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Bring patients by ambulance or plane to hospitals or home.

Lecturer in various nursing fields such as the chronically ill patients, all technical nursing skills an RN needed , BLS and AED instruction, studie career guidance .

Visit clients at home, answer questions about the diagnosis and treatment and give practical advice about the home and work. The goals are less stress in patients that they experienced less uncertainly and assist their own disease process more. This care is certified by several Dutch Health Insurance Companies. In this job was a high standard of psychosocial counseling needed

Taking care of patient with all gastro intestinal and oncologic surgery. Observe the vital functions and responding on emergency situations, such as giving oxygen (40%,60% and non- rebreathing mask, also working with low rate inotropic. Expertise in pain management like PCA and epidural catheter. In charge as a shift leader.

Taking care of patients with all kinds of cardio thoracic surgeries and heart failure. I was also frequently shift leader, making ECG’s, setting PM and starting life support. Because of the heart transplantation and heart failure patients there was a high standard of psychosocial counseling needed. Besides beeing a MC nurse I also was a member of expertise group development curriculum Medium Care Nursing and guiding medium care nurse students.

Initially assisted as an ICU staff nurse in the start-up of a brand new 24 beds intensive care unit at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi . This critical care is a high level multi specialty unit with focus on cardio thoracic surgery, neuro surgery and neurology and as various other illnesses necessitating intensive care. At the beginning my focus was needed on developing workflows and policies based on best practice and EBP. Teaching on the job my ICU colleagues to get a high level of ICU patient care and ensuring best practice is followed. I was a member of the rapid response team.

* Lecturer in various nursing fields such as: * All technical nursing skills * BLS and AED instruction, examination, and scenario training * EBP and nursing leadership (BN2020) * Study career guidance * Chronically ill patients

Critical care/ ICU nurse at a level 3 ICU with cardiothoracic, neuro and multitrauma surgery. Taking care of patients with a high complex illness at the ICU. Experience in to how to use different ventilator (also nitric oxide) machines, pacemakers, ICP and EVD, renal replacement therapy, intra aortic balloon pump, cardiac output monitoring, assist devices, heart and lung transplantations and ECMO. I assist doctors with several procedures like intubation, giving different lines or small surgery interventions and go on intern transport for MRI or CT. Frequently responsible for quality,safety and coordination of care for 12 ICU beds. Once in every three weeks a shift responsible for 36 ICU beds for also sufficient staff and admission capacity. Guiding ICU nurse students. Member in several expertise groups such as pain and delirium management in ICU patients, patients safety goals during the JCI accreditation period in 2013 and present to improve effective communication and reduce the risk of health care associated infections .