Registered Mental Health Nurse - Pinnacle Medical Center
(2023-10 - 2026-02)
- Assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, organizing, prioritizing, delegating, supervising and coordinating the care of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients as prescribed within the parameters of the clinic policy.
- Providing nursing care via the development of the nursing process
- Providing nursing care via the nursing process for the development, implantation and evaluation of nursing care.
- Ensuring the correct administration of medications and monitoring the results of medicated and non-medicated treatment.
- Established a caring and therapeutic nurse/healthcare team/patient/significant other relationships.
- Providing coping skills for clients and their caregiver dealing with varying degrees of mental illness.
- Working in a collaborative effort with psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers as part of patient treatment team.
- Charting on patients each visit and transmitting data in a timely manner using approved documentation system.
- Maintaining nursing ethics and high level of quality care delivery.
- Advocating for patients as regards their care with other health professionals and the hospital managers.
- Prepared and participated in groups and/or one-to-one therapy sessions, both individually and with other health professionals
- Provided evidenced based individual therapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety.
- Built relationships with patients to encourage trust, while listening to and interpreting their needs and concerns.
- Ensured the correct administration of medications, including injections, and monitoring the results of treatment.
- Responded to distressed patients in a non-threatening manner and attempt to understand the source of their discomfort.
- Helped patients manage their emotions through de-escalation techniques.
Registered Mental Health Nurse - Tranquil and Quest Behavioural Health Services
(2021-12 - 2023-08)
- Prepared and participated in groups and/or one-to-one therapy sessions, both individually and with other health professionals
- Provided evidenced based individual therapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety.
- Organised social events aimed at developing patients' social skills and help to reduce their feelings of isolation.
- Built relationships with patients to encourage trust, while listening to and interpreting their needs and concerns.
- Ensured the correct administration of medications, including injections, and monitoring the results of treatment.
- Responded to distressed patients in a non threatening manner and attempt to understand the source of their discomfort.
- Helped patients manage their emotions through de-escalation techniques.
- Working in a collaborative effort with psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers as part of patient treatment team.
- Assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, organizing, prioritizing, delegating, supervising and coordinating the care of adolescent, adult, as prescribed within the parameters of the clinic policy.
- Providing nursing care via the nursing process for the development, implantation and evaluation of nursing care.
- Ensured all legal requirements are complied with.
- Established a caring and therapeutic nurse/healthcare team/patient/significant other relationships.
- Providing coping skills for clients and their caregiver dealing with varying degrees of mental illness.
- Conducting patient intake screening, evaluation and triage assessment.
- Educating patients and family about self care.
- Maintaining nursing ethics and high level of quality care delivery.
- Advocating for patients as regards their care with other health professionals and the hospital managers.
Registered Nurse - Adenle Memorial Hospital
(2020-12 - 2021-09)
Worked in the male and female ward (medical and surgical wards). Cases handled includes: hypertension, Hypotension, Diabetes mellitus, gastroenteritis, obstetric and gynaecological cases, oncology cases, sickle cell anaemia, asthma, appendicitis, and many other medical and surgical cases.
- Worked as a Registered Nurse who worked greatly towards rendering impeccable nursing care towards patients.
- Created nursing care plan in order of priority to suit each patient's need.
- Made sure that the legal requirements appropriate to a particular setting or group of patients were observed.
- Worked with patients' families and carers, to help educate them and the patients about their health problems.
- Provided medical and surgical care to clients in the hospital
- Conducted physical assessments of patients
- Ensured the appropriate and timely administration of medication to patient.
- Ensured proper telephone follow ups for clients after discharge from the hospital
- Coordinated the member of the nursing department.
- Coordinated all nursing assistant to ensure holistic care was delivered.
- Ensured strict confidentiality of privileged information of clients and patients were maintained.
