Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Time Management
Nursing Council Registration
References
Training
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Priyanka Prabhash

Auckland

Summary

Registered nurse with ample experience in delivering quality care to patients. Professional with eight years of practice in New Zealand in hospital care for the elderly. Adequate knowledge of medicine, pharmacology, and standards of care in aged care setting. Dedicated and compassionate with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse

Howick Baptist Health Care
05.2015 - 03.2021
  • Manages patients for palliative care in a hospital setting by administering medications, carrying out wound care plans and management and monitoring of vital signs
  • Administers medication via Niki-t syringe drivers for comfort care and Parkinson infusion pumps to reduce severity of bouts of freezing and stiffness of Parkinson patients.
  • Collaborates with physicians, team leaders, families and other health care staff in developing care plans and treatment during the hospital stay.
  • Performs head-to-toe assessment of patients during incidents such as falls and near misses followed by neurological observations and close monitoring within 24 hours.
  • Attends to emergency situations, confers with colleagues and on-call doctors when sending patients to hospital.
  • Initiates and completes Incident Reports following the hospital's protocols on incidents resulting to patient or staff injury.
  • Completes wound Care Plans and dressing after skin tears.
  • Work as a team leader of the ward, supervises and delegates responsibil
  • Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical responsibilities to caregivers within their scope and assists training new staff to complete their orientation programme.
  • Coordinates with Middlemore or Auckland Hospitals, Manukau Super Clinic, visiting podiatrist and on-site Physiotherapist for follow-ups, and appointments.
  • Provision of full cares and assists with feeding of disabled residents.
  • Acts as advocates on resident's behalf, supporting especially those who are no longer capable of expressing themselves verbally.
  • Attends trainings and updates professional developments
  • Oversaw delivery of care for patients on providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, ENs, technicians, and unit staffs.
  • Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with the laws and prevent information breaches.
  • Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
  • Contributed to interdisciplinary team meetings by presenting relevant clinical data about patients'' progress toward reaching established goals of care.
  • Contributed substantially to successful department audit accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
  • Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
  • Promoted a culture of safety within the healthcare facility by participating in quality improvement initiatives, identifying potential hazards, and advocating for best practices in nursing care delivery.
  • Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with dementia, palliative care and other conditions.
  • Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Delivered high level of quality care to elderly populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
  • Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.,

Registered Nurse

Senate Nursing Bureau
07.2013 - 05.2015
  • Takes responsibility for the assessment, planning and implementation of nursing care to a high standard
  • Leads care staff in a way that facilitates effective communication, teamwork and clinical standards
  • Health and Disability resident’s rights and responsibilities are communicated and proactively adhered to
  • Acts as an advocate for the residents and their families
  • Safe guard dignity and promote independence and health and safety
  • Demonstrate good communication skills including written reports and completion of any monitoring charts etc
  • Act as advocate for the individual and their family and encourage involvement of daily care
  • Ensure that all residents receive the appropriate level of R.N care as required by the Ministry of Health contract
  • Ensure all resources are used appropriately and in a cost effective manner while balance in the needs of the residents with the needs of the company
  • Displays a high level of professionalism at all times
  • Takes legal and ethical responsibility for own professional development and cultural safety Maintains a high standard of teamwork and intiative
  • Maintains confidentiality
  • Drives quality improvement with the team in line with the Quality Improvement on site.

Staff Nurse

Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre
12.2008 - 05.2011
  • Assessment, Planning, Implementation & Evaluation of the nursing care requirements of allocated patients
  • Mostly dealt with the care of Medical and Surgical patients Can effectively handle the patients after Neuro surgery, Dental surgery, Urology surgery, Ortho surgery and many other medical conditions
  • Handled patients with H1N1 during H1N1 Influenza pandemic of 2009
  • Handling of advanced nursing procedures like Catheterization, Ryles tube insertion, intra venous canulation, Colostomy care, Tracheostomy care and Direct Blood sampling
  • Perform bladder irrigation for the patients who are on urinary catheter for prolonged time
  • Insertion and removal of Foleys catheter
  • Use pulse oxymeter
  • Take the inventory of medicine, ward supplies and linen
  • Management of patient with hemorrhage
  • Administered blood and blood products
  • Administered medications: Orally, via NG tubes, through PEG tubes, Intravenous, Subcutaneous, Intra Muscular
  • Efficient in calculating, preparing and administering various medications and infusions Experienced in handling equipments like the syringe pumps, infusion pumps, pulse-oximeter
  • Dealt with all kinds of surgical dressings Share professional knowledge and skills with all colleagues Demonstrate nursing procedures & supervise junior nurses and student nurses, and Para-nursing staff
  • Organization and management of nursing care
  • Efficient recording of all necessary documentation
  • Maintain an effective interdisciplinary communication process
  • Participating in all ward and hospital nursing communication

Education

Bachelor Of Science In Nursing, Awarded by Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health Sciences, Bangalore -

Dhanwantari Nursing College

Nursing in New Zealand, Competency Assessment Program which comprised 60 hours of classroom learning and 152 hours of clinical practice in Meadowbank, Oceania Group. -

Wesley Institute of Learning
01.2013

Skills

  • Promoting Health and safety, and effective communication through appropriate role modelling of behaviour and interaction
  • Quick assessment skills
  • Administering medications
  • Wound dressing
  • Quick response in emergency conditions
  • Successful in team work
  • Friendly, patient and helpful
  • Admission and discharge procedures
  • Documentation and reporting
  • Assisting GP, and follow up
  • Health education to the clients
  • Leadership skill to lead a health care team
  • Perform assigned tasks and activities required for service delivery
  • Creating and maintaining therapeutic environment by responding to actual risk and minimising potential risks
  • Observe and interact with clients in a professional and respectful way
  • Time management
  • Familiar with windows 7, Vista, 98/XP, MS Office, can effectively handle the software problems for the Windows, Internet surfing and e-mail operations
  • Perform assigned tasks and activities required for service delivery
  • Creating and maintaining therapeutic environment by responding to actual risk and minimising potential risks
  • Observe and interact with clients in a professional and respectful way
  • Time management
  • Familiar with windows 7, Vista, 98/XP, MS Office, can effectively handle the software problems for the Windows, Internet surfing and e-mail operations
  • Perform assigned tasks and activities required for service delivery
  • Creating and maintaining therapeutic environment by responding to actual risk and minimising potential risks
  • Observe and interact with clients in a professional and respectful way
  • Time management
  • Familiar with windows 7, Vista, 98/XP, MS Office, can effectively handle the software problems for the Windows, Internet surfing and e-mail operations
  • Perform assigned tasks and activities required for service delivery
  • Creating and maintaining therapeutic environment by responding to actual risk and minimising potential risks
  • Observe and interact with clients in a professional and respectful way
  • Time management
  • Familiar with windows 7, Vista, 98/XP, MS Office, can effectively handle the software problems for the Windows, Internet surfing and e-mail operations
  • Perform assigned tasks and activities required for service delivery
  • Creating and maintaining therapeutic environment by responding to actual risk and minimising potential risks
  • Observe and interact with clients in a professional and respectful way
  • Time management
  • Familiar with windows 7, Vista, 98/XP, MS Office, can effectively handle the software problems for the Windows, Internet surfing and e-mail operations

Time Management

Meets tight deadlines with prioritizing and organizing which helps to finish work before.

Incase of any emergency situation identifies the most important task and makes a plan and delegates accordingly to achieve the quality care without any delay.



Nursing Council Registration

Registration Number: 182074

Date of Registration: 28 March 2013

APC valid till: 30 June 2024

References

  • Chris Dunlop, Clinical Manager, Howick Baptist Health care, 139 Union Road Howick
  • Belinda Taylor, Operations Manager, Howick Baptist Health Care; Belinda.Taylor@hbh.org.nz
  • Reethu Cherian, Registered Nurse, Middlemore Hospital, reethucherian87@gmail.com
  • Anila Govind, Registered Nurse, Howick Baptist Health Care.


Training


  • Interrai Assessment
  • Wound Management
  • BLS (Basic Life Support) Workshop
  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) Workshop
  • Manual Handling
  • Management of falls
  • Nikki T34 Syringe Driver
  • Workplace Comprehensive First Aid by NZQA (8hrs)
  • LCP and Pain Management
  • CPI’s NVCI COURSES

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Howick Baptist Health Care
05.2015 - 03.2021

Registered Nurse

Senate Nursing Bureau
07.2013 - 05.2015

Staff Nurse

Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre
12.2008 - 05.2011

Bachelor Of Science In Nursing, Awarded by Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health Sciences, Bangalore -

Dhanwantari Nursing College

Nursing in New Zealand, Competency Assessment Program which comprised 60 hours of classroom learning and 152 hours of clinical practice in Meadowbank, Oceania Group. -

Wesley Institute of Learning

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