Barbara Blazicko

Barbara Blazicko

MANAGER

Registered Nurse

QUALIFICATIONS

Registered General Nurse

Language

Fluent English

Fluent Croatian

Introducing

Barbara Blazicko commenced her nurse training in her hometown of Croatia in 1991. Having taken a short break in 1995 to bring up her children and then coming over to the UK to live and work in 2015, she brings a wealth of knowledge from her 30 years of surgical nursing experience to MKARE Ltd. Barbara would describe her occupation as a nurse as highly vocational. Her experiences have shaped her into the person she is today showing great empathy an understanding of the broader picture when a person is poorly and needs care. Barbara has the ability to interact with her patients within a broad demographic range , in particular the elderly.

Skills

ABCDE Assessment, Adult Resuscitation – Basic Life Support

Anti-embolism Stockings – Fitting

Assessment of Breathing

Assessment of Consciousness Level

Bladder Scan

Bed Bath

Blood Glucose Monitoring

Blood Pressure Recording: Electronic and manual

Blood Transfusion

Body Temperature Measurement

Breathless Patient – Positioning

Care of Chest Drain

Care of Gastrostomy Site

Care of PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy)

Catheterisation – Male/Female

Communication Skills in Mental Health Nursing

Communication with Angry Patients through De-escalation

Communication with Anxious Patients

Communication with Depressed Patients

Controlled Drugs Management

Dementia: Communicating with a Person with Cognitive Impairment

Diarrhoea Nursing Management

Drain care

EOL - End of life care

Fall Prevention

Fluid Balance – Monitoring

Grief Support for Patients and Family

Home Care Safety: Adaptations for Patients with Cognitive Deficits

Home Care Safety: Medications and Medical Devices

Home Care Safety: Modifying Safety Risks

Intravenous Drug Administration

IV Cannulation

IV Infusion – Preparation, Administration

Last Offices

Medication Administration: Intradermal BCG Injection

Medication Administration: Intramuscular Injection

Mouth Care for a Dependent Patient

Nasogastric Tube Insertion. Feeding

Nebuliser Therapy

Non-invasive ventilation trained

Nutritional Assessment

Oral Airway Insertion

Oral Medicines

Oxygen Therapy: Humidified Oxygen

Oxygen Therapy: Non-rebreather Mask

Oxygen Therapy: Venturi System

Oxygen Therapy: Nasal Cannula

Pain Assessment and PCA

Pain Management

Parenteral Nutrition

Principles of aseptic non-touch technique (ANTT)

Pulse Assessment and Recording

Range of Motion/Movement Exercises

Recording a 12 Lead ECG

Splint/Sling/Brace - Applying

Staple removal

Stoma Bag – care, changing

Suture Removal

Symptom Management at End of Life

Tracheostomy Care

Urinalysis

Vacuum Drain

Wound care (Leg ulcer, pressure ulcer, surgical wound, vac dressing)

Wound Drain Removal

Barbara Blazicko