NICIE VELANCIA PINHEIRO E RODRIGUES

Goa - India

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Registered Nurse with an experience of 19 years, mainly in psychiatry and mental health. A
compassionate and conscientious individual having a long track record of successfully identifying and
evaluating the nursing care requirements of patients. Demonstrates a consistently high standard of
nursing care in a clinical environment by coordinating with other members of the nursing team.
Continuously seeking to improve practice for the betterment of all around me.

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
 Proficient in making very good observations.
 Skilled in making clinical decisions by taking all aspects of a situation into consideration.
 Dealing with psychiatric patients, with a variety of disorders, by constant reflection on patients and
on own behaviors.
 Managing incidents of patient aggression via the use of de-escalating techniques, psychotropic
medications, and physical restraint.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour Bambolim, Goa-India
Staff Nurse August 2002 – current
 Clinical evaluation and monitor behavior of psychiatric as well as drug abuse patients.
 Record and report the patient’s behavior in the ward.
 Administer medications according to doctor’s orders and monitor patients for side effects.
 Assess the patient’s personal hygiene needs and implement interventions with the help of careers.
 Preparing the patient for Electro-Convulsive-Therapy.
 Make decisions on the patients nursing care needs.
 Ethical considerations when providing nursing care.
 Educate the patient and their families about mental health and sleep hygiene.
 Responding efficiently to psychiatric emergencies like agitated patients and suicidal attempts in
the ward.
 Carried out all procedures and made decisions while adhering to hospital policies.
KLES Hospital and Medical Research Centre Belgaum, Karnataka – India
Staff Nurse June 2001 - June 2002
 Carried out pre-operative orders of the patients posted for surgery.
 Performed complete nursing care of post-operative patients of the orthopedic and surgery
department.
 Assessed, evaluated and recorded vital signs, intake and output and administration of medications.
 Complete nursing care of neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
 Monitored neonates on a ventilator in collaboration with senior nurses.
 Endotracheal Tube suctioning.
Sardessai Nursing Home Panaji, Goa - India
Staff Nurse October 2000 – May 2001
 Basic Nursing Care.
EDUCATION and TRAINING:
Institute of Health and Management Australia
Graduate Diploma in Nursing – online July 2018 – June 2019

Institute of Nursing Education Panaji, Goa-India

Diploma in Nursing August 1997 – August 2000

Our Lady of Rosary Higher Secondary School Goa, India

Higher Secondary School Certificate (Science Stream) 1995 - 1997

LICENSES:
Registered under the Goa Nursing Council Act 2012 – Present

AFFILIATIONS:
Member of the Trained Nurses Association of India