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
