Yvonne Kwenda
Melbourne,Victoria
Summary
Caring, hardworking and service-oriented registered nurse with several years of experience. Well-versed in offering evidence-based, therapeutic care. Collaborative and motivational leader with expertise in training new nursing staff while providing top-notch service to patient populations.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
RN
Arcare Aged Care
Malvern East, VIC
08.2022 - Current
- Provide nursing care to assigned clients residing within the facility, such as medication administration.
- Documentation, such as writing progress notes, reviewing, and updating assessments and care plans.
- Looking after clients on palliative, respite, and rehabilitation care, continuously checking on needs and maintaining care.
- Attending annual workshops such as infection control,fire training and manual handling.
- Assist with mobility, achieving a lower rate of bedsores.
- Working with allied health, such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and dietitians.
- Providing guidance and direction to subordinates regarding job duties and responsibilities.
- Performing monthly inventory checks to ensure sufficient stock levels for all products.
- Participating in recruitment efforts by interviewing prospective candidates for open positions.
Moorabin Hospital
08.2022 - 02.2023
- Check DD's, IV preparation and administration for palliative clients
- Wound care
- BGL & vitals for ROD
- Handovers
- Bedside handover
- Bedside checks
- Vital signs, checked BGL weights and documentation accurately and in a timely manner as per hospital policy
- Medication administration
- PCA monitoring
- Check DD's and administered with other nurses as per hospital policy
- Prepare intravenous medications and administer with supervision
- Monitor and assess patients from theatre
- Monitor and assess patients after blood transfusions
- Recorde catheter output and assess drainage and perform bladder scans when required or requested
- Prepare patients for theatre, check paperwork
- Facilitate patient education, transfer to theatre, x-ray and scans
- Collect specimen, record food and fluid intake for patients on strict food and fluid balance assessment
- NGT feeding and aspiration
- Biliary drainage catheter and negative pressure care and management
- Assess cannulas for patency, any signs of phlebitis, infiltration and pain and removed when due
- Wound assessment, dressing, redivac drain care under preceptor supervision and documenting in a timely manner.
Education
Bachelor of Nursing -
Victoria University
01.2021
Masters of Marketing Strategy -
Midlands State University
01.2017
Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing -
Institute of Marketing Management
01.2008
Diploma in Marketing -
Institute of Marketing Management
01.2006
Skills
- Compassionate patient care
- Empathy
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Teamwork
- Medication administration
- Conflict resolution
- Verbal and written communication
- Vital signs monitoring
- Basic Life Support
- Health Promotion
- Care Planning
- Patient Management
- Emergency Response
- Wound Care
- Chart updating
- Collecting vitals
Accomplishments
- Nominated star Leader in Leadership Category 2024
- nominated star Clinician 2023 & 2024
Timeline
RN
Arcare Aged Care
08.2022 - Current
Moorabin Hospital
08.2022 - 02.2023
Bachelor of Nursing -
Victoria University
Masters of Marketing Strategy -
Midlands State University
Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing -
Institute of Marketing Management
Diploma in Marketing -
Institute of Marketing Management
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