Florence Nelson

• Assisted patients with shaving, bathing and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness.
• Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
• Comforted patients and provided reassurance and encouragement.
• Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress and groom patients; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection; weigh, lift, turn, and position patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervise patients' exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for patients, accompany patients on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients' status and document patient care on charts; collect specimens such as urine, faeces or sputum; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff
• Administer, in emergency situations, first aid to injured or ill individuals within the scope of competencies
• Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens between departments
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
• Maintain inventory of supplies
• Perform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment
• Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to interdisciplinary care team.
• Monitored and observed patients to accurately records changes in condition and reaction to medications and treatment
• Made beds, swept floors and sanitized surfaces to support activities of daily living.
• Reported concerns to nurse supervisor to promote optimal care.
• Maintained daily living standards by assisting clients with personal hygiene needs.
• Laundered clothing and bedding to prevent infection.
• Examined and treated patient lacerations, contusions and physical symptoms and referred patients to other medical professionals.
• Collected biological specimens and packaged for laboratory transport to complete diagnostic tests.
• Managed intravenous medication to stabilize patient heart and blood pressure.
• Transport patients between care facilities.

• Maintained positive working relationship with fellow staff and management.
• Identified needs of customers promptly and efficiently.
• Identified areas for improvement, narrowing focus for decision-makers in making necessary changes.
• Set specific goals for projects to measure progress and evaluate end results.
• Implemented strategies to take advantage of new opportunities.
• Delivered high level of care to every patient.
• Protected patient wounds and infections by applying clean dressings, stockings and support bandages.
• Assisted staff with passing meal trays and feeding patients.
• Observed or examined patients to detect symptoms requiring medical attention.
• Supervised and upheld cleanliness and sanitation in assigned areas.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens for testing.

Completed Subject in :

• medicine and medical nursing
• Surgery and surgical nursing
• Mental health/ psychiatry nursing
• Obstetric nursing
• Public health nursing
• Paediatric nursing
• Practical nursing
• Patient care study