Kirk E. Settle Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

- Provide 1:1 care for patients recently undergoing CABG, valve, and aortic surgeries.- Patients are routinely ventilated, temporarily-paced, with multiple continuous inotropes, and attached to intensive monitoring equipment including Swan-Ganz catheters, CVCs and ART lines.- Works in a tight-knit environment alongside Cardiac Anesthesiologists & Surgeons, Respiratory Therapists, Physiotherapists and Dieticians among others.

Ubc High Acuity Unit

- Provide care under a 1:3 care workload for post-surgical patients, transfers from the 1S-Surgical Floor or Transitional Care Unit, or direct admissions from UBC's Urgent Care Unit requiring complex care short of intubation.- Intermittently function as the hospital's standby Code HAU RN to provide needed ECG monitoring, transcutaneous pacing, and defibrillation.- Worked in a team including HAU/Intensivist Physicians, Physio & Occupational Therapists, Respiratory Therapists, and fellow Nurses.

Vgh Jim Pattison T15/14L

- Trained to work as a T15 Leukemia / BMT Nurse through 16 orientation shifts under direct supervision of a Primary RN, 3 months of full-time consolidation, and a written examination.- Provide 1:2 - 1:3 ratio care for patients admitted for a variety of malignant and non-malignant blood illnesses. Routine patient profiles on the unit include diagnoses with Leukemia and Lymphoma subtypes, Multiple Myeloma, Aplastic Anemia, and Myelodysplastic Syndrome.- Routinely treat acutely ill oncology patients as per physician-ordered Induction, Conditioning, and Consolidation Chemotherapy Protocols via the BC Cancer Agency.

Ubc Short Stay 1S

• Provided care in a 1:4-5 ratio with surgical patients recovering from Post-Anesthesia Recovery to their discharge from the hospital.• Common patient profile includes admissions with a variety of surgical procedures that follow a steady trajectory rarely requiring higher-acuity monitoring.

Master Of Science - Ms, Family Nurse Practitioner

Critical Care Nursing Specialty W/ Distinction, Critical Care Nursing, Gpa 4.0

"We prepare you to care for patients who are seriously ill and facing life-threatening problems due to trauma, illness or major surgery..

High Acuity Nursing Specialty, Nursing, Gpa 4.0

"The only program of its kind in Canada, the High Acuity Specialty Nursing program applies the foundational medical-surgical nursing.

Bachelor'S Degree, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, Gpa 3.80

Activities and Societies: Nursing Undergraduate Society Practicum Placements: • Bone Marrow Transplant, VGH T15A/B (Final Preceptorship) •.

Bachelor'S Degree, Life And Earth Science, Gpa 3.50

Activities and Societies: Canadian Liver Foundation Notable courses: • Biochemistry (BIOL 121, BIOC 302) • Biology (BIOL 153, 300, 304.