Elder Care in Brampton, Ontario

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • 22 years of experience in Intensive Care Unit • Completed Diploma in Nursing and got a licence as a Professional in Physiotherapy • Member, CARE-Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses • Works independently as well as a team player with proven ability to learn quickly • Proven skills in health assessment, counseling, education and critical thinking • Excellent organization, time management, problem solving and decision making skills • Competent in word office, power point, internet • Languages: English, Spanish with extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RPN- Intensive Care Unit Clínica San Rafael, Colombia 1994-201... • Implemented patients care according to protocol guidelines • Monitored and recognized abnormalities in vital signs such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature • Administered enteral, topical, parenteral medication • Realized Wound care and dressing using clean and sterile technique • Maintained the permeability of the nasogastric tubes and tracheostomies by measuring the gastric residue and aspirating secretions • Performed oral hygiene after each meal observing mucous membranes and avoiding areas of pressure with gastric tubes and orotracheal tubes • Maintained body hygiene in critical patients by bathing them in bed • Fulfilled with changes of position in critical patients bedridden every two hours • Verified and administered enteral nutrition correctly according to medical orders • Helped to feed those patients who could not do it on their own • Kept the confidentiality in the clinical histories of each patient • Established good communication with the interdisciplinary team and the relatives of the patients • Received patients in the first postoperative hours of heart, cerebral, orthopedic and general surgery in the Intensive Care Unit in order to continue with the treatments established by doctors RPN- Intensive Care Unit Clínica Palermo, Colombia 2011-201... • Maintained a permeable airway in patients with the orotracheal tube by aspirating secretions and verifying the tube immobilizations • Detected signs of infection at the insertion site of central catheterization such as flushing, swelling or secretions • Performed healing of chest tube insertion sites with aseptic technique • Checked drains and their characteristics such as hemovacs, gastric tubes and bladder catheters • Collected different samples of blood, urine and secretions in the critical patient • Assisted different doctors in the placement of central catheters, thoracic tubes, and counterpulsation balloons • Monitored the proper functioning of pacemakers such as sensitivity, voltage and heart rate according to the medical order • Observed the permeability of arterial lines avoiding malfunction, infection or major complications • Kept the neurological patient well positioned while being treated with ventriculostomy EDUCATION AND TRAINING B..... in Physiotherapy Manuela Beltrán University, Bogotá, Colombia 2000 Diploma in Nursing Escuela para Auxiliares de Enfermería 1995 MEMBERSHIPS Student member, RPNAO Register Practical Nurse Association Ontario 2017- present Member, CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses, Toronto 2016- present REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST