Rebecca Nelson

Experience

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  Queensland Health

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

  Registered Nurse

  Theatre Graduate program• Recovery, Day surgery, and Endoscopy rotation• AARC system to input post-surgery observations, Medications, Surgical wound observations • Used a systematic and planned approach to nursing care to meet the needs of individual patients.• Managing post-operative patients (Inc. managing post-operative pain, PONV, airway support)• Advocating for patients and looking out for patient safety and ensuring all paperwork and checks are completed.• Conversing with the surgical staff for a better patient outcome.• Rotated roles within the Day surgery from admitting patients for surgery, second stage recovery, discharge, follow-up phone calls and ECT.• Rotated roles in the endoscopy suite from the anaesthetic nurse, procedure nurse, scout nurse and cleaning nurse. • Completed the Education and training package for the Reprocessing of flexible Endoscopes and Accessories through the GENCA website• Practicing within my scope, being reflective and maintaining best practice• Practicing within the ACORN and NMBA standards Show less

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  Xavier Children's Support Network

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2019

  Clinical Nurse

  Community Clinical Nurse role• Assistance with the application process for the Tracheostomy tender that we were awarded. • Consult, facilitate, monitor and evaluate the provision of healthcare needs and supports for children with complex disabilities and medical needs and their family.• Assisting families to obtain the information, resources and supports needed to maintain their child’s health at home and in the community.• Continence assessment and advice, toilet training/timing assistance and advice for parents with children who demonstrate readiness, MASS continence aids prescription applications, Continence Aids Payment Scheme applications.• Plan, prepare and deliver training related to nursing care for Xavier staff, families and other appropriate external bodies to enable them to care for children with PEG’s, Nasogastric tubes, Colostomies, Medications, Epilepsy, Vagus Nerve Stimulators, Intrathecal Baclofen Pumps, Oxygen therapy, Tracheostomy, BiPAP.• Represent Xavier Children’s Support Network on external meetings and forums.• Participate and contribute to the development of Policy, procedures, and reviews.• Participate and contribute in Self-Learning Package reviews.• Nursing equipment maintenance through BTS; medical consumables monitoring and ordering.• Provide On-Call on a rotational basis. • Collaborate with the Paediatric Palliative Care Services to ensure continuity of care is maintained and act as an advocate for shared patients.• Respond to calls from families regarding their child’s health status and any alterations from their child’s norm.• Assist families to advocate for services that their child requires.• Establish good working relationships with other community services, hospitals, schools and organisations• Completed Allergy and Anaphylaxis e-training for health professionals in 2016 from the ASCIA (Australasian Society of Clinical immunology and Allergy) website in response to an increase of anaphylaxis in my clientele group. Show less

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  Queensland Health

  Aug 2019 - Mar 2022

  Sub-Acute Youth mental health facility• Providing trauma informed therapeutic interventions, and assessed risks within a Recovery framework• Respond appropriately to sudden alterations in the mental health status using comprehensive nursing assessment and intervention skills, including assessment, interventions recommendations, collaborative care planning, therapeutic interventions and promotion of recovery.• Consult with others in delegation activities, and contribution to effective clinical care outcomes and the maintenance of a safe of environment.• Initiate timely and accurate collection and entry of consumer related demographic information, diagnosis, outcomes collections and provision of service activity into appropriate applications. The data and information include the electronic entry and completion of documentation to meet legislative requirements, including Mental Health Act 2016 documentation, admissions, discharges and transfers. • Utilising Consumer Integrated Mental Health Application system (CIMHA) Show less Children's Emergency Department Short term contract - Acute Bays• Acute cubicles, Category 2-4• Neonates, infants and toddlers, little children, preteens and adolescents utilising a family-oriented caregiving atmosphere that focuses more on sensitivity and human needs assistance than any other medical care environment.• Stabilizing patients with bronchiolitis, croup, RAD, asthma, gastroenteritis, appendicitis, influenza, alcohol overdose and patients under EEA.• Administering the right medications to minimize pain.• Keeping up with the fast-paced work environment by constantly upgrading skills and knowledge – completed RACE and Optimus Core training.• Being patient and caring for the families who accompany the little patients and working on easing their mental trauma. • Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) Show less

  • Registered Nurse

    Feb 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Registered Nurse

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2020