Yang Zhang

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Do sessions of health assessment and ECG independently. And assist with GP with skin lesion excision and biopsy.

1. Clinical
• Responsible for the ongoing, individualised assessment, care planning and evaluation of clinical and non-clinical requirements.
• Attend to current clinical care needs in a timely manner i.e. wound care, medication administration and other treatments/processes registered nurses are responsible for.
• Attend to sudden and critical clinical care needs in a timely manner and seek assistance as required
• Administer medications in line with documented administration information and follow appropriate channels for documenting reasons when not administered and alternative actions taken.
• Ensure all documentation, work logs and observation charts are completed in accordance with St Basil’s and Legislative reporting requirements.
• Monitor clinical indicators each shift, discuss observations with the Clinical Nurses and Care Manager and seek advice in relation to required actions as required.
• Review clinical indicators weekly, discuss results with clinical teams and assist the Clinical Nurses and Care Manager identify and implement required actions.
• Liaise with Medical Practitioners, pharmacists and allied health workers and inform of residents’ requests, change in condition and/or concerns which may affect the outcome of care if not communicated.
• Effectively coordinate staff within area of responsibility (St Basil’s staff, agency staff, external providers, volunteers etc).
• Raise concerns, unusual occurrences, incidents and accidents immediately, notify the Residential Manager and the Care Manager of any critical incidents, mandatory reporting, elder abuse (suspected or otherwise), missing resident, transfers to hospital etc.
• Ensure the ongoing comfort, privacy, dignity, and preferences of each resident are respected and maintained by all staff and contractors.
• Encourage and support residents to make their own decisions and ensure full disclosure and discussion of risks associated with those decisions.
• Liaise with families/ legal advocates and provide updates as required.
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2. Management and leadership
• Mentor and train less experienced staff including EN’s, Student Nurses, Student EN’s and RN’s and Care Staff
• Demonstrate leadership in maintaining infection control principles at all times and educate staff on the principles, policies and procedures of infection control
• Always promote team work and act as a positive role model at all times
• Recognise and promote the values and diverse needs of each Resident and assist them in maintaining their cultural and spiritual requirements
• Regularly attend and contribute to meetings and provide expert input into the various working groups as necessary
• Take a leadership role in continual quality improvement in the delivery of client services
• Ensure all standards are maintained consistent with evidence based best practice standards as applicable to the role of Registered Nurse.
3. Training
• Complete mandatory/compulsory training sessions as directed and on or before due dates
• Maintain own professional development by participating in training and development which is in addition to those which are compulsory and provided by St Basils
• Actively participate in quality improvement initiatives both within St Basil’s and by networking with other health professionals and bodies
• Maintain an accurate record of CPD points.

• Assess the health of patients, listen to their concerns and offer advice on health management
• Plan and carry out nursing care according to accepted nursing practice and standards
• Monitor the condition and health of patients and record their progress
• Work and consult with other health professionals such as doctors
• Dress wounds and provide interventions, treatments, therapies and medications
• Take part in health education and other health promotion activities
• Answer questions and educate patients and families about treatments, care and health
• Supervise and coordinate the work of enrolled nurses and other health care workers
• Help doctors to examine patients.

• Provide ongoing, responsive personal care in accordance with the assessed individual needs of residents
• Treat residents with respect and equality, whilst being responsive to their needs
• Provide appropriate assistance for residents in accordance with individual Care Plans
• Provide physical care to residents, according to routines and assessed needs (e.g., toileting, showering, dressing)
• Communicate in a professional manner with residents, families, other staff, and visitors
• Ensure Care Plan is followed for residents with behaviour issues
• Disputes and conflicts are reported in a timely manner to the Designated Nurse and/or management
• Be aware of and meet all recordkeeping requirements determined under contract by the program funding body or legislation
• Administer medication
• Assisting nurses where possible

• Possesses the specialized knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness
• Coordinates educational activities and uses appropriate resources to develop and implement an individualized teaching and discharge plan with clients and their families
• Performs hands-on nursing care by utilizing the nursing process to achieve quality outcomes for clients
• Provides direction and supervision of ancillary nursing personnel, demonstrates professional judgment, uses problem solving techniques and time-management principles, and delegates appropriately
• Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals
• Coordinates a holistic approach to meeting patient's medical, vocational, educational, and environmental needs
• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills to develop a rapport with clients, their families, and health team members and to ensure the fulfilment of requirements for legal documentation and reimbursement
• Acts as a resource and a role model for nursing staff and students and participates in activities such as nursing committees and professional organizations that promote the improvement of nursing care and the advancement of professional rehabilitation nursing
• Actively engages in legislative Initiatives affecting the practice of rehabilitation nursing or the people in their care
• Applies nursing research to clinical practice and participates in nursing research studies.

• Assist head nurse in ward management, disinfection and isolation, materials collection and storage, etc
• Participate in the routine nursing practice and allocate daily work for CNAs appropriately following the doctor's and house NP's prescription
• Take care of elderly patients and be competent to do more complex nursing operation
• Master skills of drawing blood for patients either venous or arterial blood, and catheter skills, such as GI tube or Foley catheter, as well as IV tube
• Provided daily medication administration and administration of all medications

• Evaluate and monitor the patient’s progress
• Identify sudden or subtle changes in a patient’s medical condition
• Deliver regular updates to doctors, patients, and their family members
• Begin treatment and monitor doses
• If necessary, respond to a medical emergency and alert the appropriate doctors
• Care for patient needs throughout their recovery in the ICU unit
• Complete all necessary paperwork before transferring a patient
• Maintain patient records
• Create and implement effective care plans.

• Collect specimens
• Do IM injections, IV injections and start IV infusions under supervision
• Filing clients’ charts
• Help patients make appointments.

• Provided patients/residents with care and companionship
• Monitored vital signs
• Served meals
• Aided residents with personal hygiene
• Assisted residents with activities of daily living
• Aided in lifting residents when necessary
• Assisted with wound care
• Recorded resident care daily
• Changed bed linens.

Respiratory ward/RICU: 08.2012-12. 2012

Veteran cadre ward 12.2012- 05.2017

Respiratory ward (one year in RICU): 05.2017- 06.2019

Responsibilities:

• Assist head nurse in ward management, disinfection and isolation, materials collection and storage, etc
• Monitor on critical patients and use critical thinking about the changes of patient's' condition.
• Participate in the routine nursing practice and guide the junior nurses to correctly follow the doctor's prescription and nursing technical operation procedures
• Take care of those relatively severe patients and be competent to do more complex nursing operation
• Master skills of drawing blood for patients either venous or arterial blood.