Sedel Baird

Staff Nurse in the Acute Medical Unit (66 beds, 1:7 nurse-to-patient ratio) and Same Day Emergency Care/Acute Assessment Unit, managing acute and complex patient cases.

Staff Nurse - Royal Liverpool University Hospital - Mount Vernon Street and West Derby Street, L7 8YE, Liverpool, England

(2021-09)

Staff Nurse in the Acute Medical Unit (66 beds, 1:7 nurse-to-patient ratio) and Same Day Emergency Care/Acute Assessment Unit, managing acute and complex patient cases.

• Administration of oral, intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
• Monitoring vital signs
• Glucose monitoring
• Triaging
• Wound care - dressings
• Venipuncture
• Cannulation
• Blood transfusion
• Insertion of Foley's catheter
• Testing of urine sample
• Handing and taking over patients
• Admissions
• Documentation
• Patient teaching
• Mentoring of nursing students
• Patient advocate
• Ordering of medication for discharge patients
• Prioritising patient care

Staff Nurse - Georgetown Public Hospital Co-operation - New Market Street, Georgetown, Guyana

(2016-01 - 2017-01)

Staff Nurse in the High Dependency Unit (4 beds, 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio), providing care to critically ill patients.

• Administering of intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous and oral medication
• Monitoring and charting of vital signs
• Nasogastric feeding
• Insertion of nasogastric tube
• Insertion of foley's catheter
• Monitoring and charting of urinary output
• Administering of infusion
• Suctioning of the oral cavity and tracheostomy
• Dressing
• Documentation
• Patient teaching

Staff Nurse - Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation - New Market Street, Georgetown, Guyana

(2017-01 - 2017-06)

Staff Nurse in the Female Medical Ward (52 beds, 1:6 nurse-to-patient ratio), managing medical patients with complex conditions.

• Delegation
• Reporting
• Vital signs monitoring and charting
• Nasogastric feeding
• Insertion of foley's catheter
• Insertion of nasogastric tube
• Administering of all intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous and oral medications
• Taking and handing over of narcotic drugs
• Administering of intravenous fluids
• Patient teaching

Staff Nurse - East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital - Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara, Guyana

(2017-06 - 2021-06)

• Administering of intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous and oral medication
• Monitoring and charting of vital signs
• Nasogastric feeding
• Insertion of nasogastric tube
• Insertion of foley's catheter
• Monitoring and charting of urinary output
• Administering of infusion
• Suctioning of the oral cavity and tracheostomy
• Dressing
• Documentation of all that was done for the patient
• Patient teaching

Diploma in Nursing - Nursing - Georgetown School of Nursing (2012-05)

Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety - Occupational Health and Safety - University of Guyana (2019-09)

Secondary Education Certificate - Covent Garden Secondary (2004 - 2010)