Cairns Base Hospital QLD AustraliaRegistered Nurse
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2016Working in Cairns hospital I held many different roles and became a reliable and sought after nurse. I delivered a high standard of patient care and was able to work well within all the different work environment and teams I was placed. I provided proficient patient-centred acute nursing care on a number of different medical and surgical wards including the Emergency department, Medical Assessment Unit, Short Stay Unit, Neurology, Respiratory Medicine, Urology, Renal, Orthopaedic, Rehabilitation and Medical wards.
Some of the skills I utilised included safe drug administration, wound care, assessment and observation, blood product administration, assistance with daily living activities, cardiac monitoring, venipuncture and cannulation, admission and discharge of patients, patient education, monitoring IV infusions, working within multidisciplinary health care teams, accurate verbal and written communication, education, supervision and mentoring or nursing students.