Morelyn Cools

• I am currently employed as one of the senior staff nurses in the accident and emergency department triaging and providing initial care for up to 250 patients at times

• Key responsibilities:
• Organising and participating in the delivery of high standards of evidence-based nursing care
• Perform exams on patients and triage them accordingly
• Call codes and alert doctors in serious, urgent cases, assisting with the resuscitation and stabilisation of patients
• Receive patients from the paramedics and ensure a continuity of care
• Refer patients to other departments/specialists and provide comprehensive handover
• Work with security staff to manage patients who might be a danger to themselves or other people in the department
• Performing advance wound dressings
• Complete consultation and discharge paperwork and record any procedures or treatments into patient notes
• Maintain high levels of effective communication with other members of the multi disciplinary team
• Ensuring provision of a safe and therapeutic environment for all patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues
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• I was employed at Tapion Hospital as a full time registered nurse in the accident and emergency department

Key Responsibilities:

• I specialized in assessing and specializing a variety of trauma patients with decisive action
• Skilfully performed suture removals for patients of all ages
• Took preliminary patient history
• Perform advance wound dressings and provided advise on minor injuries
• Managed waiting bays and performed regular observations on patients awaiting transfer to the ward
• Managed caseload, working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team

• I worked as a full time registered nurse in the accident and emergency department as part of a cohesive team committed to a high level of expertise in all disciplines of emergency care

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertook medical and surgical assessments
• Managed deteriorating patients
• Supported patients with mental health needs
• Worked across all areas of the department including the paediatric unit
• Phlebotomy and cannulation
• Recorded ECG and cardiac monitoring
• Contributed towards the health promotion for all patients by providing education, support and advise
• Assisted in the coordination of discharge planning in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team

I worked as a staff nurse on a 28 bed medical/care of the elderly ward, providing patient care , supporting other nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary team

Key Responsibilities:

• Completed and recorded routine observations such as blood pressure and urine output of patients on the ward
• Catheterised patients and monitored bodily fluid output
• Performed intravenous cannulation and fluid administration
• Planned discharges and completed appropriate paperwork
• Carried out procedures and evaluations outlined in patient care plans
• Checked and administered medications to patients

• As a mental health care worker, I delivered healthcare to patients with existing mental impairments and emotional trauma
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Key Responsibilities:

• I played a crucial role in the implementation of treatment plans for patients
• Some of my responsibilities included helping clients perform tasks such as grooming, feeding etc
• Other responsibilities included organizing outings, conducting exercises, coordinating therapy groups and working alongside the nurses, psychiatrists, social workers and therapist to record the progress of patients in order to help make important decisions to the implementation of their treatment plans