Emma Small
Napier,Bayview
Summary
Hardworking, dynamic critical care Registered nurse bringing 7 years experience. Adept at collaborating with multi-disciplinary medical teams. Dedicated to delivering best practice, quality and safe patient and family care. Effective in emergency situations and critical codes. An organized dependable individual, successfully managing multiple priorities with a positive 'can do' attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team requirements. Effective communicator with sound sensibility and able to critically think on feet.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Te Whatu Ora Te Matau A Maui (formerly HBDHB)
Hastings , HKB
2015.01 - Current
- Assess, monitor and manage adult and paediatric patients for various diagnoses from sepsis, shock, acute respiratory illness,' to trauma, surgical complications and multi-organ failure scenarios. Respond rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
- Perform various aspects of invasive monitoring, use of critical care equipment, intubated and ventilated patients, continuous renal replacement therapy, inotropic support and titration, cardiac monitoring, diagnostic testing and reporting on conditions to optimize patient outcomes.
- Collaborative care with multi-disciplinary team to provide customized care plans for holistic recovery requirements.
- Protect critically ill patients from unnecessary risks by limiting visitors and using isolation, PPE and vigilant infection control measures.
- Clear, concise and relevant documentation. Clear, effective communication with patients, families and colleagues.
- Have trained and clinically coached numerous new and new graduate nurses on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes and increase experience in our unit. Provide ongoing clinical/pastoral support.
- Palliative care resource nurse - responsible for CSCI training/maintenance.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
2015
Skills
- Active listening. Excellent verbal/written communicator.
- Critical thinker. Solution focused.
- Organized. Orderly. However adaptable. Flexible.
- Social perceptiveness.
- Creative.
- Confident yet approachable.
- Trustworthy.
- High level work ethic.
- Able to work independently. Equally enjoy team approach.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 2021 Paediatric Life Support (PLS) 2021 CORE advanced 2022
- Computer literate in Microsoft systems
Timeline
Critical Care Registered Nurse - Te Whatu Ora Te Matau A Maui (formerly HBDHB)
2015.01 - Current
Eastern Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Science, Nursing
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