Phoebe Zindove

I am a 40 year old, Registered Nurse from Masvingo School of Nursing, Zimbabwe, with a diploma in General Nursing from the same institution. This diploma has provided me with a broad scope of interests and an ability to apply logical thinking to problem solving. I am self-motivated, articulate and enjoy working as part of a dynamic team.

I completed my training at Masvingo Hospital in Zimbabwe, where I received good exposure and well-rounded training with a focus on independent decision making and patient centred care. I completed my Community Service at Masvingo Hospital, a Level 1 Hospital in the town of Masvingo where I worked predominantly in the Maternal and child health and Psychiatry departments. The hospital faces significant resource constraints and requires its medical practitioners to exercise their clinical judgement in the face of medical emergencies.

I am currently employed at Krugersdorp Netcare Hospital as a Registered Neonatal ICU, assisting with the care of critically ill patients.

Registered Nurse in Paediatric Nurse / Neonatal ICU at Netcare Hospital (2022-09 – Present)

Total # Beds: 310. Nurse to Patient Ratio: 1:8 (Paediatric), 1:1 (Neonatal). # Beds in Unit Paediatric: 30 Beds. # Beds in Neonatal: 10 Beds.

• Taking handover and allocation of duties to junior staff
• Assess all patients and create nursing interventions according to their needs
• Doing doctor's rounds
• Ordering of medication and giving as prescribed intravenously, orally, intramuscularly and perectum
• Admission of patients and insertion of IV cannulas and running of IV fluids, nasogastric tubes, urinary catheters as prescribed
• Nursing of ventilated patients and maintaining clear airways by suctioning
• Blood gasses and correction of abnormalities
• Providing quality care nursing to all patients
• Setting and connecting patients on ventilators and dismantling dirty ventilators
• Maintaining privacy and confidentiality on patient information
• Maintaining affective communication with health team to ensure a holistic care leading to speed recovery
• Initiating and participating in effective resuscitative measures, for example, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Assisting other health care members during procedures, for example, physiotherapy
• Giving prescribed medications via mouth, Naso gastric tubes, intravenous, ETT, Perrectum sub cut and able to calculate the doses
• Insertion of IV lines and giving of iv fluids
• Insertion of nasogastric tubes
• Giving prescribed feeds orally, Naso gastric feeding, intravenously eg ITN
• Suction patients PRN to maintain a clear airway
• Setting up ventilators, CPAP machines and per protocol
• Preparing for emergency beds
• Progress report writing
• Ordering of patients' medication as prescribed
• Ordering of stock foe example surgical stock and medical stock
• Blood transfusion as prescribed
• Assisting with procedures for example physio, x-rays doctors rounds, surgical procedures such as CV Insertion, broviac insertion
• Handing over of patients to the next shift
• Taking handover from previous shift
• Duty allocation as per capability
• Patient assessment and documentation
• Checking vital observations hourly especially heart rate, respirations, temperature, Blood pressure, level of consciousness blood sugar
• And report and correct any abnormalities
• Checking of equipment around the patient for example oxygen, suction machine, neopuffs and masks, incubator temperature, settings on monitor and emergency trolley

Registered Nurse in Paediatric Nurse / Adult ICU at Lenmed Hospital (2016-08 – 2022-08)

Total # Beds: 250. Nurse to Patient Ratio: 1:8 (Paediatric), 1:1 (Adult ICU). # Beds in Unit: 22 Beds. Part time position.

• Taking handover and allocation of duties to junior staff
• Assess all patients and create nursing interventions according to their needs
• Doing doctor's rounds
• Ordering of medication and giving as prescribed intravenously, orally, intramuscularly and perectum
• Admission of patients and insertion of IV cannulas and running of IV fluids, nasogastric tubes, urinary catheters as prescribed
• Nursing of ventilated patients and maintaining clear airways by suctioning
• Blood gasses and correction of abnormalities
• Providing quality care nursing to all patients
• Setting and connecting patients on ventilators and dismantling dirty ventilators
• Maintaining privacy and confidentiality on patient information
• Maintaining affective communication with health team to ensure a holistic care leading to speed recovery
• Initiating and participating in effective resuscitative measures, for example, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Assisting other health care members during procedures, for example, physiotherapy

Registered Nurse at Home based Care (2014-05 – 2016-07)

• Provide health care services to the patient, e.g helping the patient to bath, eating, bed making, elimination
• Perform domestic and household tasks
• Transport and accompany the patient to doctors office or to hospital
• Administer simple prescribed medications
• Assist with patient personal care activities, e.g taking a walk, watching Tv

Registered Nurse in Paediatric Nurse / Surgical at St Annes Hospital (2010-06 – 2014-04)

Total # Beds: 165. Nurse to Patient Ratio: 1:4. # Beds in Unit: 30 Beds.

• Taking handover
• Doing doctor's rounds
• Carrying out doctor's orders
• Giving medication as prescribed e.g IV, orally, perectum
• Checking vital signs, e.g temperature, blood pressure and pulse
• Insertion of IV drips
• Monitoring of fluid intake and output
• Writing of nursing progress report

Registered Nurse in Surgical Ward, Burns Unit, Paediatric ICU at Parirenyatwa Hospital (2006-09 – 2010-05)

Total # Beds: 5000. # Beds in Unit: Surgical Ward 60 Beds, Burns Unit 68 Beds, Paediatric ICU 10 Beds.

• Taking handover and allocation of duties to junior staff
• Assess all patients and create nursing interventions according to their needs
• Doing doctor's rounds
• Ordering of medication and giving as prescribed intravenously, orally, intramuscularly and perectum
• Admission of patients and insertion of IV cannulas and running of IV fluids, nasogastric tubes, urinary catheters as prescribed
• Nursing of ventilated patients and maintaining clear airways by suctioning
• Blood gasses and correction of abnormalities
• Providing quality care nursing to all patients
• Setting and connecting patients on ventilators and dismantling dirty ventilators
• Maintaining privacy and confidentiality on patient information
• Maintaining affective communication with health team to ensure a holistic care leading to speed recovery
• Initiating and participating in effective resuscitative measures, for example, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Assisting other health care members during procedures, for example, physiotherapy

Diploma in General Nursing – Masvingo School of Nursing (2003 – 2006)

Certificate in Neonatal ICU – Netcare College (2025-01 – 2025-06)