RAKHIMOL RAJAPPAN

• Provide comprehensive care and support to elderly patients in a residential care setting.
• Coordinate patient admissions, discharges, and assessments.
• Collaborate with medical teams and communicate patient updates effectively.
• Maintain patient records, and ensure confidentiality, as per NZ health regulations.

CAP Student

Aug 2023 – Oct 2023 Completed the Competency Assessment Programme (CAP) to align with New Zealand's nursing standards

• Assisted with wound care management, including dressing changes and monitoring for signs of infection.
• Administered oral and topical medications as directed by primary RN.
• Performed physical exams and collected vital signs for assigned patients.

• Managed critical care patients and assisted with emergency procedures.
• Provided pre-operative and post-operative care to patients.
• Delivered patient education and collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for optimal care.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills when interacting with patients and families.

• Worked in various departments including ICU, emergency, and general medicine.
• Assisted in high-pressure situations and critical care environments.
• Evaluated patient vital signs and laboratory data to assess needs and provide emergency interventions.
• Coordinated patient discharge planning, collaborating with healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care.
• Assisted with intubation procedures when needed using appropriate equipment and techniques.
• Administered care to patients suffering from catastrophic traumatic injuries.
• Identified abnormal and critical respiratory patterns through direct pulmonary assessments.

• Worked in a busy hospital setting providing direct patient care and monitoring.
• Prepared medical equipment and tools to aid physician during examination and treatment of patients.
• Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.

• Supported a range of specialized medical procedures in a tertiary care hospital.
• Attended continuing education courses related to cardiac ICU nursing practices.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team members in providing quality patient care.
• Initiated lifesaving measures such as CPR when needed during code blue situations.
• Performed venipuncture, intravenous therapy administration, and arterial blood gas draws.

• Administer life saving interventions like mechanical ventilation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and vasopressin medication
• Implement patient care for critically ill patient at a ratio of 1:1
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals
• Educate patients/families on health care needs, conditions, options so on
• Adhere to strict infection controls to prevent the spread of infectious diseases within ICU
• Maintain patient charts and confidential files
• Attend the in-service education time to time
• Assist in special diagnostic procedure as lumber puncture, bone marrow aspiration
• Advocate for the best interests of the patient and ensure that rights are respected
• Ethical decision making in terms of ethical dilemmas and end of life care
• Take care of long-term patients with Tracheotomy, catheter, general care
• Pre –operative preparation and post operative care of cardiac patients