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Gender

Joseph Kipchirchir

Medical surgical Nurse

PROFILE

An expert of utilizing available medical resources to provide appropriate careto patients. Always striving to provide a positive effect to any ward or nursing team I have worked with. Reliable and competent to provide patient carein accordance with established hospital procedures, policies and protocols. A visionary leader able to conjure new ideas and see to their approval and implementation. Good communicator, critical thinker, adept in problem solving and highly adaptable to the ever-changing work environment. Seekingto leverage proven skills and evidence based patient care as a medical surgical nurse in your institution. WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb 2020 _October 2022

Hospital Name; Cheborge Health Center

Hospital Bed capacity: A 15 beds.Department: Medical surgical. Nurse patient ratio: 1:10

Positions: Medical surgical

nurse.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Developing patient care and treatment plans including assessment,evaluation, and nursing diagnoses.

• Coordinating with physicians and other healthcare professionals tocreate and evaluate customized care plans.

• Administering medications as prescribed; orally, subcutaneously, IMand IV.

• Managing patient emergencies to stabilize them and promptlyinforming the physician.

• Catheterizing patients (straight and Foley catheter).

• Taking and recording patient’s vital signs and ascertaining ifproblematic.

• Inserting peripheral intravenous lines.

• Promoting patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals.

• Providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients,their friends, and families.

• Providing health teachings to the patients and their families.

• Maintaining reports of patients’ medical histories.

• Ordering laboratory tests and interpreting results.

• Administering oxygen through various routes including non- rebreathermasks, nasal cannulas.

Cases managed

• Pneumonia, COVID-

19

• Burns

• Rheumatic fever

• Diabetes mellitus,

DKA

• Intestinal obstruction

• Pyloric stenosis

Equipment handled

• Manual and digital BP

machines

• Infusion pump

• NG feeding tubes

• Glucometer

• Suction machine

May 2019 -

• Hirsch sprung disease

• Congestive heart

failure

• Merckel diverticulum

• Burkitts lymphoma

• Ventilator

• ECG

• Feeding pump

• Dialysis machine

Aug 2020– Jan 2021

Hospital: Roret Sub county Hospital.

Hospital Bed capacity: A 200 bedded mission hospital. Department: Medical surgical.

Unit Bed capacity: 50 beds.

Nurse patient ratio: 1:5

Position: Medical surgical

Roles & Responsibilities

• Developing patient care and treatment plans including assessment,evaluation, and nursing diagnoses.

• Coordinating with physicians and other healthcare professionals tocreate and evaluate customized care plans.

• Administering medications as prescribed; orally, subcutaneously, IMand IV.

• Managing patient emergencies to stabilize them and promptlyinforming the physician.

• Catheterizing patients (straight and Foley catheter).

• Taking and recording patient’s vital signs and ascertaining ifproblematic.

• Inserting peripheral intravenous lines.

• Promoting patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals.

• Providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients,their friends, and families.

• Providing health teachings to the patients and their families.

• Maintaining reports of patients’ medical histories.

• Ordering laboratory tests and interpreting results.

• Administering oxygen through various routes including non- rebreathermasks, nasal cannulas.

Cases managed

• Paracetamol toxicity

• Alcohol toxicity.

• End stage renal disease

• Stoma care

• Appendicitis

• Intestinal obstruction

• Pyloric stenosis

• Hirsch sprung disease

• Raptured brain aneurysm.

Equipment handled

• Manual and digital

BPmachines

• Infusion pump

• NG feeding tubes

• Glucometer

• Suction machine

• Ventilator

• ECG

• Feeding pump

Oct 2019 – July 2020

Hospital: Nakuru Level 5 Hospital

Hospital Bed capacity: 600 bedded mission hospital. Department: Medical surgical.

Unit Bed capacity: 50 beds.

Nurse patient ratio: 1:5

Position: Medical surgical

May 2019 -

Roles and responsibilities

• Managing patient emergencies to stabilize them and promptlyinforming the physician.

• Developing patient care and treatment plans including assessment,evaluation, and nursing diagnoses.

• Coordinating with physicians and other healthcare professionals tocreate and evaluate customized care plans.

• Providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients,their friends, and families.

• Ordering laboratory tests and interpreting results.

• Administering medications as prescribed; orally, subcutaneously, IMand IV.

• Catheterizing patients (straight and Foley catheter).

• Taking and recording patient’s vital signs and ascertaining ifproblematic.

• Inserting peripheral intravenous lines.

• Maintaining reports of patients’ medical histories.

• Promoting patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals.

• Providing health teachings to the patients and their families.

• Administering oxygen through various routes including non- rebreathermasks, nasal cannulas.

Cases managed

• Pneumonia.

• Burns

• Rheumatic fever

• Diabetes mellitus, DKA

• Intestinal obstruction

• Pyloric stenosis

• Hirsch sprung disease

• Congestive heart failure

• Merckel diverticulum

• Burkitts lymphoma

• Hematological

malignancies

EDUCATION

March 2015 – Sep 2019

Equipment handled

• Manual and digital

BPmachines

• Infusion pump

• NG feeding tubes

• Glucometer

• Suction machine

• Ventilator

• ECG

• Feeding pump

• Dialysis machine

• Syringe pump

Kenya Medical Training College, Litein.

Diploma in community health nursing

Feb 2010 – Nov 2014

Samoei Boys High School.

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

Jan 2000 – Nov 2007

Kimaren Primary School

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education.

LICENSURE

Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)

Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse.

Registration number: KRCHN (349064) Valid until: March 31 2024 Country: Kenya

REFEREES ; Provided upon request.

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