Registered Nurse/Midwife (female medical/surgical ward) - Missionary Hospital - BISHOP SHANAHAN HOSPITAL - NO 9 ENUGU ROAD OWERE NSUKKA
(2021-06)
40 hours per week (Morning, Evening and Night duty). Supervisor: Mrs Ali Beatrice (HNS)
- Evaluate and monitor the patient's progress.
- Identify sudden or subtle changes in a patient's medical condition.
- Deliver regular updates to doctors, patients, and their family members.
- Begin treatment and monitor doses.
- If necessary, respond to a medical emergency and alert the appropriate doctors.
- Complete all necessary paperwork before transferring a patient.
- Maintain patient records.
- Create and implement effective care plans.
- Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
- Provide post-mortem care.
- Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patients' clinical status.
- Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
- Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
- Patient education on social distancing and regular hand hygiene.
- Educating patients and family members on treatment and care plans, as well as answering their questions.
Registered Nurse/Midwife (Community health center / outpatient) - KEBBI STATE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENTAL AGENCY/UNICEF - NO 7, Along Emir Haruna Road, Kebbi State, Nigeria
(2020-10 - 2021-05)
40 hours per week (Morning and Evening). Supervisor: Hajia Zarau Kalgo (Director personnel Manager)
- Assisted in developing a caring, supportive and spiritual atmosphere for patients and their families.
- Maintained professional and ethical standards and set a high standard of patient care.
- Developed specialist skills in all aspects of palliative care and carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision.
- Shared in the responsibility within the nursing team for planning, implementing and evaluating total care of the patient and their family.
- Supported Director of Nursing in their role across the span of her duties, acting up in rotation with other staff to develop management skills.
- Used good communication skills, both written and verbal to ensure accurate information is conveyed to other members of the team.
- Support in all health care services rendered to the community by health workers, including treatment and management of out patient cases. Ante natal care, new born care, post natal services, nutrition, family planning, immunization, documentation and reporting.
- Supervised of a group of staff, allocating work, encouraging staff development, educate and make corrections on areas that needed improvement.
- Developed accuracy skill when dealing with medications. Accept professional responsibility for the safe custody, administration and recording of medications in accordance with statutory requirements and established Hospice policy and procedures.
- Assists doctors on patient's rounds; update the doctor-in-charge about patients' conditions and response to medications.
- Coping with incidents or emergency situations as they arise and refferal.
Registered Midwife (Maternity clinic) - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, ALWASA - KBPHCDA/UNICEF - Arugugu Road, kebbi State, Nigeria
(2016-12 - 2018-10)
40 hours per week (Morning, Evening and Night duties). Supervisor: Yahaya Akuso (State Coordinator, NPHCDA)
- Respond to emergency and carry out lifesaving technique.
- Maintain proper and accurate documentation of patients' progress and management in notes and charts.
- Welcome mothers to the health facility and establish personal rapport with potential and actual patients and their relatives.
- Provision of Ante-natal care services, immunization services, assistance during childbirth (skilled birth attendance), postnatal care services and post abortion care. And also Provide Basic Obstetrical and Neonatal care, including assistance to urgent normal deliveries, manage obstetric emergencies.
- Provide family planning counseling as a routine and on request and provide contraceptives according to the need and ensure mothers receive the documents required (Birth certificate, vaccination card).
- Maintain patient confidentiality, treat sick pregnant and lactating women for illnesses.
- Provide essential preventative assistance services and follow up to identified women in reproductive age years, especially pregnant and lactating women and documentation and monthly reporting of activities in the facility.
- Insert and remove catheters, IV lines, fluids, blood product, IV medications and tube feeding.
- Identifying clients nursing needs and institute nursing measures and administer medications and treatment prescribes for patients.
- Collaborating effectively with an inter-disciplinary team of medical health care professionals.
- Prioritize assignments, contributing to a higher standard of patients care.
- Exercise economy and care in the use of resources.
- Using evidence based in nursing to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for patients.
- Wound and surgical site dressings and Maintaining of asepsis in patient's care.
- Maintaining patient's personal hygiene by assisting in bathing and bed bathing, oral care, care of hair and nails, treatment of pressure areas and encouraging early ambulation.
- Writing details of patient's in each shift and proper handing over.
- Care of ward instruments and gadgets.
Registered Midwife - WILROX PHARMACY/CLINIC - Plot 23, Jubilation Comfort Court, Dapo/Lokogoma, Abuja
(2015-10 - 2016-11)
40 Hours (Morning and Evening). Supervisor: Dr Kenneth Agu JP (Director Manager)
- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans.
- Responsible for management of the clients with ailment in the pharmacy.
- I was responsible for the day-to-day running of the pharmacy including developing work plans and implementation of all activities including sales and supply chain management functions (drug supply and management).
- Managed patient's drug prescription and provided medication adherence counseling and education.
- Provision of nursing care to clients especially those in chronic therapy. Other responsibilities included, wound dressing, patient monitoring and management, and referrals.
- Managed the reporting cycle including the preparation of monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual stock taking in accordance to the organizational reporting requirements.
- Preparing, administering and recording prescribed medications.
- Changing dressings, inserting catheters, and starting IVs.
- Monitoring patients' vitals and reporting adverse reactions to medications in a timely manner.
- Adhering to best nursing practices, standards, and protocols.
