Shelly Fourie

• Creating rosters for students whilst on clinical placement.
• Conducting orientation to the hospital for the students.
• Taking a student-centred approach that is supportive of the students individual learning needs.
• Actively facilitating learning opportunities that are relevant to the students' learning and help the student achieve their learning goals.
• Regularly communicating with the university and TAFE educational coordinators to facilitate effective integration of theory with practice and achievement of expected student outcomes.
• Clearly and consistently communicating with students and providing constructive and positive feedback in a timely manner.
• Assessing and evaluating the students performance consistent with the educational facilities unit objectives and assessment tools.

I currently work on an Acute General Medical and Surgical Ward.

• I conduct Assessments and manage a wide variety of patients and use best practice to develop plan of care for the patient and their family.
• I work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide health care that maintains a patients dignity, beliefs, values and culture.
• I am a senior nurse and also a team leader of 30 patients in an acute medical surgical ward.
• As team leader I manage nurses of varying levels and ensure safe and comprehensive nursing care within their scopes of practice.
• Managing staffing requirements for on coming shifts.
• Collaborate with other nursing staff to establish a plan of care for patients using the best available evidence.
• Provide patient centered nursing care for patients and their families.
• Maintaining a safe working place for staff, patients and visitors.
• Managed care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health educations and discharge support.
• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents whilst also managing chronic conditions.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, bellovac and plural drain monitoring as well as ascities drain management.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.

• Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate treatment administration and timely patient recovery.
• Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
• Facilitated smooth patient transitions from the ICU to other units by providing detailed reports and recommendations for ongoing care.
• Documented and carried out directives of primary intensivists.
• Managed patients on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
• Managed critical obstetrics patients during post birth complications
• Assisted with bone marrow aspirations and the post procedure recovery process.
• Assisted with cardioversions and the post procedure recovery process

• Assist registered nurses with providing quality care to patients, assisting with their activities of daily living, pressure area cares and comfort needs.
• Clear understanding of own skills and limitations ensuring to always work within the current scope of practice.
• Experience in varied medical, surgical, oncology and endoscopy wards.
• The ability to use effective communication skills when working with all members of a multidisciplinary team.
• Using critical thinking skills to ensure safe care is provided to the patient.
• Experience with electric bed movers and wheelchairs.
• Escort for patients with off and on site appointments.
• Experience with one on one patient specialised care.
• Cleaning and maintaining stock in storerooms, treatment rooms and kitchens.
• Extensive manual handling experience.