Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
WIDE BAY HEALTH SERVICE
07.2017 - Current
- Team leading, triaging and resuscitation roles
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
- Evaluated patients presenting at triage and assigned patients to appropriate treatment area based upon observations, vital signs and brief history.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking ECG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acutuity patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, haemodynamic management and extensive wound care
