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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto- Successfully organized monthly new hire orientation for over 500 nurses, including Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) Interns- Manage and facilitate nursing and interprofessional education, such as the nursing preceptorship, charge nurse leadership, and resiliency workshops- Lead various supply and equipment rollouts across the organization, including Alaris IV Pump upgrades, CADD Solis PCA pumps, IV and wound care products, etc.- Lead… Show more St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto- Successfully organized monthly new hire orientation for over 500 nurses, including Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) Interns- Manage and facilitate nursing and interprofessional education, such as the nursing preceptorship, charge nurse leadership, and resiliency workshops- Lead various supply and equipment rollouts across the organization, including Alaris IV Pump upgrades, CADD Solis PCA pumps, IV and wound care products, etc.- Lead the evaluation of the nursing preceptorship workshop curriculum across Unity Health Toronto and the development of an interprofessional curriculum with Interprofessional Practice colleagues- Lead the evaluation of corporate nursing orientation across Unity Health Toronto and the alignment of the corporate nursing orientation program across the three Unity Helth Toronto sites- Manage nursing student-related concerns, including clinical practice concerns and mistreatment with Academic Affairs and our academic partners- Harmonized the site-specific Clinical Educator - Nursing Network (CENN) across the organization into a Unity Health Toronto-wide CENN (co-chair)- Co-chaired the St. Joseph's Falls Reduction and Injury Prevention Working Group, where I co-led falls-related initiatives, including the launch of a falls resource intranet webpage, assessment and evaluation of falls-related supplies and equipment in all inpatient areas across the health centre (provided recommendations and action items to each unit's Patient Care Manager and Clinical Educator - Nursing to address gaps in falls reduction and injury prevention programming at the unit-level) Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto6M Medicine, Oncology, Haematology, Palliative Care & 6E Oncology-Haematology Clinic- Provide education/coaching/mentoring to staff to ensure uptake & application of best practices for optimal patient outcomes- Plan, develop, implement, & evaluate program-specific practice, education, orientation, and quality improvement initiatives, including falls prevention programming, pressure injury incidence reduction, increasing hand hygiene rates… Show more St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto6M Medicine, Oncology, Haematology, Palliative Care & 6E Oncology-Haematology Clinic- Provide education/coaching/mentoring to staff to ensure uptake & application of best practices for optimal patient outcomes- Plan, develop, implement, & evaluate program-specific practice, education, orientation, and quality improvement initiatives, including falls prevention programming, pressure injury incidence reduction, increasing hand hygiene rates, etc.- Participate in committees to improve nursing practice and quality of patient care, including the Vascular Access Working Group, Hazardous Medications Committee, & Nursing Week Committee- Provide leadership during COVID-19 pandemic, including providing practice support on COVID-19 specific units and training community partners on appropriate use of PPE and how to perform deep nasal and nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing and redeploying into a part-time Clinical Extern Mentor/Coordinator role- Deliver educational sessions during new hire orientation, including leading the IV & venipuncture session during Corporate Nursing Orientation, overseeing the Medicine & Oncology Programs Nursing Orientation, delivering sessions on blood & blood product transfusions, Total Parenteral Nutrition, and admission, transfer, & discharge workflow on inpatient medicine & oncology units, and implementing a clinical area specific orientation for oncology which includes sessions on malignant fungating wounds, Continuous Ambulatory Delivery Device (CADD) certification, oncologic emergencies, and an introduction to palliative care- Created and updated educational resources for staff, such as the St. Joseph's Blood & Blood Product Transfusion Learning Resource, the IV Learning Resource, tip sheets for management of patients post-fall and the COVID-19 Expedited Death Response (EDR)- Authored the St. Joseph's Subcutaneous Access Device Standard of Care Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Part-time COVID-19 pandemic redeployment for Clinical Extern - Nursing program roll out.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Residential Care Program- Provide competent nursing care for up to 5 residents per shift, including psychosocialsupport for residents’ families throughout the end-of-life process- Skills include personal care, Cleo SC site/CADD pump use and maintenance, painmanagement, processing admissions, patient and family education, managing difficultconversations, companionship, InfoAnywhere charting system, and others

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

6th floor Palliative Care- Provide competent nursing care for up to 6 patients per shift, including psychosocialsupport for patients’ families throughout the end-of-life process- Skills include personal care, CVAD/SC site/CADD pump use and maintenance, painmanagement, processing admissions (RNs only), patient and family education,psychosocial/emotional support, managing difficult conversations, and others- In service recently completed on Sapphire Pumps being newly… Show more 6th floor Palliative Care- Provide competent nursing care for up to 6 patients per shift, including psychosocialsupport for patients’ families throughout the end-of-life process- Skills include personal care, CVAD/SC site/CADD pump use and maintenance, painmanagement, processing admissions (RNs only), patient and family education,psychosocial/emotional support, managing difficult conversations, and others- In service recently completed on Sapphire Pumps being newly introduced to the unit Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto6M Medicine, Oncology, Haematology, Palliative Care- Provide competent nursing care for up to 8 patients per shift (5-6 on day shifts, 6-7 on night shifts, 8 on night shifts when understaffed)- Provide coverage as Team Leader on an “as needed” basis on both day and night shift- Team Leader responsibilities include providing guidance and leadership to unit staff, attending and participating in bed flow meetings to ensure prompt and accurate… Show more St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto6M Medicine, Oncology, Haematology, Palliative Care- Provide competent nursing care for up to 8 patients per shift (5-6 on day shifts, 6-7 on night shifts, 8 on night shifts when understaffed)- Provide coverage as Team Leader on an “as needed” basis on both day and night shift- Team Leader responsibilities include providing guidance and leadership to unit staff, attending and participating in bed flow meetings to ensure prompt and accurate bed flow from ED to 6M, leading daily interprofessional discharge rounds, working closely with unit physicians and the interprofessional team towards discharge planning for patients of varying complexities, provide unit support by taking on a full patient assignment in addition to Team Leader duties if short staffed, and more- Skills include personal care, IV/PICC/CVAD/SC site/CADD pump use and maintenance, painmanagement, wound care, tracheostomy care, ostomy care, blood product transfusions, enteral tube management, phlebotomy, administration of PO/SC/IV chemotherapy, patient and family education, psychosocial/emotional support, managing difficult conversations, conflict resolution, Sunrise Clinical Manager charting system, Meditech, and others- Successfully assist in supervising and educating Student Nurses, as well as orient new RN/RPN staff members to the healthcare facility and unit, including precepting new graduate RNs hired through NGG (for both 6M and the Interprofessional Resource Team)- Assist in data collection for monthly unit-based pressure injury prevalence studies Show less

Master Of Science In Community Health (Mscch), Health Practitioner Teacher Education (Hpte)

Certificate In Advanced Nursing Leadership & Management, Post-Graduate: Nursing

Certificate program discontinued. Courses taken as part of certificate program include: - CINP 902: Evaluation for Non-Profits (Winter.

Bachelor Of Science In Nursing (Bscn), Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Activities and Societies: Tri-Mentoring Program, Nursing Course Union

Bachelor Of Science In Nursing (Bscn), Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Activities and Societies: Canadian Nursing Students' Association Lead Fundraiser for the George Brown Chapter of the Canadian Nursing.