Faith Wangare

I am a time conscious, Knowledgeable, and competent Certified Nurse Assistant with over one year, both bedside and home-care nursing experience. I possess excellent communication skills; I am a team player and make sound medical judgments. I also possess clear verbal and written communication skills. I can work autonomously or in a team-based setting. Looking forward to joining an organization interested in optimum care outcomes and in the professional growth of its employees.

Staff Nurse Assistant at Avenue Hospital (2024-09 – Present)

Medical, Surgical, Emergency, HDU & ICU. Bed capacity: 100

• Performing oral care
• Changing linens
• Feeding a patient, calculating and recording calorie count
• Meal preparations for patients on both assisted oral feeding and enteral feedings
• Performing preoperative skin preparation
• Assisting patients with ambulation
• Turning and repositioning a patient
• Performing range of motion exercises
• Assisting with patient transfers and discharge
• Giving companionship and listening to the patients concerns
• Assisting a patient with incentive spirometer use
• Maintaining confidentiality of patients, residents, employees and organizational information
• Keeping track of medications and reminding the patients and their families of the follow-up care
• Monitoring and reporting any changes in patients conditions to the charge nurse
• Setting up oxygen administration equipment
• Sanctioning a patient's oral cavity
• Setting up a room for patient admission
• Providing basic wound care with support and guidance from the nursing team
• Performing postmortem care
• Cleaning and disinfecting equipment and the patient care environment
• Obtaining and delivering equipment and supplies
• Obtaining and delivering blood products
• Ensuring that laboratory specimens are properly labeled
• Transporting collected specimens to the clinical laboratory
• Stocking a patient room, the unit, the utility room, the treatment room, and the nourishment center
• Checking electrical equipment for inspection due dates
• Performing first aid and emergency management of patients
• Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) at Avenue Hospital (2023-01 – 2024-08)

Bed capacity: 100

• Performing oral care
• Changing linens
• Feeding a patient and calculating and recording calorie count
• Performing preoperative skin preparation
• Assisting patients with ambulation
• Turning and repositioning a patient
• Performing range of motion exercises
• Assisting with patient transfers
• Assisting a patient with incentive spirometer use
• Setting up oxygen administration equipment
• Sanctioning a patient's oral cavity
• Setting up a room for patient admission

Certificate in Nurse Assistant Training – Avenue Healthcare College (2024-04 – 2024-07)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education – Gladys Girls Secondary School (2016)