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
