Marilen Mendoza

9 North, Hyper Acute Stroke Unit

• Deals with patient with acute stroke and patients that are eligible for thrombolysis and thrombectomy
• Prioritise nursing care, recognise deterioration in a patient's condition and alert senior staff and doctors immediately
• Uses effective communication, written and verbal with all level of staff including a multidisciplinary team, patients and relatives.
• Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels and behaviours to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
• Adhered to strict safety measures by carefully determining proper dosages before administering medications.
• Strengthened training and nursing knowledge by taking part in continuing education programs
• Able to use appropriate documentation to assess and treat symptoms experienced by the patients
• Physiological monitoring and maintenance of homeostasis
• Providing nursing care and monitoring to the patient post thrombolysis and thrombectomy.
• Provides reassurance and emotional support to patients and their families.
• Able to response to different medical emergencies and escalate situation accordingly.

6 South (Stroke and Neurology Unit)

• Care for patients with a range of acute neurological conditions and have allocated stroke beds for rehabilitation, care and management.
• Developed and implemented individualized nursing care plans.
• Work alongside with exceptional team of consultants, and allied health professionals.
• Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment.
• Observing patient's conditions, vital sign assessment and monitoring.
• Documenting care plans, medication charts, admission and discharge notes.
• Insertion of Nasogastric tube and management.
• Enteral feeding through NGT, PEG, RIG and promote adequate nutrition.
• Pain assessment and management.
• Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.
• Fall prevention measures.
• Initiate DVT prophylaxis (mechanical and chemical).
• Administering blood transfusion and blood products.
• Responds to different kinds of emergency situation.
• Draw blood sample and collect other biological products for laboratory exam.
• Urinary catheterisation insertion and care
• Followed infection control procedures
• Administers intravenous medications.
• End of life care
• Patient moving and handling.

A 95 bedpost Nursing Home:

• Deals with patients with physical ailments associated with aging and with progressive cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
• Observing patient's conditions, vital sign assessment and monitoring.
• Documenting care plans, medication charts, admission and discharge notes.
• Carrying out nursing care plans to individualize and improve care.
• Liaising with different allied health professionals.
• Followed infection control procedures.
• Responds to different types of emergency situation.
• Manage health care staff in absence of line manager. Managing regular health visit for the patients.
• Administering medications and IV therapy
• Urinary catheterisation insertion and management
• Collecting blood and other biological products for laboratory exam.
• Enteral feeding throught NGT and PEG.
• NGT insertion and management.
• Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.
• Carrying out ECG.
• Patient moving and handling.
• End of life care.
• Removal of sutures and stitches.
• PICC and CVC care.
• Pulmonary suctioning
• Colostomy care

• Deals with patient in permanent vegetative state.
• Use standard scale for assessing, monitoring, and communication for possible pain perception.
• Managing patients with tracheostomy.
• Developed and implemented care plans.
• Takes care of patient's nutritional requirements.
• Observe patient's sleep-wake cycle.
• Collected blood and other laboratory specimens.
• Followed infection control procedures.
• Liaised with doctors and other allied health professionals.
• Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers

• Carrying out nurisng intervention in patient's home.
• Draw blood sample for laboratory exam.
• Urinary catheterisation insertiona and management.
• Wound dressing
• Administering parenteral medications.