Toare Arawatau Rui
Ultimo,NSW
Summary
'Strong will and determination. Eager to learn and adapt to new things. Social, respectful and resilient.'
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Staff Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
South Tarawa
05.2023 - 09.2023
- Assigned to TCH at the acute medical and surgical ward. The allocation of duties was carried out according to the roles of all ward nurses, including:
- Close observation and monitoring of all patients admitted to the ward (either the medical or surgical cubicles).
- Effectively use of cardiac monitor, and infusion pump to monitor fluids (particularly to comatose and critically ill patients).
- Medication administration.
- IV cannulation.
- Documentation, reporting and vital signs monitoring.
- Delegation and supervision of student nurses, new graduate nurses and nurse aides.
Public Health Nurse (PHN)
Nanikai Dispensary Clinic
South Tarawa
01.2023 - 05.2023
- After completion of rural and community nursing, I reallocated to South Tarawa and started working at Nanikai Clinic as a PH nurse.
- Outpatients.
- Clinical programs (NCD, ANC, CHC) and routine weighing and immunization, counselling, and family planning (Jad'll insertion).
- Referral to TCH for doctor's consultancy and management.
- Community and home visiting.
- Measles and rubella, MR campaign.
- Trachoma mass medication distribution.
- Deworming and vitamin A.
- COVID-19 interventions and preventive measures (according to standard protocol).
Public Health Nurse (PHN)
Manoku Clinic
Abemama Island
02.2021 - 12.2022
- Allocated to another clinic and started working as a community nurse for 23 months. This clinic was built as part of the Catholic Catechist School. Duties as follows:
- Clinical outpatient daily from Monday to Sunday and attending urgent and emergency cases where necessary.
- Receiving admission of patients and providing treatment, diagnosis and management of clinical complaints according to the Medical Assistant (Nurse Practitioner) on the island or Doctors' verbal orders at TCH via digital communication (phone call or messaging).
- Perform all clinical programs such as NCD, ANC, CHC and family planning.
- Community engagement and multidisciplinary collaboration with other public healthcare workers (PHN, MA), teachers, an island clerk, the mayor and other island officials for the overall health of the village.
- Assisting and performing delivery to pregnant women.
- Assisting and performing male circumcision (via dorsal slit).
- Conducting home visiting and community outreach programs (immunization, mass distribution of medications [trachoma] and deworming).
- Counselling.
- Documentation (monthly statistical report and drug management).
- Referral of patients to the main hospital (TCH).
Public Health Nurse (PHN)
Kabangaki Clinic
Abemama Island
04.2019 - 01.2021
- Assigned to Abemama Island, a central district of Kiribati and worked under the delegation of the Medical Assistant but with autonomy and holistic nursing care at the community level.
Staff Registered Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
South Tarawa
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Re-assigned to the Meeria Ward as a staff nurse due to shortage of nurses at the facility. Duties and roles were included below as part of the mental health clinical nursing rotation.
Public Health Nurse (PHN)
Ambo Clinic
South Tarawa
06.2018 - 09.2018
- Continue working as a community nurse for another three-month duration. All manner of duties were the same for all public health clinics.
Public Health Nurse
Bikenibeu-West Clinic
South Tarawa
03.2018 - 05.2018
- Continue working as a public health nurse at the above clinic and stand in as an in-charge nurse for two weeks before the assigned medical assistant resumes duty.
- Performed all duties as required for a public health nurse (Community nursing).
- All roles were the same for the previous clinic (South Tarawa or outer islands).
Public Health Nurse Reliever
Bikenibeu-East Clinic
South Tarawa
12.2017 - 02.2018
- Relocated to another clinic as a reliever before the nurse on duty resumes work. Tasks as follows:
- Working collaboratively with a medical assistant (or nurse practitioner) and several public health nurses daily.
- Conducting outpatient clinical services and other several clinical and outreach programs such as non-communicable diseases (NCD), antenatal care (ANC), and child health care (CHC).
- Conducting home visits to the elderly NCD cases, and disabled patients.
- Performing routine vaccinations and immunizations to all children.
- Community engagement and school visits (awareness and health promotion).
Registered Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
South Tarawa
10.2016 - 11.2017
- Rotated to the Pediatric ward as part of graduate nurse clinical rotation for eight (8) months. Duties were conducted under supervision through senior nurses and pediatricians which includes:
- Providing clinical assessment, monitoring and management of sick infants and children.
- Administration of oral, intramuscular, intravenous, rectal medications and fluid resuscitation.
- Assisting and inserting nasogastric tubes in young infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and post-neonatal intensive care unit (PICU) for feeding and oral medications.
- Connecting and monitoring nasal catheters to critical young infants and malnourished children.
- Taking and monitoring vital signs for infants and young children as well as surgical pediatric cases.
- Documentation and recording of any pediatric cases.
- Work with a multidisciplinary team as well as guardian or family to ensure the safe admission and discharge of children.
- Collecting of blood and other specimens for pediatric patients.
Registered Nurse
Te Meeria Ward
South Tarawa
07.2016 - 09.2016
- Allocated to the Mental Health Department (Te Meeria Ward) for assisting and providing care for mentally ill patients as well as promotion of mental health rehabilitation (psychotherapy). Other essential nursing duties include:
- Administration of oral and intramuscular medications to confined patients (including antipsychotic, antidepressant, anticholinergic, sedative medications, antibiotics and other medications as per psychiatrists' orders.
- Monitoring of suicidal patients and a 1-to-1 close observation of high-risk patients.
- Offered counselling to patients and monitoring of mentally and medically ill in-patients and referral to the main hospital.
- Conducting outdoor and indoor games and activities to promote mental rehabilitation.
- Supervision and delegation of daily roles for mental health support workers (orderlies) within the facility.
Graduate Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
South Tarawa
04.2016 - 06.2016
- Assisting in providing emergency care for all patients such as:
- Triaging of patients.
- Assisting and performing primary and secondary surveys for trauma patients.
- Assisting emergency physicians in any emergency procedures.
- Performing CPR on cardiac or unconscious patients.
- Performing vital signs monitoring to emergency in-patients.
- Administration of medications (oral, sublingual, intravenous, intramuscular and rectal).
- Assisting and performing urinary catheter, venipuncture and IV cannulation.
Graduate Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
South Tarawa
01.2016 - 03.2016
- Each graduate nurse or first-entry level nursing officer should be working in various clinical settings on a 3+ months rotation period with supervision. At the Medical Ward, the nursing officer or RN should be able to demonstrate the ability of a competent nurse according to the Kiribati Nursing Council (KNC)'s competencies and scope of practice.
- Various duties include:
- Assisting doctors during the ward round.
- Administering oral, sublingual, rectal and injections to patients according to the doctor's order.
- Performing intravenous (IV) cannulation whenever doctors are not available.
- Insertion of a nasal gastric tube for feeding, gastric lavage (cleaning) and medications.
- Performing enema to constipated patients for their bowel motion.
- Assisting patients with daily living. Also, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be performed if there is an unconscious or arrested patient.
Student Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital/Public Health
South Tarawa/Rural Area
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Each student was able to work within the hospital and public health clinics as part of the clinical placements and under the supervision of registered nurses, public health nurses and medical assistants respectively. Basic clinical and nursing practice such as vital signs monitoring (blood pressure, pulse, temperature recording, oxygen, respiratory rate should be conducted.
Education
Master of Advanced Nursing Practice - Advanced Nursing Practice
The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia 01.2024 - Current
Diploma in General & Obstetric Nursing - undefined
School of Nursing and Midwifery
01.2015
Student Nurse - undefined
Tungaru Central Hospital/Public Health
01.2015
Certification
Ausmed Aged Care Training Passport Certificate, 2025-03-09, 2026-03-03, Ausmed, Online, Sydney, Australia
Recommendations
- Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Course Coordinator | Lecturer, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery | The University of Sydney, elizabeth.denney-wilson@sydney.edu.au
- Manrenga Viane, Principal Nursing Officer (PNO), PNO Office | Tungaru Central Hospital, (+686) 74028100, mvianeiXb78@gmail.com
- Maii Terubea, Senior Nursing Officer (SNO), Acute Medical and Surgical Ward | Tungaru Central Hospital, maiiterubea@gmail.com
- TareS Ioane, Deputy Director, Kiribati School of Nursing and Midwifery | Ministry of Health and Medical Services
Digital Skills
Advanced, Advanced, Advanced, Intermediate, Canvas, Zoom, Google Drive & Document
Networks And Memberships
- BIMBA Inc., 2016-01-01, current, LGBTQI+, South Tarawa, Kiribati, Providing a safe space for gay men, transgender women and men and allies.
- Kiribati Nursing Association (KNA), 2016-01-01, current, All registered nurses and midwives, South Tarawa, Kiribati
Professional Developments
- Medication Safety (version 3), 2025-03-25, NPS MedicineWise, Online, Sydney, Australia
- The Advanced Project (Dementia) - Clinician/Managers, 2024-12-10, HammondCare (Aged), Online, Sydney, Australia
- Stroke Basics for Nurses, 2024-11-14, The Angels Initiatives & ASNEN, Online, Sydney, Australia
- Regional HIV Strategic Information and Reporting, 2018-09-01, UNAIDS, Onshore, Nadi, Fiji
- Leprosy Diagnosis and Treatment, 2017-10-01, Tungaru Central Hospital (TCH), Onshore, South Tarawa, Kiribati
- Health Risk Response, 2017-06-01, National Disaster Management Office, Onshore, South Tarawa, Kiribati
- Programming for Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF), 2017-02-01, University of Cornell & UNICEF, Online, South Tarawa, Kiribati
- Medical Assistant In-House Training, 2017-01-01, Ministry of Health and Medical Services/ TCH, Onshore, South Tarawa, Kiribati
- Primary Trauma Care (PTC) Management, 2015-01-01, World Federation of Society of Anesthesiologist (WFSA)/TCH, Onshore, South Tarawa, Kiribati
Current Residence
U4001 185 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
Home Residence
Temakin, Betio K10106, Tarawa, Kiribati
Personal Information
Nationality: I-Kiribati
Hobbies and Interests
Interested in reading novels, non-fiction stories and news., Love to listen to classical music, country songs and inspirational songs., Interested in documentary films, romantic dramas and medical dramas and TV series (E.g. All Saints, Grey's Anatomy and House MD).
Timeline
Master of Advanced Nursing Practice - Advanced Nursing Practice
The University of Sydney
01.2024 - Current
Senior Staff Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
05.2023 - 09.2023
Public Health Nurse (PHN)
Nanikai Dispensary Clinic
01.2023 - 05.2023
Public Health Nurse (PHN)
Manoku Clinic
02.2021 - 12.2022
Public Health Nurse (PHN)
Kabangaki Clinic
04.2019 - 01.2021
Staff Registered Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
10.2018 - 03.2019
Public Health Nurse (PHN)
Ambo Clinic
06.2018 - 09.2018
Public Health Nurse
Bikenibeu-West Clinic
03.2018 - 05.2018
Public Health Nurse Reliever
Bikenibeu-East Clinic
12.2017 - 02.2018
Registered Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
10.2016 - 11.2017
Registered Nurse
Te Meeria Ward
07.2016 - 09.2016
Graduate Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
04.2016 - 06.2016
Graduate Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital
01.2016 - 03.2016
Student Nurse
Tungaru Central Hospital/Public Health
01.2013 - 01.2015
Diploma in General & Obstetric Nursing - undefined
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Student Nurse - undefined
Tungaru Central Hospital/Public Health
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