Laura Patel

An innovative, reliable and compassionate registered community health nurse with hands on experience and competence in delivering patient centred nursing care to a diverse patient population. Prioritizes tasks and workload with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. Seeking an opportunity where I can advance my knowledge by utilizing my practical experience in the provision of quality health care to clients and patients to the best of my ability to contribute to the organizational success.

Community Health Nurse - Rotational Placement Internship at Cherengany Sub-County Hospital (2023-01 – 2023-02)

Duration 1 month 2023

• Verifying and maintaining information relating to patients
• Keeping records of drugs and other medical supplies
• Assessing different needs of patients, planning for their care, implementing nursing interventions and evaluating the effectiveness of care provided
• Admission of pregnant mother/general patients
• Monitoring of mother during labour, delivery and postnatal period
• Managing different obstetric emergencies i.e. cord prolapse, pre-eclampsia and many others
• Preparing pregnant patients for caesarean section and monitoring them past the process
• Administering of prescribed medication
• Assisting in major and minor surgeries

Community Health Nurse - Rotational Placement Internship at Bokoli Subcounty Hospital (2023-01 – 2023-02)

Duration 1-month 2023

• Providing appropriate health care including integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) immunization of mother and children, antenatal care, delivery, postnatal care and providing family planning services
• Accessing care of patients

Community Health Nurse - Clinical Rotational Placement at Machakos Level 5 Hospital (2023-01 – 2023-02)

Duration 1 month 2023

• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing intervention and evaluating psychiatric patient outcomes
• Providing health education and counselling to psychiatric patients and community on identified needs
• Facilitating psychiatric patients' admission and initiating discharge plans
• Maintaining records of psychiatric patients
• Ensuring tidy and safe environment in the psychiatric unit

Community Health Nurse - Clinical Placement Internship at Kitale Subcounty Hospital (2022-01 – 2023-12)

Duration 2022-2023

• Assessing, planning, implementing nursing intervention and evaluating patients' outcomes
• Providing appropriate health care including integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) immunization of mother and children, antenatal care, delivery, postnatal care and providing family planning services
• Providing health education and counselling to patients and community on identified needs
• Referring patients and clients appropriately
• Facilitating patients' admission and initiating discharge plans
• Maintaining records of patients/clients
• Ensuring a tidy and safe clinical environment
• Collecting and compiling data of the patients

Volunteer Community Health Nurse at Nalondo Model Health Centre (2024-01 – 2025-02)

Maternal and Child Health (MCH)/Family Planning, Maternity, Outpatient Department, and Inpatient Department

• Conducted routine child welfare clinics, including growth monitoring and developmental assessments
• Educated mothers on infant nutrition and breastfeeding
• Assisted in family planning services and follow-up
• Participated in immunization outreach and maintained MCH records
• Supported skilled birth attendants during labour and delivery
• Assisted with antenatal and postnatal examinations
• Promoted safe motherhood practices through health education
• Observed and reported changes in maternal and newborn condition
• Received patients, performed initial assessment and recorded vital signs
• Assisted with wound dressing and minor procedures
• Reinforced medication instructions and health education
• Assisted with daily nursing care and monitored patient progress
• Prepared patients for investigations and maintained ward documentation

Volunteer Community Health Nurse at Comfy Hospital Malaba (2025-03 – Present)

MCH / Family Planning, Maternity, Outpatient Department, and Inpatient Department

• Provided childhood immunization, growth monitoring and nutrition counselling
• Offered family planning counselling and contraceptive education
• Maintained MCH/FP records and reports
• Assessed antenatal, labouring and postnatal mothers
• Monitored labour using the partograph and fetal heart rate
• Assisted with normal deliveries and immediate newborn care
• Administered medications and educated mothers on breastfeeding and postnatal care
• Performed triage, patient assessment and vital signs
• Administered medications, injections and wound care
• Provided health education and referred patients appropriately
• Implemented nursing care plans and monitored patient progress
• Administered IV therapy and prescribed medications
• Maintained accurate nursing documentation and infection prevention

Diploma in Community Health Nursing – Kenya Medical Training College - KMTC Kitale (2020-01 – 2023-12)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in KCSE – Arch. Bishop Njenga Girls High School (2016-01 – 2019-12)