RESUME

AMU ABOSEDE COMFORT

** ***** ***, ******, *****-IGBO

IJEBU-IGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,

OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

MARRIED, CHRISTIAN

CONTACT: FEDERAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

PMB 2008, YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

ad3r9n@r.postjobfree.com

+234(0)808-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

To use my skill and knowledge of nursing in the provision of timely, quality and effective nursing care to my client anywhere duty calls. DISCIPLINE AND SPECIALITY

REGISTERED NURSE (RN), REGISTERED PSYCHIATRIC NURSE (RPN) EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION WITH DATES

School of Post basic Psychiatric/Mental health Nursing Yaba Graduation Date: November, 2014

Lagos State School of Nursing Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos. Graduation Date: May 2007

Aguda Grammar School, Surulere, Lagos.

West African Examination School Certificate (WASCE) Graduation Date: June, 1996

WORK EXPERIENCE

FEDERAL NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, YABA, LAGOS, NIGERIA POSITION: PRINCIPAL NURSING OFFICER

FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT

ACUTE CARE UNIT, (40 BEDS),

REHABILITATION UNIT (40 BEDS)

Nurse-patient ratio in the hospital is 3 to 40 . The units had at least 28 in-patients at any given time

Duties & responsibilities

Assessment of vital signs and collection of information from various available sources regarding health and illness history of individuals experiencing psychiatric illness, providing mental status examination / assessment, planning of care and drawing nursing interventions within the unit. Educating patients and their family on the nature of illness of the individual and possible prognosis, ensuring admission procedures are carried out and patient is oriented to other clients as well as his immediate environment.

Preventing crisis and aggressiveness by understanding each patient’s behaviour and using talking therapy in managing anger . Freezing patients to ensure they are free from injurious objects and ensuring a safe physical environment.

Co-ordination of patient’s care in collaboration with other members of the therapeutic team,; doctors, psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists in order to ensure patient’s maximization of full hospital services.

Consultation and communication of patient’s care with various service providers and stakeholders such as family members and therapeutic team Collection and documentation of health information as well as maintaining clinical records of patient’s; progress reports nursing intervention, and observations, parent review including themes discussed.

Participating in interdisciplinary case conferences and working as a team with other professionals on research topics

Administering oral, intramuscular and intravenous drugs and documenting effects on clients. Ensuring adequate nutrition, grooming and maintaining overall good physical appearance. Promoting patient’s right to health service, knowledge about treatment, privacy, confidentiality and dignity

Participating in continuing education programes including seminars, workshops and conferences of nursing staff and serving as role model to student nurses Participating in communicating the outcome of such seminars and workshops in the form of communiqué to the hospital management which are used in policy making Participating in activities such as individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, supportive counseling, motivational meetings, phychodrama to identify abnormal behaviour and to help client reinforce acceptable behaviour, Teaching clients (Especially drug abuse client) various effective street coping strategies and how to manage craving Detoxification of drug patient’s and effective management of withdrawal symptoms Reporting of client’s progress and maintaining behavioural, suicidal caution and observation charts . Writing discharge summaries to ensure that patient / family records are current and complete.

FARRI SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, No 68, Simpson Street, Ebute-Metta Lagos. POSITION: Medical Assistance

FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT

Duties & Responsibilities

Admission of Patients, bed making, wounds dressing, monitoring of Vital signs, Serving of medication under close supervision.

Medical Care: Care of Patients.

IMPERIAL MEDICAL CENTRE, LAGOS STATE

POSITION: Staff Nurse (RN)

FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT

Medical / Surgical Unit (30 beds)

FROM 06/2007 – 10/2008

Nurse – patient ratio in this unit was 1 to 30 except morning duty that enjoyed the assistance of the unit manager from Mondays to Fridays.

Duties & Responsibilities

Pre-operative admission of patients and assessment of baseline vital signs. History taking and general head to toe examination of patients during admission. Giving vital information to family member regarding patient’s condition, hospital policies and regulations Co-coordinating care in collaboration with interdisciplinary members such as the surgeon,and anesthetists, peri-operative nurses, laboratory scientists and physiotherapists to ensure flow of hospital service delivery.

Participating in daily ward round and documenting progress and new development in the treatment plan

Participating in making care plans, nursing interventions and implementation with other colleagues and communicating plans to patients and family members Facilitating timely consultations by doctors and care delivery by nurses to quick recovery and consequently discharge from hospital. Acting as an advocate to promote and protect the patient’s right

Coordinating daily activities including servicing of meals, medication, wound dressing, care of cast, catheterization, pre-operative preparations, gastric tube and naso-gastric tube feeding, care of colostomy bag and rehabilitation. Ensuring routine blood glucose level check. Monitoring of patients on life support due to congestive cardiac failure, cardiovascular accident, diabetic Keto acidosis and documenting findings with the aim of informing other health teams. Educating patients and family on health themes and advising them on drug compliance, keeping hospital appointment

Participating in continuing education, workshops and seminars and monitoring junior staff and student nurses through role modeling

Communicating care of patent’s verbally and in documentations to colleagues. Writing report on each shift to be read by supervising nurse and the ward manager. PERSONAL QUALITIES

Team playing

Dynamic : flows with organizational growth

Willing to take additional responsibilities

Industrious and self motivated

Loves caring for people

SKILLS

Apt in report writing and documentation

Observation skills

Good Listener

REFEREES

1 DR DEMOLA FARRI, 2. PASTOR AMU SOLOMON

Medical Director District Pastor,

Farri Specialist hospital at Christ Apostolic Church, Ebutte- Metta, Lagos State Ikorodu, Lagos State,

Nigeria Nigeria

3 COMRADE JULIUS AWOJIDE

NANNM CHAIRMAN,

Lagos State

Nigeria

Tel: +234-817-***-****

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