ChantalAubin

5209 Cavalier Place, Nanaimo, British Columbia | 250-816-7297 | Chantal.aubin@live.de

Professional Summary
Dedicated and hard-working Registered Psychiatric Nursing Student, seeking an opportunity to apply my theoretical and practical education to patient care in an in-patient psychiatric unit setting. Areas of competencies include but are not limited to interpersonal therapeutic relationships, verbal and non-verbal communication, assessments, medication administration, and professionalism.

Licenses
REGISTERED PSYCHIATRIC NURSE | FEBRUARY 2014 | STENBERG COLLEGE PROGRAM OFFERS A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL APPROACH TO PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE. HOLISTIC APPROACH AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE UTILIZED RELATED COURSEWORK: OLDER ADULT CARE, ACUTE CARE, ABORIGINAL HISTORY, FIRST NATIONS HEALTH, NURSING RESEARCH, ACUTE PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION, ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY, COUNSELLING & THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIOLOGY, ETHICS OF CARE, PSYCHODRAMA, PSYCHOLOGY, BASIC CONCEPTS OF PSYCHIATRICNURSING,WOMENSSTUDIES,CHILD&YOUTHPSYCHIATRY. RESIDENTIAL CARE ATTENDANT/HOME SUPPORT WORKER| JULY 2007 | MALASPINA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PROGRAM OFFERED A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CLIENT-CENTERED CARE. THEORY AND PRACTICAL COURSE WORK BASED ON ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, RANGE OF MOTION, HYGIENE, ACTIVE LISTENING, AND OPEN COMMUNIATION. Related coursework: CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT, MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS, INTRODUCTION TO DEMENTIA, DELIRIUM AND DEPRESSION. CPR/HPC | NOVEMBER 2012 | ST. JOHNS AMBULANCE

Skills & Abilities

KNOWLEDGE OF PATIENT CARE INCLUDING GERIATRIC CARE WITH NEARLY SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN BOTH LONG TERM CARE, AMBULATORY CARE, SUBACUTE UNITS AND COMMUNITY, GERIATRIC CARE HAS BECOME A STRENGTH IN MY MODEL OF CARE. CULTURAL SENSITIVITY EXPERIENCES INCLUDE ASSISTING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES OF ASIAN DECENTS, HISPANIC DECENTS AND EUROPEAN DECENTS. CULTURAL SENSITIVITY HAS BECOME A FORTE IN MY CARE. COMMUNICATION ACTIVE COMMUNICATION AND CONSIDERING BOTH VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION IS A STRENGTH WITHIN MY PRACTICE. FURTHERMORE, BEING COMPLETELY FLUENT IN BOTH WRITTEN AND SPOKEN FRENCH AND ENGLISH, WITH AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF GERMAN HAS AIDED ME IN MY PRACTICE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PATIENTS IN THEIR MOTHER-TONGUE.

LEADERSHIP CONSIDERS THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE CARE FOR A PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY, AND TAKES INITIATIVE IN SUCH. CONTINUAL LEARNING, INCLUDING COURSES IN SUICIDE MANAGEMENT AND LECTURES ON IMPULSIVITY, AND SELF-AMELORIATION ALSO PLAYS A STRONG ROLE IN MY LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

Experience
EMPLOYED STUDENT NURSE| VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY| JUNE 2013-FEBRUARY 2014 EMPLOYED STUDENT NURSES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF THREE PATIENTS AND WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN RPN/RN. DUTIES INCLUDE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION, ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, DOCUMENTATION, REFERRALS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSULTATION. MENTAL HEALTH AIDE | VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH | NOVEMBER 2012-FEBRUARY 2014 MENTAL HEALTH AIDS ARE RESPONSIBLY FOR PROMOTING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE PATIENTS ON THE UNIT, AND INCLUDING THEM IN DAILY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HYGIENE, CRAFTS, EXERCISE AND OTHER UNIT PROGRAMS. SKILLS INCLUDE ACTIVE LISTENING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER | VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY| NOVEMBER 2011-JULY 2013 AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, COMMUNITY CLIENTS WERE ASSIGNED BY RN SUPERVISIORS. DUTIES INCLUDED MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BOWEL CARE, TOILETING, HYGIENE, FOOD PREPARATION AND BASIC HOUSEKEEPING. STUDENT RPN | BILLS PLACE | 160 HOURS RECORDEDCLIENTSHISTORY,ASSESSMENTSANDSTATISTICSINAPSYCHOSOCIALREHABILITATIONSETTING. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED PROVIDING BEHAVIOURAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO CLIENTS FROM DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, MANY HAVING BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES AND PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES. STUDENT RPN | MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNIT, NANAIMO GENERAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL| 160 HOURS HIGH QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CLIENT-CENTERED CARE IN A MEDICAL UNIT. RESPONSIBILIES INCLUDED VITAL STATISTICS, EVALUATING AND PRIORITIZING PATIENT NEEDS, UTILIZING TEACHING TECHNIQUES, AND WORKING IN A HIGH-PACED ENVIRONMENT WHILE MAINTAINING INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK FLOW. STUDENT RPN | IN-PATIENT UNIT, NANAIMO GENERAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 160 HOURS HOLISTIC, PATIENT-CENTERED CARE WAS PROVIDED TO A LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC OF PATIENTS. DIAGNOSES SUCH AS BI-POLAR, DEPRESSION, FIRST BREAK PSYCHOSIS, DEMENTIA, BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND ANXIETY WERE REGULARLY MANAGED WITH PATIENT IN-PUT. INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION WITH CONTINUOUS EVALUATION PROVIDED EXPERIENCE IN THE NURSING PROCESS, AND RAPID DECISION-MAKING. STUDENT RPN | MALASPINA GARDENS | 160 HOURS EMPATHETIC AND THERAPEUTIC CARE WAS PROVIDED TO PATIENTS IN A LONG-TERM CARE SETTING AS WELL AS AN AMBULATORY DEMENTIA SETTING. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED ASSESSMENTS, ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES, DOCUMENTATION, MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION AND MEETINGS. MY E-PORTFOLIO IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT HTTP://CHANTALAUBIN.WEEBLY.COM FOR YOUR PERUSAL.

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