Geraldine Linda Cox

• Working within the Surgery and Cancer Division; Surgical Speciality Unit.
• Delivering patient-centred care to up to 8 patients per shift.
• Assisting with personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing and toiling, while maintaining dignity and privacy and promoting independence.
• Supporting patients with mobility and daily living activities and promoting independence.
• Patient assessment and monitoring; recognising and escalating patient deterioration via baseline observations and tools such as vital signs and NEWS2 scoring.
• Medication administration including Oral, Intravenous and Intramuscular routes; following NMC guidelines and safety protocols.
• Wound care and dressing changes.
• Adhering to Infection prevention and control policies and procedures.
• Female Catherisation.
• Care planning and documentation
• Use of electronic health records using Digital Clinical Systems.
• Ensuring timely treatment to patients by managing strict schedules.
• Promoting healthy lifestyle choices amongst patients, resulting in improved health indicators.
• Actively participating in staff meetings; contributing valuable insights towards improvement of nursing practices at the hospital.
• Collaborating effectively within the healthcare professionals multidisciplinary team such as doctors, pharmacist and Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy; to provide and support patient care plans.
• Administering medication and feed via Nasogastric /Peg tubes.
• Diabetes and Blood glucose management, insulin administration and following hypoglycemia protocols.
• Managing patients pre and post operations.
• Completing and keeping up to date with clinical face to face and online E-Learning training.
• Currently participating in preceptorship programme demonstrating ongoing professional development.

• Providing direct patient care; personal care and assisting with activities of daily living.
• Providing patients with meals and assisting with feeding when required.
• Recording patients blood glucose sugar levels and escalating appropriately to the Nurse.
• Patient observations and checks such as temperature, blood pressure, oxygen saturations and heart rate.
• Clinical support; assisting with ECG recordings and preparing patients for examinations and interventions such as scans and procedures.

Completed six block practical learning placements within the Medical, Surgical and Community settings; i gained experience in a variety of departments such as;

• District Nursing
• Respiratory
• Stroke/Rehab
• Care of the elderly
• Outpatients department
• Critical Care department
• Douglas Macmillan Hospice
• General Surgery (Covid ward)
• Surgical Specialities Unit
• The Treatment Centre

• Delivered direct person centred patient care including personal hygiene, wound care and vital signs monitoring.
• Worked within the Multidisciplinary Team.
• Developed strong communication and listening skills supporting patients and families.
• Administering medication under direct supervision of a registered nurse; following NMC guidelines and safety protocols.
• Recognised and escalated patient deterioration via baseline observations and tools such as NEWS2.
• Maintained infection prevention and control standards in all clinical environments.
• Experienced observing an Aortic Valve Replacement within Royal Stoke Hospital.
• Demonstrated NMC core values and codes, professional values and practical skills and successfully completed the required proficiencies within the PARE document.
• Completed practical episodes of care.
• Completed medication management.