EMERIBE CHIZOBAM NKECHINYERE

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

•A highly motivated Clinical Nurse with interest in maternal and child health, with the intention to contribute to cutting edge projects that will enhance fetomaternal medicine.

•Creative team player with interest in organizing projects that will reach out to women in developing countries to help reduce the incidence of maternal mortality.

•Dedicated activist with strong passion for matters related to economic, social, and cultural rights of women, reproductive and sexual health education of young girls.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Registered Nurse - UNOS Hospital and Maternity, Abia State Nigeria 2008-2009

•Worked as a Midwife; responsible for managing women from labor till delivery. Managed several delivery complications and assisted Doctors in Obstetric Surgeries

•Takes vital signs and records the information on medical chart

•Prompt report of abnormal values

Registered Nurse - St. Paul’s Hospital, Abia State Nigeria 2009-2010

•Conducted deliveries, managed maternal complications and obstetric surgical interventions.

•Takes vital signs and records this information on a medical chart

•Performs health assessment of assigned patients in the hospital

•Performs medication administration for assigned patients

•Educates patients about management of illnesses

•Operates medical equipment for patient assessment and interventions per plan of care

•Weekly consultation and examination of prenatal clients

•Health education on birth preparedness and complication readiness

•Reproductive and sexual health seminars to young women

Registered Nurse - Bright Care Missionary Hospital, Abia State Nigeria 2011-2019

•Record medical history and assessment

•Perform medication administration for assigned patients

•Perform diagnostic tests for patients’ assessment

•Monitoring patients’ glucose metabolism and vital science

•Report critical lab values to medical doctors

•Perform wound care management

•Managed and maintained work schedules; Provided technical support and supervision to other nurses, nutritional and nurse assistants.

•Managed medical emergencies; Rendered maternal and child health care including antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care and nutrition services; Supervised routine immunization.

Medical Laboratory Intern, Federal Medical Center, Umuahia Abia State Nigeria 2011-2012

•Rotated through Hematology, Chemical Pathology, Microbiology, and tissue pathology as part of my 1year internship in Medical Laboratory science

Registered Nurse / Medical Laboratory Scientist, Ultramodern Diagnostic Center, Abia State Nigeria 2013-2019

•Established a medical facility in partnership with two Doctors and managed the maternal and fetal unit. Also worked as a Chief Laboratory Scientist, supervising the duties of the Laboratory technicians.

Registered Nurse,

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Queens School Enugu, Nigeria SSCE/ 1988 -1994

Imo State University, Nigeria BMLS/ 2002 -2008

School of Nursing, Ministry of Health Owerri Nigeria

RN/ 2002 – 2007

School of Midwifery, Abia State University Nigeria

RM/ 2009- 2011

SOFT SKILLS

Team building

Strong Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong analytical skills

Strong decision-making skills

Strong interpersonal skills

HARD SKILLS

•Wound care (including WoundVac)/HAPI prevention/Wound Staging

•IV insertion and management/IV primary & IVPB using Alaris Pump

•Obtaining blood specimens/phlebotomy/lab collection

•Head-to-toe assessment skills

•ACLS and BLS certification

•EKG interpretation

•Management of patients with cardiac/respiratory/urinary/GI/endocrine

pathophysiology; Common Diagnostic Testing; Common Labs & Provider Orders

•NG tube insertion and management/Administering medications per PEG tube

•Tube feeding infusion and management (Enteral Feeding/Kangaroo Pump)

•Foley catheter insertion and management (CAUTI bundle)

•Central Line management (CLABSI bundle)

•Blood transfusion management

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND LICENSURE

Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Science BMLS

Registered Midwife (National Midwifery Council of Nigeria)

Registered Nurse (NMC) of Nigeria

Public Health Nursing (West African Health Management Board WA

CERTIFICATION/ TRAINING ATTENDED

Reproductive Health (RH)/ Family Planning

Balance counseling Training; Society for Family Health

Basic Life Support Training (CPR/AED)

RN training at Westways Professional Development Center - Fishers, IN

• Cultural integration strategies

• The RN's role in the US healthcare system

• Ethical principles

• HIPAA

• Medication administration/Exposure to Bar Code Scanning technology & Pyxis

Usage

• Introduction to Cerner Training Module/Electronic Documentation

Escalation pathways

PUBLICATIONS

Is Misoprostol a suitable alternative for the surgical evacuation of incomplete abortion in rural South Eastern Nigeria, East African Journal Vol. 89 No.5. May 2012

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Missionary Works in Collaboration with Anglican Church of Pentecost, Zaria Nigeria. Free Medical services, laboratory tests, training on infections control, proper hand hygiene, diagnosed and treated healthcare diseases like malaria, common cold, gastroenteritis - March 2018

Global Missions Fellowship Missionary Work at Abuja Nigeria providing resources to the poor masses, free medical checkups, assessing hearing and eyesight, issuing glasses, giving free medications and teaching the importance of clean water - 2017

Anglican Church Achara Obowo providing free medical services, giving 1 on 1 instructions on importance of self-hygiene and prevention of infection in homes, organized medical clinics in small villages we visited, referred patients to the nearest secondary/tertiary health facility - April 2019

AWARDS & HOBBIES

Computing, Teaching, Singing, Writing and Reading

REFEREE

Dr Chinedu Ude, Medical Researcher, Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in

Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut Health, ad1tns@r.postjobfree.com, +1-314-***-****

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