measuring the patient's pre-and post-surgery

Clinical placements 23/01/2023-02/02/2023 (CMH Liverpool-ICAMHS

· Maintaining confidentiality, privacy, and dignity of patients

· Document all patient responses to direct care or assistance given, including progress notes and clinical records in accordance with the plan of care and organizational protocols.

· Visiting the adolescent in their homes

· Excellent communication skills

· Working effectively with the multidisciplinary team

Clinical placements 09/01/2023 -20/01/2023 (Rehabilitation)

· Monitoring and recording of vital signs- Temperature, Blood pressure, Oxygen saturation, Pulse, and respiration rate.

· Complex wound management, wound dressing

· Medication Administration under RN supervision

· ISBAR handover to the facilitator

· Pain assessment

· Administered subcutaneous injection under the supervision of RN

· Assisting residents with showering, bathing, and bed washing, grooming of residents

Clinical placements 29/11/2021 -10/12/2021 (Aged Care)·

Deliver care as prescribed on nursing care plans.

· Provided care needs such as showering, dressing, and eating delegated.

· Assisting residents with their mobility and communication needs

· Assisting with lifting, moving, and positioning of the residents and manual handling

· Observes and reports changes in residents’ condition to RN in a timely manner.

Responds to resident call bells

· Maintaining confidentiality, privacy, and dignity of residents

· Safety awareness and reporting unsafe issues and potential workplace hazards to the RN.

· Assisting residents with daily showering, bathing, and bed washing, grooming residents

· Escorting the patients to physiotherapy.

· Monitoring vital signs, Urine input, and output,

Performing the bladder scan