Naomi Taylor Email & Phone Number

Toronto

• Providing both psychiatric and general nursing care through the use of a holistic, and client-centered approach to patients from diverse backgrounds.
• Providing clinical care to men and women of ages ranging from 16-65 years and up, who suffer from complex mood disorders, which may be complicated by a traumatic experience, personality disorder, or concurrent.
• Treatment and management of concurrent disorders through promoting mental health, mood stabilization, medication optimization, as well as withdrawal management for client's with a history of substance use or diagnosed.
• Actively contributing to the treatment approach through performing assessments, developing, implementing and evaluating the plan of care.
• Demonstrates the ability to make behavioural observations, mental status and suicide and self-harm risk assessments, close and continuous observations, environmental safety checks, and monitor a patient's response to.
• Completes timely and accurate documentation, and regularly engages in ongoing communication with the treatment team.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Assessment and treatment of clients with addictions and mental illnesses
• Alcohol and drug testing clients
• Performing the Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS) and Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA) on clients in withdrawal from opioids and / or alcohol
• Collaborating with the interprofessional team (physicians, nurses, addiction counsellors, and therapists) to support clients going through withdrawal and recovering from substance use disorder
• Preparing and administering medications to clients
• Providing emotional support for clients in recovery

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Assessment, management and treatment of patients with incurable or life-limiting illnesses of a cancerous or non-cancerous nature.
• Providing pain and symptom management to patients diagnosed with both acute and chronic illnesses, with the ultimate goal of promoting their quality of life.
• Implementing a palliative care approach in the nursing care of patients who are in all stages of their illness trajectory.
• Providing end-of-life care to patients and their families, experiencing death and dying.
• Performed tracheostomy and wound care, administered intravenous fluids and medications, learned how to manage enteral feeds, how to administer medications through a nasogastric tube, and how to manage a.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Assessment management and treatment of individuals with various mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder
• Utilized the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), and the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA) assessment tools to perform daily mental health assessments and suicide risk assessments on.
• Monitored patients closely during Q15 minute rounds in order to maintain a safe environment for patients and staff
• Participated in Code White training

• Worked as a Registered Practical Nurse part of the Clinical Resource Team supporting multiple sites such as Brampton Civic Hospital and Etobicoke General Hospital
• Experience working in various specialties such as Cardiology, Neurology, Respirology, Medicine/Acute Care of The Eldery, and Oncology Palliative
• Assessment and management of patients with various medical diagnoses
• Collaborated with the interprofessional team (e.g. during rounds, daily care-planning, discharge planning)
• Performed venipuncture, wound care, administered IV fluids, blood products, and TPN

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Conducted research about various peer support toolkits with the end goal of developing a model for a peer support toolkit for survivors of human trafficking
• Wrote 23 annotated bibliographies about peer support toolkits for different populations of people, including survivors of human trafficking
• Wrote a final literature review with my learning partner about peer support toolkits for human trafficking survivors, using a total of 43 scholarly articles

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Bridging to univeristy nursing/BScN
• Assessment and management of patients with acute coronary syndromes: STEMI/NSTEMI, CAD, and other cardiac issues such as CHF, HTN, A-FIB
• Thorough head-to-toe assessments
• Preparing and administering medications
• Providing patient and family-centered care

• Working as an on-call RPN
• Helping clients with personal care in their homes
• Providing nursing care to residents at a long-term care facility
• Preparing and administering medications for 30 residents

49 Front Street East, Toronto

• Providing personalized, high quality nursing care to client's in the home, or hospital setting depending on where the client is located
• Cooking and serving nutritious meals to clients
• Medication Reminders
• Typically living-in or visiting client's with various needs such as assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs); mobilization, and transfers, high falls risk prevention, personal care, encouragement to exercise.
• Caring for Client's in their own home who are Oxygen-Dependent living with Respiratory disorders such as Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Fibrosis, and other health problems such as Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension.

Ontario, Canada

• Assessment and management of post-operative total joint replacement and fractured hip patients (5:1 patient/nurse ratio)
• Thorough head-to-toe assessments, anticipating and mitigating post-operative complications
• Collaborated with the interprofessional team (e.g. during rounds, daily care-planning, discharge planning)
• Providing patient and family-centered care
• Prepared and administered medications
• Wound care

Ontario, Canada

• Worked on a Medicine unit and provided acute care for a wide variety of elderly clients with coexisting medical conditions and diagnoses of Diabetes, Renal Failure, Heart Failure, Bacterial/Viral Pneumonia, Urosepsis.
• Exposed to and practiced medical surgical interventions and treatments such as intravenous and blood transfusions, wound care, colostomy care and teaching, and venipuncture
• Further developed organizational and time management skills through managing a workload of 5 patients

• Provided patient and family-centered care to post-operative orthopaedic patients
• Performed staple removal, and dressing reductions for clients with total joint replacements, fractures, and laminectomies
• Prepared and administered medications to clients

Ontario, Canada

• Cared for a variety of post-operative patients with total hip, shoulder and knee arthroplasties
• Performed wound care and dressing reductions on clients using the sterile/aseptic technique
• Collaborated with other members of the health care team to provide the most effective, safe care for patients
• Promoted early ambulation of clients, and assisted them with carrying out activities of daily living

Ontario, Canada

• Provided patients with total morning care prior to breakfast
• Sat with the residents, socialized with them, and fed breakfast to those who required assistance
• Worked with many elderly clients with diagnoses of Depression, different forms of Dementia such as Alzheimer’s Disease, and other cognitive impairments

Ontario, Canada

• Tutoring and teaching students that need extra help both inside and outside of the classroom
• Motivating and encouraging students to finish their school work in a timely manner
• Assist and support teachers and other staff members as needed

Ontario, Canada

• Providing supervision for students during their lunch hour at a local elementary school
• Interacting with elementary school students
• Helped students solve conflicts that occurred on the school grounds

Ontario, Canada

• Dealing with and greeting customers
• Creating a comfortable environment for them within the spa
• Answering the phone, booking appointments, performing manicures and pedicures on the clients to promote better care and maintenance of the hands and feet
• Serving coffee and other beverages to the customers
• Closing the spa at the end of the work day

Bachelor Of Science In Nursing, Nursing Education

Successful completion of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program with honours. Throughout university, I had clinical placements.

Certificate, Rpn To Rn (Bscn) Bridging Program

Successfully completed the RPN to RN bridging program with honours. During this program I had a clinical rotation at Humber River Hospital.

Diploma, Practical Nursing

Successfully completed the Practical Nursing Program at George Brown College, with honours. During this program, I had clinical placements.

Certifcate, Pre-Health Sciences

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