Student Enrolled Nurse
- Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
- Assisted with patient transfers, observing safety protocols to prevent damage to patient and self.
- Performed regular rounds to check on well-being of patients.
- Assessed care needs of patients and families utilizing nursing process.
Opal Healthcare Springwood Terrace Care Community
(June 2022-July 2022) - 120 Hours
General and Dementia ward duties:
- Assisting in the delivery of resident’s care in the aged-care environment.
- Working under direct and indirect supervision of the Registered Nurse, reporting and communication with interprofessional team members.
- General observations, neurological and neurovascular observations.
- Five moments of Hand Hygiene
- Assistance with patient hygiene, cares, feeding and mobility including floor hoist and standing hoist, bed making.
- Restocking and tidying of ward and resident’s rooms.
Mater Private Hospital - Ward 10 East Surgical
(November 2022-December 2022) - 120 Hours
General Duties:
- Working under direct and indirect supervision of the Registered Nurse, reporting and communication with interprofessional team members.
- Care of pre- and post-surgical patients
- Five moments of Hand Hygiene and infectious precautions.
- Patient loads of 2-4 patients.
- Performing post-surgical and general observations, neurological and neurovascular observations
- Medication administration including Intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, oral, topical, sublingual, buccal, rectal and vaginal.
- Care of indwelling catheters – Recording output, changing bags and emptying urinary bags.
- Mobilisation of patients, hygiene cares and tidying of rooms and ward.
- Strict urine output and fluid balance documentation, bladder scanning, Trial of voids
- Care of abdominoplasties, rhinoplasties and breast reductions.
- Care of bellovac drains- recording output
Queensland Children's Hospital - Ward 10A Medical
(5th June 2023-18th June 2023)
- Working under direct and indirect supervision of the Registered Nurse, reporting and communication with interprofessional team members.
- Detecting of deteriorating patients using Queensland Children’s Early Warning Tool (CEWT).
- Five moments of Hand hygiene and infectious precautions
- Developing communication skills with children of all ages and their guardians.
- Care of children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellittus, Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
- Medication administration including intravenous, subcutaneous, oral, topical, sublingual and rectal.
Mater Mothers Hospital - Ward MM8 Post Natal
(18th June 2023-9th July 2023)
- ·Working under direct and indirect supervision of the Registered Nurse/Midwife, reporting and communication with interprofessional team members.
- Five moments of Hand hygiene
- Care of new mothers and their baby’s in the first days of life.
- Detection of deterioration for mothers and babies using Queensland Post-natal Maternity Early Warning Tool (MEWT) and Neonatal Early Warning Tool (NEWT).
- General cares for both mother and baby.
- Removal of indwelling catheters.
Mater Private Hospital - Ward 10 North Colorectal Surgical
(18th June 2023-9th July 2023)
· Working under direct and indirect supervision of the Registered Nurse, reporting and communication with interprofessional team members.
· Patient loads of 2-5 patients.
· Five moments of Hand hygiene
· Care of post-surgical patients, general cares, mobilisation and activities of daily living.
· Care of colostomies and colostomy bags, Nasogastric (NG) tubes, Nasojejunal (NJ) tubes, bellovac drains and indwelling catheters.
· Medication administration -all routes