Georgina Carey

• Deliver nursing care to patients in South West Wales who have a Neuromuscular disorder.
• Provide nurse led clinics, assessing current condition and offering advice, and referring to support or medical interventions accordingly.
• Support family members during difficult times providing emotional comfort and reassurance.
• Facilitate informative patient consultations to improve understanding of health conditions and treatments.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge on nursing best practices through continuous professional development opportunities.
• Work closely with MDT to coordinate care.
• Educate GPs, Health visitors, community nurses on these rare conditions.

• Covered a caseload of approximately 350 children, who had a diagnosis of epilepsy.
• Provided epilepsy support, information and training to children and their families and their educational/childcare settings.
• Ran nurse led, face to face, video and telephone clinics. Supported consultants in their clinics.
• Provided epilepsy and emergency medication training to families, nursery and school settings.
• Conducted comprehensive assessments of patients, leading to accurate treatment planning.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication with patients and families, fostering trust and cooperation.
• Developed and implemented nursing care plans, improving overall patient health.
• Coordinated with multidisciplinary health care team members to optimise patient outcomes.
• Educated patients on disease management and prevention, promoting healthier life choices.

• Worked on a 14 bedded neurosciences and specialist surgical ward, nursing children up to the age of 18 years, with a variety of different medical and surgical needs.
• Specialities included Neurology, Neurosurgery, ENT, Opthalmology, Plastics, Craniofacial
• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care of these sick children, whilst providing support for families.
• Monitored vital signs regularly, detecting any abnormalities early on.
• Provided pre and post surgical care for patients who had extensive wounds. Competent in managing wounds with sutures, staples and those requiring drains.
• Caring for children with suspected non-accidental injuries and supporting parents through the procedures/hospital protocol.
• Coordinating ward movement on each shift, as the most senior staff member on duty.
• Supporting junior colleagues and students on a regular basis.
• Taking lead and being responsible for the clinical eduaction on the ward, attending regular meetings with fellow clinical educators from other wards. Setting up study days for colleagues' development.
• Recognised and responded promptly to emergency situations ensuring safety of patients at all times.
• Administered medication as prescribed by physicians, maintaining optimal patient health status.
• Developed comprehensive care plans tailored to individual patient needs which improved their well-being over time.
• Conducted rounds with physicians to assist with treatment and patient care.

6 month contact on a 22 bedded, children's medical ward in Brisbane, Australia. This ward specialised in caring for children with respiratory and endocrine conditions as well as taking more generalised medical conditions.

• Consolidated skills learnt as a student nurse.
• Worked on a busy 24 bed general paediatric ward, with additional PAU.
• Nursed sick children in PHDU and delivered and coordinated care to tertiary PICU when necessary.
• Gained additional skills; IV drug administration. Care and accessing central lines.
• Supported parents throughout their child's hospital stay by answering questions and alleviating fears about prognosis.
• Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions.
• Responded promptly to emergencies within the ward whilst maintaining composure under pressure.
• Developed individualised care plans for each child patient after thorough evaluation.
• Liaised with multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive patient care.