Assistant Nursing Officer
Resume:
MANKRALO ABIGAIL DOE
P.O.BOX ***, ACCRA, GHANA
***************@*****.***
OVERVIEW
Registered General Nurse
I am a serious-minded general nurse with over ten years working experience and clinical experience in multiple patient care settings. These include medical surgical care, emergency nursing, paediatric nursing, maternal and child health care, gynaecological nursing, public health nursing. I am competent to deliver quality patient care from admission to discharge. I am professional at all times.
Talented at conducting patient assessments, developing individualized care plans and implementing prescribed orders. Successful at delivering a high-quality patient care to advance recovery goals and improve overall health. Participated in educational and outreach programs to continuously improve the quality of care, team services, maintaining competence and professional growth interacted with patients and colleagues, demonstrating compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status or cultural beliefs.
Adept at fulfilling departmental responsibilities consistent with company’s long-range plan, mission, vision and values. Skilled at working independently and also collaboratively with multidisciplinary team. Works collaboratively with auxiliary staff and other patient care personnel in maintaining standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. SKILLS / COMPETENCIES
• Healthcare administration
• Healthcare ethics
• Clinical documentation
• Nursing staff leadership
• Patient and family education
• Preventive health
• Medication administration
• Intravenous therapy
• Patient care planning
• Fluent in English
• Good communication skills
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Flexible attitude towards work
• Equal treatment to all clients - impartiality
• Easily approachable, sociable and friendly
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Master of science in Nursing, 2020, University of Ghana, Legon
• Bachelor of science in Nursing, 2016, Garden city university college, Kumasi
• Diploma in Nursing, 2007, Nurses and Midwives Training College, Cape Coast-
• Certificate in General Nursing, Nursing And Midwifery council of Ghana SHORT COURSES
• Leadership and management in health -2020, University of Washington (Department of Global Health)
• Project Management -2021, University of Washington (Department of Global Health) ACHIEVEMENTS
• Women’s Representative at Cocobod local union (2021 till date)
• District Women’s secretary at The Apostolic Church-Gh, (2020-2021)
• District Women’s leader at The Apostolic Church-Gh (2021-2023) WORK HISTORY
ASSISTANT NURSING OFFICER, MARCH 2016 to date GHANA COCOA BOARD
(COCOA CLINIC)
PEADIATRIC UNIT AND EMERGENCY UNIT
• Administer medications via oral, Intravenous and intramuscular routes and monitor responses to address new concerns
• Keep optimal supply levels in treatment rooms, triage and other areas to meet patients’ needs
• Create individualized care plans for patients and work with medical professionals to come up with treatment and discharge options
• Check and record vital signs of patients and report changes in patients’ condition
• Document vital information and medical histories in patient charts / report books and communicate patient information to physicians and other nurses for continuity of care
• Partner with healthcare teams to address care plan management, including development and implementation
• Teach patient to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chances of symptoms reoccurrence
• Perform various nursing interventions, such as wound dressing, specimen collection, insertion and removal of urethral catheter etc.
• Confer with physicians to discuss diagnosis and devise well –coordinated treatment approaches
• Effectively prioritize assignments, executing care based on patients’ relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel to deliver safe and efficient care
• Maintain the comfort and safety of each patient through careful monitoring and knowledge application
• Demonstrate and instruct patient and family members on proper protocols for home maintenance and care after discharge.
STAFF NURSE, Aug, 2014-July 2015 MANHYIA GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL, KUMASI
(SURGICAL WARD)
• Maintain sterile field during invasive procedure
• Dressing of wounds
• Nasogastric tube feeding
• Admit, transfer and discharge patient accordingly
• Provide bed bath and catheter care
• Follow up on any test taken for patient and ensure follow-up treatment
• Maintaining patient’s fluid intake and output chart
• Medicine administration
• Passing of folley catheter
STAFF NURSE, Oct.2012-sept.2014 ASOKWA CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, KUMASI
(PEADIATRIC UNIT)
• Acted as the deputy in-charge of the hospital
• Participate in ward rounds
• Documenting nursing procedures
• Using nursing care plan to care for the patient
• Collecting, labelling and dispatching of specimen
• Medication administration
• Keeping stock of inventories
• Keep the ward clean and tidy
• Keep administration informed of happenings in the hospital like theft, absconding patients etc.
• Report on medico legal cases if any admitted in the hospital
• Care of the dying and the dead
• Counselling the patient and relatives
• Handing over and taking charge of shifts
• Effectively work in in a team with nurses and other staff from other departments like pharmacy, records, laboratory etc.
• Ensure use of adherence to the health and safety policies, guidelines and protocols in the hospital, e.g., use of protective clothing and equipment etc. STAFF NURSE, Dec.2011-Oct.2012, COUNTY HOSPITAL, KUMASI (MEDICAL WARD)
• Admission and discharge of patient
• Checking and recording of vital signs
• Medications administration
• Safe abortion care / management
• Report writing
• Patient education especially on medication, food and rest
• Maintaining fluid input and output chat
• Participate in ward rounds
• Documenting nursing procedures
• Wound dressing
• Perform any other task assign by superiors
ROTATION EXPERIENCE
October – February 2007 Cape Coast Teaching Hospital MEDICAL NURSING (8 WEEKS OF PRACTICE)
• Formulating ideal patient plan based on patient needs or assessment.
• Preparing patient for medical examination and assisting in procedures as needed.
• Performing of wound care such as cleaning and bandaging.
• Passing and removal of catheter.
• Transfusing of blood and observing all protocols. EMERGENCY NURSING (4 WEEKS OF PRACTICE)
• Training and prioritizing treatment for critical care injuries.
• Retrieving samples (blood, urine, faeces, sputum) for analysis, prompting physicians for review per outcome,
• Close monitoring of emergency patients, alerting supervisors when there is change in condition. ORTHOPAEDIC PAEDIATRIC NURSING (4 WEEKS OF PRACTICE)
• Counselling of family and prepping of children for casts to be applied or removed.
• Observation of peripheries for circulation, informing supervisors of tight cast application.
• Coordinating with physiotherapists for physical therapy, joins other healthcare April – September 2008 University of Cape Coast Hospital, Cape Coast SURGICAL NURSING (8 WEEKS OF PRACTICE)
• Ensuring consent forms are signed.
• Preparing patient for surgeries.
• Setting up of operating room, making sure instruments are sterile.
• Monitoring of patients, ensuring they are stable before transporting to ward.
• Identify patient’s level of pain using the pain rating scale, intervene and alleviate pain.
• Assisting anesthetics, surgeons where needed in performing procedures MATERNAL NURSING (10 WEEKS OF PRACTICE) MATERNITY WARD
• Assist in preparing mother for a safe delivery either by vagina or Caesarian section.
• Bathing of babies, administering of vitamin k injection for babies.
• Identifying high risk neonates and transfer them to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). ANTENATAL CLINIC DUTIES
• Assist in administering mothers’ vaccine, malaria prophylaxis.
• Assist in checking of Symphysial Fundal Height (SFH) if it corresponds with gestational age.
• Informing patients on the need to eat a balanced diet, take pre-natal vitamins, malaria prevention, need to maintain a good personal hygiene. POST NATAL CLINIC DUTIES
• Give due vaccines for babies, notify mother of next vaccine date
• Weighing of babies,
• identifying malnourished babies and taking the needed action in conformance to hospital policies.
GYNECOLOGICAL THEATRE NURSING
• Ensuring all documents are signed.
• Making sure the right patient is in the right operating room, ensuring instruments are sterile Making sure the right patient is in the right operating room, ensuring instruments are sterile.
• Providing surgeon and scrub nurse with items they may need during surgery
• Gauze and instrument count before procedure, before surgeon seals incision site October – December 2008 Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, Cape Coast Units visited include Female Acute Care Ward and Male Chronic Care Ward. Duties entails
• assisting psychiatric nurses in routine duties of administering medication,
• checking vital signs,
• distributing patient’s food,
• conducting Mental Status Examinations.
• Engaging patient in recreational activities,
• interacting with patients to know more about their condition,
• taking them to dress making, bead making, bag making and other hand crafts site February – June 2009 Public health. Reproductive And Child Health Cape Coast PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING DUTIES (4 WEEKS OF PRACTICE) the public health unit includes diabetic, hypertensive, antiretroviral, nutrition and child health clinics
• aid in assessing and meeting patients’ nutritional needs
• assist in scheduling appointment dates for patients and ensuring follow up
• help in retrieving antiretroviral, diabetic and hypertensive drugs from pharmacy
• counselling and preparing new clients for retroviral testing and handing over to physician for medication
• encouraging patient who have defaulted medications to start as soon as possible
• assist in providing family planning services to clients
• weighing and immunization of babies
EAR, NOSE, THROAT DEPARTMENT AND EYE CLINIC DUTIES
• Application of eye ointment, ear drops.
• Assessment of visual acquit testing using Snellen Chart.
• Preparing patient and assisting supervisor for ear washing TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Year School Course
2014/2015 Excel college of Health, Basic Nursing and Ethics Kumasi
2014/2015 DOF Institute of Health, Kumasi Basic Nursing 2021-2022 BIA College of Health, Debiso Basic Nursing HOBBIES
Reading
Cooking
Listening to music and singing
REFEREES:
o Mr. Gabriel Afrane
Principal Nursing Officer
Ghana Cocoa Board
Cocoa Clinic, Debiso
o Rev. Christa Osei-Mensah
Dean of Students
Garden city University College
Dr Benjamin Biney
Senior medical manager
Ghana cocoa Board
Cocoa Clinic, Debiso
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