Hi, I’m
Rochelle Wilson
Preoperative Specialty Nurse
Timaru
Summary
Pre-operative Assessment Specialty Nurse with a proven track record at SCDHB, adept in clinical assessments and enhancing patient health through effective communication. Skilled in risk stratification and policy development, guiding a team towards high-quality care with the key focus in assessing patients fitness for surgery.
Overview
8
years of professional experience
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
SCDHB
Pre-operative Assessment Specialty Nurse
10.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Conduct thorough patient assessment by utilising subjective data, clinical documentation, observations & assessments.
- Critical reasoning to determine appropriate risk stratification.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team: High risk anaesthetic team, GPs, surgeons, CNS, MIU and all necessary health professionals to ensure the patient is optimised prior to surgery.
- Work injunction with the booking administrators
- Direct & guide 3x RNs within the Assessment team
- Develop and maintain policies and procedures
SCDHB
Registered Nurse: Day Patients
01.2018 - 10.2020
Job overview
- Critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in health within the preadmission clinic / day of surgery setting. Communication findings to appropriate RMOs / anaesthetist and initiate applicable interventions when required.
- Document involvement: Procedures, medication regimes and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Mentoring a new graduate, contributing to a positive work environment and high-quality patient care.
Education
Ara Insitute of CanterburyChristchurch, New Zealand, NZ
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Practice from Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning
01.2021 - 07.2021
Ara Institute of CanterburyChristchurch, New Zealand, NZ
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Practice from Advanced Pathophysiology For Health Professionals
08.2021 - 12.2021
Skills
Clinical Reasoning: Systematically, collect, analyse & interpret data to clinically formulate an anaesthetic physical status to determine surgery risk
To do this my role entails:
- Assessment skills: Identifying patients current health status by further exploring red flags and obtaining quantifiable data by utilsiing appropriate assessments ie Proximal nocturnal dyspnea will lead to ordering a BNP, completing an ECG, identifying Mets / Heavy snoring affecting daytime sleepiness will lead to assessing OSA utilsing STOPBANG (Structural likelihood) and then the Epworth score (Functional affect)
- Completing an ECG and interpreting the data When appropriate involve the wider health professional team for guidance
- Reviewing historical blood baseline data, this can identify additional bloods tests required to provide an updated analysis Upon sign off the data will be interpreted to determine further investigations
- Observational data & identifying trends may lead to referrals requesting further involvement to potentially optimism health ie Uncontrolled diabetes/hypertension
- Communication: Effectively communicating with patients through education and implementing strategies to improve their health prior to elective surgery
Timeline
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Practice from Advanced Pathophysiology For Health Professionals
08.2021 - 12.2021
Ara Insitute of Canterbury
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Practice from Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning
01.2021 - 07.2021
Pre-operative Assessment Specialty Nurse
SCDHB
10.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse: Day Patients
SCDHB
01.2018 - 10.2020