General Nurse Registered

EDWINA OFOSU

Address: C/O Mark Ofosu, Presbyterian Hospital Donkorkrom

P.O. Box 19, Donkorkrom, Eastern Region, Ghana.

Contact: +233*********)

E-mail: ************@*****.***

Nationality: Ghanaian

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A well-trained registered general nurse with over three (3) years working experience as a registered general nurse in patient healthcare delivery seeking to utilize knowledge, experience and skills acquired, in accordance with established health policies, procedures and protocols, utilizing efficiently available human and material resources and able to partner well with other medical professionals in providing efficient healthcare. During my working experience, I am privileged to have worked at the male and female medical wards, children’s ward, theatre, recovery unit, accidents and emergency unit, out-patient department, dressing unit, chest clinic, ear, nose and throat (E.N.T.) unit, dental unit, eye clinic, voluntary counseling therapy unit, public health unit as well as the maternity ward. SKILLS

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Excellent interpersonal relationship and customer care

Ethical decision-making

Critical thinking

Teamwork and Collaboration

Effective leadership and management

Well-structured and organized

Adult nursing

Infection and Prevention Control (IPC)

Consistent, reliable and punctual

WORKING EXPERIENCE

NURSING OFFICER-REGISTERED GENERAL NURSE (02/2022 -Current) Presbyterian Hospital Donkorkrom

Donkorkrom, Eastern Region, Ghana

177 Bed Capacity

DUTIES

Establishing rapport with patients and patient’s relatives to ensure that I allay every anxiety related to the condition.

Monitoring and recording of patients’ vital signs to ascertain if patient condition is improving or deteriorating.

Admission and discharging of patients.

Assessing patients by monitoring and recording of patients’ condition to know when there’s recovery progress and medication side effects.

Administration of prescribed medications like oral, intravenous, intramuscular medications etc to help treat patients condition.

Performing assisted and non assisted activities of daily living like bathing of patients, feeding patients, changing of soiled linens etc to aid with the physiological needs of the patient.

Responding quickly to emergencies to prevent any morbidity or mortality.

Prioritizing a busy workload to ensure that nursing care provided is efficient and effective.

Maintenance of asepsis on the ward to prevent infection which could be through cross contamination or directly.

Handing over and taking up of patients over shift to ensure that patients are being catered for in an orderly professional manner knowing where to continue from and what to expect during the shift.

Collaborating with healthcare team members in delivery of holistic and quality care to patients to ensure that I share any information or knowledge or skills I have which together with the input of other healthcare professionals will help us to achieve the aim to preserve the life of patients.

Supervision of junior staff to ensure that, I provide them with the necessary guidance during delegation to prevent any errors which might be committed in the process.

Timely requisitions and management of ward resources to see to it that, there are enough stock of items in smooth running of the ward.

Bedside nursing to ensure that, patient get all the necessary care to aid in their recovery process.

Preparing and evaluating patients’ nursing care plans to be able to know when patients conditions are improving or deteriorating so that a new order will be implemented to ensure that goal is being fully met.

Nebulizing patients to promote effective breathing pattern of patients in distress.

Performing cannulation for administering prescribed intravenous medications to patients to promote their wellness.

Performing intravenous Infusion Therapy to see to it that patients get enough fluid in their system to prevent dehydration and to monitor for any signs of fluid overload in the process.

Performing oxygen therapy to patients with low oxygen saturation levels to relieve them of any breathing difficulties.

REGISTERED GENERAL NURSE INTERN (01/2021- 01/2022) Swedru Municipal Hospital

Agona Swedru, Central Region, Ghana

197 Bed Capacity

DUTIES

Established rapport with patients and patient’s relatives to ensure that I allayed every anxiety related to the condition.

Monitored and recorded patients’ vital signs to ascertain if patient condition was improving or deteriorating.

Admission and discharging of patients.

Assessed patients by monitoring and recording of patients’ condition to know when there was recovery progress and medication side effects.

Administration of prescribed medications like oral, intravenous, intramuscular medications etc which helped to treat patients conditions.

Performed assisted and non assisted activities of patients’ daily living like bathing, feeding, changing of soiled linens etc to aid with the physiological needs of the patient.

Responded quickly to any drug adverse reaction to prevent any morbidity or mortality.

Prioritized busy workload to ensure that nursing care provided was efficient and effective.

Maintenance of asepsis on the ward was facilitated to prevent infection which could be through cross contamination or directly.

Collaborated with healthcare team members in delivery of holistic and quality care to patients to ensure that I shared any information or knowledge or skills I had which together with the input of other healthcare professionals helped us to achieve the aim to preserve the life of patients.

Assisted medical team with procedures for effective and efficient delivery of the highest standard of nursing care to patients.

Provided bedside nursing to ensure that, patient get all the necessary care to aid in their recovery process.

Prepared and evaluated patients’ nursing care plans to be able to know when patients conditions was improving or deteriorating so that a new order was implemented to ensure that goal being fully met.

Performed intravenous Infusion Therapy to see ensure that patients got enough fluid in their system to prevent dehydration and monitored for any signs of fluid overload in the process.

Performed oxygen therapy to patients with low oxygen saturation levels to relieve them of any breathing difficulties.

Maintained safe and comfortable environment for each patient to ensure their safety on the ward.

Operated under direction of nurse in-charge and pursued opportunities to assist in delivery of quality patient care and learnt new skills as well in the process.

Monitored and maintained catheters and IVs to ensure their patency and removed where indicated for a new one to be set.

Performed aseptic technique of wound dressing to prevent contamination of wound preventing infection from occurring.

Monitored patient’s intake and output on a chart to ensure whether there was fluid retention or dehydration as evidenced by either a positive or negative balance on patients chart.

Established immediate and long-term care goals and worked with interdisciplinary team to create plans to achieve goals for patients recovery.

Observed medical procedures to advance nursing knowledge.

Obtained laboratory specimens by using phlebotomy skills to complete both venous and finger-stick blood draw for laboratory investigations regarding patients conditions.

Completed clinical work in different units to achieve and build nursing knowledge. CASES HANDLED

Hypertension

Hypotension

Diabetes (Type I & II)

Malaria

Road Traffic Accident

Sickle Cell Disease

Anemia

Pneumonia

Peptic Ulcer Disease

EQUIPMENT USED

Vital signs monitor

Suctioning machine

Glucometer

Pulse oximeter

Stethoscope

Sphygmomanometer

Thermometer

Nebulizer

HIGHEST EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

University of Health and Allied Sciences

PMB 31, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

Bachelor of Nursing: General Nursing (08/2016 – 11/2020) ENGLISH PROFICIENCY QUALIFICATION - IELTS ACADEMIC UKVI (07/10/2023)

Speaking - 7.5

Listening - 7.5

Reading - 7.5

Writing - 7.5

Overall Band - 7.5

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / CERTIFICATION

NAME OF THE CERTIFICATE / AWARD

Registered General Nurse Certificate, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Ghana (26/11/2020)

How to Administer Inotropic Drugs(Online) by Royal College of Nursing; on 31/12/2022

How to Perform Chest Compressions (Online) by Royal College of Nursing; on 03/01/2023

Pain Management (Online) by Rwanda Nurses and Midwives Union; on 05/01/2023

Management and Treatment Options for Patients with Open Abdomen (Online) by Royal College of Nursing; on 05/01/2023

Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Online) by Royal College of Nursing ; on 05/01/2023

How to Insert a Nasogastric Tube and Check Gastric Position at Bedside (Online) by Royal College of Nursing; on 05/01/2023

REFERENCES

1. Mark Ofosu, Senior Nursing Officer, Presbyterian Hospital Donkorkrom, P. O. Box 19, Donkorkrom, Eastern Region, Ghana. Email: *********@*****.*** Contact: +233*********/+233*********) 2. Sandra Frimpong, Midwifery Officer, Presbyterian Hospital Donkorkrom, P. O. Box 19, Donkorkrom Eastern Region, Ghana. Email: ***********@*****.*** Contact: +233*********/+233*********)

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