Tarja-Leena Wedenberg

Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.

• Documentation - Ensured charting accuracy through precise documentation.
• Clinical Skills - Monitored patients' respiration activity, blood pressure and blood glucose levels in response to medical administration.
• Patient Advocacy - Explained treatment procedures, medication risks, special diets and physician instructions to patients.

• Gold Coast Private Hospital- Coronary Care Unit, 07/22/2024 – 08/25/2024, Hone and improve on clinical thinking skills by linking pathophysiology to current diagnosis. Became comfortable with taking 4-5 patient load. Became comfortable discussing clinical management of patients eg. Handover. Contributed to care of patients post op – femoral stents, angiograms.
• Gold Coast Private Hospital- Oncology Ward, 04/29/2024 – 05/26/2024, Hone and improve on clinical thinking skills by linking pathophysiology to current diagnosis. Became comfortable with taking 4-5 patient load. Became comfortable discussing clinical management of patients eg. Handover. Contributed to one code blue with completing blood sugar level and vital signs.
• Pindara Private Hospital – Neurosurgical Ward, 09/04/2023 – 09/17/2023, Conducted baseline neurovascular observations for signs of post-op complications. Prepared and dressed an acute post-op wound aseptically. Safely prepared and managed the delivery of Intravenous Fluids, including hanging, priming, calculating and setting the rate.
• Gold Coast Private Hospital- Cardiothoracic Ward, 06/26/2023 – 07/16/2023, Successfully arranged both the admission and discharge of several patients. Skilfully prepared administered and managed Ivy therapy and safely dispense medications. Gain valuable knowledge surrounding the use of cpap and bipap machines.
• GCUH C3 West – Renal IPU, 12/06/2021 – 12/17/2021, Applied knowledge of common conditions, the patient history and physical examination findings, and clinical data, to undertake clinical reasoning. Demonstrated the active management of an acutely unwell patient/chronic unwell patient.
• Southport Health Precinct- L4 Alcohol and Other Drugs (AODS), 09/27/2021 – 10/08/2021, Embraced this opportunity to develop an understanding of how a person's experiences throughout their lives may impact on their mental health. Developed an understanding that assessing a person's mental state can be done during an informal interaction and conversation with the person rather than specifically sitting down and completing an MSE. Understanding different treatment including replacement therapy and depot medications. Developing an understanding around concepts of the recovery model of care, recognising the nursing role in maintaining professional boundaries and understanding the use of replacement therapy in people trying to achieve recovery from the use substances.
• GCUH C1 WEST -Special Medical Inpatient Unit, 04/12/2021 – 05/07/2021, Demonstrated safe practice by ensuring I am adhering to the six rights of medication administration and am researching medications and linking them to my patient’s presentation prior to administration. Maintaining my scope of practice. Seek learning opportunities and develop my critical thinking by collaborating with my supportive practice partners.
• BUPA Merrimac – Aged care Facility, 02/22/2021 – 03/05/2021, Developed and maintained therapeutic relationships with all patients. Accurately documented and reported on patient care. Participated in handover patients to other allied health staff.

• Keen traveller – visited Thailand, Bali and Australia Metro/regional and rural and remote areas.
• Physical Fitness – Weight training and nutrition