. Salima

***** ** **** ** ******* FL ***** USA

Email: ad06xj@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile # 786-***-****

Objective:

In request of the position of Registered Nurse in a secure and competitive organization, where I can fully utilize my advanced nursing knowledge whilst practicing nursing leadership and research skills to ensure safe and quality patient care.

Education:

●Master’s in advanced nursing (Critical Care) from the University of Nottingham (2019) [With Distinction]

●Post RN BScN from the Aga Khan University Hospital [GPA 3.75] (2014).

●Diploma in Registered Nursing from the Aga Khan University Hospital (2010).

●Diploma in Midwifery from Patel School of Nursing [With First Division] (2015).

●Intermediate in Pre-Engineering from the Sir Syed Government Girls College (2006).

●Matriculation in Science from the Educational World School (2004).

Achievements and Awards:

●Achieved 100% Scholarship award by the Developing Solutions to peruse Master of Advanced Nursing from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

●Pursued Master of Advanced Nursing with distinction from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

●Appreciation letters and scholarship for maintaining GPA> 3.6 throughout the Post RN BScN course from the Aga Khan University Hospital.

●Dean’s honor roll (Post RN BScN) from the Aga Khan University Hospital.

●Merit Certificates in the subjects of Nursing Research, Mental Health Nursing and Science (Post RN BScN) from the Aga Khan University Hospital.

●Scholarship award for outstanding academic performance (Post RN BSc.N) from the Aga Khan University Hospital.

●Appreciation letters for maintaining GPA > 3.0 during the Diploma of Registered Nursing (05 semesters) from the Aga Khan University Hospital.

Other Courses:

●Certificate for participating in the JCIA audit.

●Certification in Respiratory Care and Ventilator management.

●Certification of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT).

●Certification of Stoma Care.

●Certification of Cardiac pacemaker monitoring.

●Certificates for maintaining punctuality.

●Certificates for participating in Sports and for being Cricket captain.

●Certificate for participating in the Art workshop by ZAC’s Institute.

●Certificate of Educational Information Technology course.

●Basic life Support by American Heart Association (BLS)

●Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

●Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) [renewal due]

Computer Skills:

●MS office (MS Word, Power Point, Excel)

●Concept Map making

●Certificate of Educational Information Technology course.

●SPSS

Work Experience:

●Assistant Manager in the Bed Management Office (BMO), Aga Khan University Hospital from October 2016 to September 2018.

●Assistant Head Nurse in ICU, Aga Khan University Hospital from May 2015 to October 2016.

●Acting Head Nurse in ICU for 3 months and assisted in JCIA audits.

●Registered Nurse/critical care nurse in ICU, Aga Khan University Hospital from November 2010 to April 2015.

Clinical Profile:

●Provide holistic care in a critical care environment.

● Hold a sense of accountability and responsibility.

●Able to communicate effectively with the patients and their families.

●Able to deal various critical situations effectively.

●Solve problems efficiently by using critical thinking and suitable problem-solving methods.

●Build-up therapeutic relationships with patients, and their families.

●Capable of working in a multicultural environment.

●Maintain patients’ confidentiality and privacy.

●Work as a reliable coworker with physicians and other health care professionals.

●Mentor novice nurses in the ICU.

Areas of Basic Nursing Skills:

●Monitoring vital signs

●Wound care and dressing

●Scrubbing gowning and gloving

●Pre-operative, Intraoperative and Post-operative care.

●Blood sample collection

●suctioning

●Chest, NG, and Gastro tubes

●Maintain IV lines.

●Tracheostomy care

●Catheterization insertion and removal

●Psychiatric basic care

●Burn care and dressing.

●Labor and delivery care

●Postpartum care

●Medication administration and vasopressor management.

●End of life care

Areas of Critical Care Skills:

●Monitoring vital signs

●Bandaging and dressing

●Suctioning

●Tracheostomy Care

●Arterial and Central line care and monitoring

●Care of the patients on mechanical ventilator

●Care of the patients with home mechanical ventilators.

●Monitoring modes of ventilator

●ARDS and Sepsis management

●Assisting physicians in procedures e.g.: CVP and arterial line insertion, intubation, and chest tube insertion.

●Trauma care management

●Providing basic life support and advanced cardiac life support.

●Assisting physicians during surgeries

●Scrubbing, gowning, and gloving.

●Caring for patients on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT).

●Withdrawing and interpretating Arterial blood gases.

●Therapeutic communication and leadership skills.

●Developing nursing care plans for the critically ill Patients.

●Pressure ulcer assessment and management.

Nursing Leadership, Management and Administrative Skills:

●Performing clinical rounds/ audit to ensure quality of care provided to patients and their safety.

●Assisting in internal and external JCIA audit.

●Managing the flow of patients in the entire hospital.

●Complaint handling and maintaining the quality of care.

●Recording and maintaining hospital data e.g., number of patient admissions, discharges, and expiries.

●Allotting beds to the patients according to their level of care needs.

●Performing clinical rounds in the various units of the hospital in the absence of nurse managers.

●Preparing Hospital bed status report.

●Ensuring proper medical equipment provision and other resources in the ICU.

●Maintaining records of the clinical and administrative indicators of the ICU e.g., pressure ulcer rates, central line associated bloodstream infection rates, self-extubation rates, and staff leave of absence rates.

●Expediting patients’ admissions, transfers, and discharges through collaborating with the nurse managers.

●Bed loaning between various service lines of the hospital.

●Updating hospital higher management team about overall hospital bed status, VIP patients, and critical issues.

●Preparing staff duty roaster and managing staff leaves.

●Maintaining records of working hours and overtime of the staff.

Teaching and Learning Experience:

●I have carried out a systemic review, written thesis, and presented project assignments during my MScN at the University of Nottingham, UK

●During the senior electives course of my Post RN BScN studies at Aga Khan University Hospital, I have conducted lectures for the students of BScN. Besides, I got a chance to carry out project work related to teaching and mentoring BScN students during their clinical hours. Moreover, I have practiced preparing and conducting teaching sessions in the form of oral presentations using multimedia and posters.

●As an Assisted Head Nurse and Acting Head Nurse in the ICU, I have trained and mentored novice nurses and other supporting staff. Also, I carried out day to day teaching sessions for the staff under my supervision.

●As a nursing student, I have arranged various one-to-one and group teaching sessions in variety of clinical setups such as Consulting Clinics, Community Health Center, Emergency Room, Main O.R, Recovery Room, SDC O.R, Medical Surgical areas, Pediatric areas, ICU, CICU, CCU, Psychiatric Ward, Psychiatric Hospital Karwan-E-Hayat, National Institute Of Child Health Karachi, Aga Khan Maternal And Child Care Center Karimabad, Burhani hospital and Bait ul Sakoon Cancer hospital.

Languages:

English and Urdu: Read, write, and speak fluently.

Personal Biodata:

Gender: Female

Age: 36 years

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