Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse - General Hospital, Lagos Island - Lagos Island, Nigeria
(2019-10)
Employed in a 300-bed tertiary healthcare facility with a 6-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a 2-bed Intensive Care Annex, and a 4-bed High Dependency Unit (HDU).
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients requiring intensive monitoring.
- Managed patients on mechanical ventilation and oxygen therapy.
- Administered medications, intravenous fluids, and blood products safely.
- Closely monitored patients' vital signs, intake and output, arterial blood gas (ABG) results, and laboratory investigations.
- Recognized and reported changes in patients' conditions promptly.
- Maintained strict aseptic technique during invasive procedures.
- Assisted with insertion and management of central venous lines, PICC lines, peripheral intravenous cannulas, endotracheal intubation/extubation, lumbar punctures, ventricular taps, chest tube insertions, and peritoneal catheter insertions.
- Collaborated with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide evidence-based patient care.
Medical Ward Nurse - Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) - Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria
(2018-04 - 2019-09)
Employed in a 600-bed tertiary healthcare facility.
- Delivered nursing care to patients with cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, endocrine, neurological, renal, oncology, and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
- Administered prescribed medications and treatments safely.
- Provided preoperative and postoperative nursing care.
- Maintained infection prevention and control standards.
- Performed urinary catheterization and other nursing procedures.
- Conducted comprehensive head-to-toe assessments.
- Collected patient histories during admission.
- Administered blood transfusions and monitored patients for adverse reactions.
- Assessed and managed patients' pain effectively.
- Managed intravenous infusions and maintained accurate fluid balance records.
- Performed wound dressing, insertion of intravenous cannulas, and nasogastric tube insertion.
- Delivered individualized, patient-centered nursing care.
Staff Nurse - Bowen University Teaching Hospital - Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
(2014-02 - 2018-03)
- Male Medical Ward
- Female Surgical Ward
- Neonatal Unit
