WINSTON H. WALKES
Mississauga,Canada
Summary
I am a Registered Nurse with 35 years experience in nursing in Ontario. Over the years I have worked in several clinical settings including Medical\Surgical, Psychiatric in & out patient, ICU\CCU, ER and ER Psychiatric Nursing. As stated below, I have been employed as a Registered Nurse at Humber River Hospital since 2011 to present time.
Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
Work History
RN (full time) – Emergency psychiatric Unit
Humber River Hospital
01.2022 - Current
- Member of the multidisciplinary team providing appropriate patient centered nursing care and health teaching to patients and their families.
- Adherence to safe nursing practice using the nursing process: Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.
- Utilize physical assessment skills
- Mental status and suicide risk assessment
- Provide one to one supportive care and therapeutic interventions
- Assist with discharge planning and identifying appropriate community resources
- Utilize a biopsychosocial model when assessing patients so as to provide appropriate health care, education and support to both patient and their families
- Administer medication
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team
RN (part time) – Emergency psychiatric Unit
Humber River Hospital
01.2011 - 01.2022
- Member of the multidisciplinary team providing appropriate patient centered nursing care and health teaching to patients and their families.
- Adherence to safe nursing practice using the nursing process: Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.
- Utilize physical assessment skills
- Mental status and suicide risk assessment
- Provide one to one supportive care and therapeutic interventions
- Assist with discharge planning and identifying appropriate community resources
- Utilize a biopsychosocial model when assessing patients so as to provide appropriate health care, education and support to both patient and their families
- Administer medication
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team
Clinical Informatics Analyst
William Osler Health Centre
04.2007 - 01.2022
- In collaboration with the office of Nursing Practice and professional Services and the IT department, work closely with IT staff, Centre management and Clinical staff in the selection, design, development and implementation of computer based clinical applications and associated policies.
- Responsible for teaching computer base applications used for clinical documentation throughout the centre including the ICU and other critical care areas.
- Provided on unit support for clinical staff.
- Provided orientation for newly hired clinical staff
RN - Mental Health Intensive, Emergency, MHESU
Supportive Housing In Peel
02.2007 - 07.2007
- Responsible for conducting psychiatric assessments; assessing client’s physical health needs, providing case management and the administration of medication. In collaboration with other team members, worked with a psychiatrist to provide a wide range of treatment and rehabilitation of services in a community based setting.
Clinical Informatics Analyst
QUEEN STREET MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE \ CAMH
01.2001 - 01.2007
- In collaboration with the office of Nursing Practice and professional Services, work closely with IMG staff, Centre management and Clinical staff in the selection, design, development and implementation of computer based clinical applications and associated policies
- Utilizing clinical knowledge to identify user requirements, provide input on clinical system selection and the development of the hospital’s Clinical electronic patient chart
- Provide on-going training and education to Managers regarding MIS reporting requirements and Inter-rater Reliability process
- Liaison with Vendor support team to troubleshoot issues around workload applications, research and analyse workload systems and evaluate upgrades\enhancements electronic systems
- Participate in the building, testing and customisation of new system releases and system upgrades prior to implementation
- Conducting class room, small group and individual training sessions for clinical staff in the use of workload and clinical applications (Siemens’ MS4, Infomed, Panda, OC\CR and Assessments, including the RAI, in TREAT)
- Provide telephone, remote access to computers and on unit support to clinical staff to assist them in the effective use of clinical applications
Registered Nurse
QUEEN STREET MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE
01.1982 - 04.2001
- Employment at QSMHC 1982 to 1985 Part time and 1986 to 2001 FTE and included both hospital and community based psychiatric nursing
- Ongoing mental and medical health assessments, formulating treatment plan in conjunction with the client, implementation of the plan, and evaluating progress
- Worked independently as a member of a multi-disciplinary team (community based program) to provide professional mental health nursing services to clients and their families, and the community in general
- Formulated nursing diagnoses and developing goal-oriented treatment plans
- Evaluated, monitored, and administered medication
- Made home visits in response to community, agency or individual patient’s needs
- Advocated on behalf of psychiatric patients for access to appropriate services
- Participated in the development and provision of a coordinated system of comprehensive mental health services to the community
- Liased with community agencies in support of the program
- Assisted with the planning for and the development of the CAMH First Episode Psychosis clinic Peel site
- Assisted with the planning for and the development of CAMH Clozapine clinics at the Queen Street and the Lakeshore sites.
Registered Nurse
TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL
01.1982 - 09.1996
- Employment at TGH 1982 to 1985 FTE and 1986 to 1996 Part Time Employee
- Worked in the Medical Intensive Care Unit - Provided one-to-one nursing care to critically ill patients on life support systems, i.e. ventilators and invasive homodynamic monitoring, participated in preoperative and postoperative teaching and Assessed cardiac and hemodynamic status with the aid of EEG monitors and arterial lines
- Assisted patients and their relatives to cope with the psychological effects of their illnesses as well as the separation experienced due to the ICU environment
- Functioned as a general duty medical\surgical nurse on several medical, surgical units including work in the PACU
Education
Certificate - Instructional Techniques
Friesen, Kay & Associates
Critical Care Nursing - undefined
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Certificate - Community Mental Health
Humber College
Certificate - Coronary and Respiratory Care – Nursing
Humber College
Diploma - Nursing
George Brown College
Diploma - Psychiatric Nursing
BarbadosSkills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
EDUCATION
- Ongoing education by way of lectures, seminars and conferences
- Introduction to Project Management and three business analyst courses at CDI
Timeline
RN (full time) – Emergency psychiatric Unit
Humber River Hospital
01.2022 - Current
RN (part time) – Emergency psychiatric Unit
Humber River Hospital
01.2011 - 01.2022
Clinical Informatics Analyst
William Osler Health Centre
04.2007 - 01.2022
RN - Mental Health Intensive, Emergency, MHESU
Supportive Housing In Peel
02.2007 - 07.2007
Clinical Informatics Analyst
QUEEN STREET MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE \ CAMH
01.2001 - 01.2007
Registered Nurse
QUEEN STREET MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE
01.1982 - 04.2001
Registered Nurse
TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL
01.1982 - 09.1996
Diploma - Psychiatric Nursing
Diploma - Nursing
George Brown College
Certificate - Coronary and Respiratory Care – Nursing
Humber College
Certificate - Community Mental Health
Humber College
Critical Care Nursing - undefined
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Certificate - Instructional Techniques
Friesen, Kay & Associates