MAINA ELIZABETH WAIRIMU

+254********* Kenyan

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PROFILE

Highly skilled, licensed and experienced Registered nurse with 29 years of experience in level 4 and 5 health facilities. Well-trained, accurate and capable team member with proven nursing expertise and solid background effectively providing nursing care to diverse patients. Possess exceptional communication, interpersonal, organization and potent leadership skills. Able to set long and short-term priorities and deliver desired results while maintaining dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environments. Am driven by passion for nursing as a career and most importantly the desire to help and care for people in community.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Aug 2011 to Date

March 2011 –July 2011

Hospital: Kirwara level 4 Hospital

Hospital Bed Capacity:

Current Department: Medical and Surgical unit.

Position: Senior Nurse and Nursing officer in charge

Roles and Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans in collaboration with other health care team members.

Admitting patients and formulating their discharge plans.

Prepares and administers (orally, subcutaneously, through an IV) and records prescribed medications. Reports adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy.

Monitoring and recording patient’s vital observations.

Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays

Initiates corrective action whenever the patient displays adverse symptomatology

Provides nursing care for a wide variety of medical and surgical patients, including pre- and post-surgery patients

Initiates patient education plan, as prescribed by physician. Teaches patients and significant others how to manage their illness/injury, by explaining: post-treatment home care needs

Changes dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs

Prepares equipment and aids physician during examination and treatment of patient

Responds to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol

Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms

Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting.

Organization: Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) Switzerland AGOK programme, South Sudan

Department: Maternity and Theatre Unit

Position: Midwife

Roles and Responsibilities

Offering pre and post-delivery care services.

Conducting both normal and complicated deliveries.

Resuscitating newborns with complications

Training birth attendants in different hospital or community setting.

Conducting outreach work in the community and training local midwives.

Setting up maternity departments in new health centers.

Collaborating with community birth attendants to ensure safe birthing practices.

Receiving newborns from the theatre unit post caesarean delivery

Sept 2010- Feb 2011

Hospital: Thika Level 5 Hospital

Bed Capacity : 200

Department : Medical and Surgical Ward

Position: Senior Registered Nurse

Roles and responsibilities

Consults and coordinates with health care team members to admit patients and assess, plan, implement and evaluate their care plans.

Prepares and administers (orally, subcutaneously, IV) and records prescribed medications. Reports adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy.

Educates patients on surgical procedures

Monitor and documenting patients vital observations

Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays

Provides nursing care for a wide variety of medical patients, including pre- and post-surgery patients

Initiates patient education plan, as prescribed by physician. Teaches patients and significant others how to manage their illness/injury, by explaining: post-treatment home care needs

Changes dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs

Prepares equipment and aids physician during examination and treatment of patient

Responds to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol

Ensuring patient records are kept safe according to the hospitals policy.

Instruct and supervise nursing students during their clinical rotations.

Jan 2000- Feb 2006

Hospital: Thika Level 5 Hospital

Department : Maternity and Newborn Unit

Position: Ward Nurse/ Midwife

Roles and responsibilities

Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care using the nursing process framework to all maternity clients.

Admission and conducting initial clinical assessments of patients admitted to the maternity unit.

Lead the implementation of all maternity protocols in consultation with the Resident Gynecologist.

Prompt identification of critical events in labor and escalating as appropriate to ensure safety and quality outcomes

Conduct deliveries including complicated deliveries using the available protocols

Participate in pre-operative preparation of mothers undergoing surgical deliveries and other obstetric and gynecological procedures.

Participate in emergency response involving the mother or child by ensuring all the protocols in resuscitation are implemented

Participate in decision making as regard to maternity unit

Participate actively in running of MCH services and follow-up reviews

Ensure all daily, weekly and monthly reports about the unit are timely generated and submitted appropriately

Sept 1999- Dec 1999

Organization: The National Council Churches of Kenya (NCCK): Kakuma Refugee Camp

Department : Maternity and Newborn Unit

Position: Reproductive Health Trainer

Roles and responsibilities

Providing on-the-job training of health workers in sexual and reproductive health services.

Coaching midwives in basic emergency obstetrics and newborn care services.

Supporting health workers in data collection, reporting and analysis.

Advising health centers and Community Based organizations (CBOs) on the roll out of integrated sexual and reproductive health services and family planning counselling services.

Monitoring and evaluating maternal and neonatal health services, and sexual and reproductive health services.

July 1997- Sept 1997

Hospital: Spinal Injury Hospital

Position: Ward Nurse

Roles and responsibilities

Coordinate and administer nursing care activities in collaboration with multidisciplinary rehabilitation team to achieve quality care of the patient.

Formulating patients nursing care plan and ensuring patient centered care is administered.

Monitoring and recording patient’s vital observations.

Health educating patient and their families about the disease process and self-care skills throughout the rehabilitation process.

Perform wound care to the patients using the hospital’s policy.

Perform assessment and analyses patient problems and conditions using critical decision making to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions.

Practice infection prevention measures according to the hospital’s policy.

March 1997- June 1997

Hospital: Thika Level 5 Hospital

Department : Accident and Emergency Department

Position: Nurse

Roles and responsibilities

Triaging, admitting and transferring patient to other departments in the hospitals.

Monitoring and recording patient’s vital observations.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans in collaboration with other health care team members.

Inserting intravenous cannula and starting fluids and medications according to the doctor’s prescription.

Taking patients for the radiological examinations

Optimizing patients for surgery.

Applying wound dressings and inserting urinary catheters

Documenting patient’s nursing care is and safe keeping of the records.

Disseminating information to the patient’s family.

Teaching and supervising nurse students during their clinical rotation in the department.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Aug 2011- to date

Mar 2009- Aug 2010

April 1996-

Dec 1996

Nursing Officer In-charge -Kirwara Level 4 Hospital

Deputy Nursing in charge – Munyu Health Centre.

Officer In-charge – Garissa GK Prisons.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Mar 2006-

Oct 2007

Jan 1990-

Dec 1992

Jan 1986-

Dec 1987

Jan 1982-

Dec 1985

Jan 1974-

Dec 1981

Kenya Medical Training College-Nairobi

Diploma In Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse

Kenya Medical Training College-Garissa

Certificate In Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurse

Ngara Girls High School

Kenya Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education

Ngara Girls High School

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

P.C.E.A Primary School Elbergon –Nakuru

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education

OTHER PROFFESSIONAL TRAININGS

Dec 2018

Sept 2016

Apr 2016

June 2014

May 2014

Apr 2013

Apr 2012

July 2010

May 2010

Oct 2009

July 2009

June 2009

May 2009

Apr 2009

Post Natal Care

ART Guidelines (Year 2016)

Post-Partum Intra Uterine Contraceptive Device

Rota Virus vaccine

Public Health Cost of Unsafe Abortion

Essential Obstetric Care and Newborn Care

Management of Normal Labor/ Partograph

Management for ART commodities

Prevention of Mother to Child Transmissions

Couple HIV counselling and Testing

FP/STI/RTI/HIV Integration

Post Rape Care

Integrated Management of Adult/Adolescence Illnesses

Enhanced Diarrhea Management

REFEREES

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