As a full-time, day shift RN for Montreal General Hospital's Palliative Care Unit, I coordinate and deliver quality end-of-life/hospice palliative care for a 15 patient unit for up to 12 hour a day rotations.

• Administer medications, provide treatments and assist with daily living activities for up to 15 clients receiving Palliative Care.
• Provide comprehensive education for clients and family regarding end-of-life and the dying process on a daily basis.
• Coordinate with up to 10 interdisciplinary team members according to client's plan of care.
• Delegate tasks to 3 ancillary staff members on a weekly basis.
• Attend End-of-life Nursing Consortium (ELNEC) training on a yearly basis.
• Awarded "RN of the Year" by coworkers, supervisors, and patients in 2017 and 2018.

As a full-time, day shift RN at Montreal General Hospital's Geriatrics Clinic, I coordinated and delivered direct care for a 22 bed ward which offers rehabilitation services to geriatric residents to help attain maximal potential and overall well-being.

• Served as resident advocate to ensure that 100% of residents' medical and emotional needs were recognized and met.
• Accountable for supervising care provided by up to 15 professional and ancillary nursing staff members.
• Recorded accurate and prompt documentation of all nursing tasks.
• Provided professional assessments of the needs and desires of residents once a week.
• Communicated with family and interdisciplinary staff to provide holistic resident care.
• Performed medical care as directed by healthcare provider and set up medications for proper administration on a daily basis.

As a part-time Orderly at Saint Georges, a long-term care facility for senior citizens, housing up to 356 residents at a time, I provided high quality care to residents throughout my secondary and undergraduate school years.

• Provided patients with basic care and assisted nurses and other medical professionals.
• Observed patients' conditions, measuring and recording food and liquid intake and output 3 times a day, as well as vital signs, and reported any changes to nurses.
• Provided patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
• Assisted with cleaning duties, changing bed linens, and stocking facility supplies.
• Turned and re-positioned bedridden patients to prevent bedsores.
• Fed patients who were unable to feed themselves 3 times daily.