Service Delivery Registered Nurse
Resume:
CURRICULUM VITAE
LAWRENCE WAMALWA KIBERENGE
Registered Nurse (RN)
Phone Number 070*******
E-mail adwgv2@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
Registered nurse with strong experience in delivering quality care to patients. Professional with one year of practice in emergency room care, triage, post-surgical recovery and Internal medicine and pediatrics as a general nurse. Strong knowledge of medicine, pharmacology, and standards of care in the hospital. Caring and reliable person with a reputation for building a great rapport between medical providers and patients. Committed to making patients more informed and comfortable during their care. Skills
1. Highly trained nurse with registration number
2. I have Up to date BLS certificate.
3. Dedicated patient advocate, which has me putting the needs and care of the patient above everything else.
4. Strong oral and written communication skills, since much of this job requires speaking to patients kindly and discussing care with other medical staff. 5. Expert multitasked and highly organized, which makes it easier for me to manage several patients on my caseload at once.
6. Respected team player throughout my career, equipping me with the right mindset to want to offer anything I can to help improve patient outcomes.
7. Excellent sense of integrity and honesty when dealing with sensitive subjects and situations related to patients.
8. Leadership skills have been class captain for a period of 5 years in the nursing class. 9. Patient privacy
10. Supportive of family members
11. Ability to follow instructions well with what decisions with limited supervision 12. Willing to learn new skills
13. Computer Skills-Microsoft office (Excel, PowerPoint and word) 14. Basic life support
15. Neonatal resuscitation
Work Experience
1st Aug, 2022-To-Date: WEBUYE COUNTY HOSPITAL, OUTPATIENT, ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
Responsibilities.
1. Drug Administration.
2. Stabilizing Patients.
3. Stitching.
4. Wound Care, Cleaning and Dressing.
5. Clerking of Patients.
6. Collection of samples and Lab Requests.
7. Monitoring of Patients before Admission.
8. Screening and Surveillance of Notifiable Diseases. 9. Minor Surgical Procedures as Circumcision (Removal of Sutures and Cysts). 10. Participating as a member of the basic care team in resuscitation of patients. 11. Admitting and escorting of stable patients to the ward for further management. 12. Escorting patients who have been referred to other facility for other medical care. 13. Offering Counselling, spiritual and emotional support to patients. 14. Offering basic patient care like bed baths, feeding, oral care and change of linen. 15. Receive casualties to the unit to include ambulant, on wheel chair and on stretcher. 16. Take history and perform physical examination on patients with Dental problems, ENT problems, Poisoning, burns, disaster victims and Road traffic accidents. 17. Manage children using ETAT and IMCI strategies. 18. Assess and manage unconscious patients and those with head injury. 19. Performed vene puncture, suture simple cuts, drain simple abscesses and eye irrigation. 20. Participate in application, removal and care of patient on POP. 21. Transfer patients from casualty/OPD department to ward, CCU, Theatre. 22. Prepare/ Participate in disaster management.
23. Participate in resuscitation of patients.
24. Prescribe and administration of treatment to patients with common conditions. 25. Share one to one health messages.
26. Refer patients to another facility for further management and care. Nursing Officer Volunteer basis
March, 2022-To-July, 2022: MALAKISI HEALTH CENTER, BUNGOMA- MINISTRY OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY ROOM AND
INJECTION.
Responsibilities.
1. Drug Administration.
2. Stabilizing Patients.
3. Stitching.
4. Wound Care, Cleaning and Dressing.
5. Clerking of Patients.
6. Lab Requests.
7. Monitoring of Patients before Admission.
8. Screening and Surveillance of Notifiable Diseases. 9. Minor Surgical Procedures as Circumcision (Removal of Sutures and Cysts). 10. Apply IMCI in management of sick child including HIV exposed infant or children. 11. Health education/counselling the mother on early child development, nutrition, immunization and growth monitoring.
12. Prescribe and provide treatment and also refer as appropriate. 13. Take observations like weight, blood pressure and proper history of patients who needed family planning methods
14. Help clients to make informed choice on the family planning methods available for use. 15. Perform pelvic examination including speculum and bimanual examination. 16. Maintain accurate documentation of clients and all services methods offered. 17. Make supervisory visit with the CPHN (County public health nurse) 18. Participate in writing quarterly/monthly/district report. 19. Participate in appraisal report for staff and also in health center staff meetings. 20. Organize and conduct staff development activity and attend executive expenditure committee meetings
21. Participate in the distribution of supplies and drugs to health centers, dispensaries and service delivery points.
Nurse Intern
September 2020-September 2021: NURSING OFFICER INTERN AT KITALE COUNTY REFFERAL HOSPITAL.
• REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities.
1. Take and record full history of a patient/clients 2. Perform physical and vaginal examination.
3. Make a correct labor diagnosis and interpret findings using patograph. 4. Manage patient in labor using a patograph.
5. Perform maternal resuscitation, manual removal of placenta, performing and suturing of episiotomy, repair perineal tears, Vacuum extraction, assessing of a newborn. 6. In maternity theater involved in scrubbing with the doctor, receiving and weighing of the baby, resuscitation of the baby if need arises and proper documentation. 7. Offer counselling to others on issues regarding nutrition, family planning and care of the new born.
8. Teaching clients on the danger signs to observe during pregnancy and to have health seeking attitude.
9. Review pregnancy and history.
10. Assess the client head to toe both mother and the baby. 11. Demonstrate clients self-breast examination.
12. Involution of the uterus to be done, check on lochia. 13. Check for deep venous thrombosis and check on vital signs. 14. Manage the normal and abnormal puerperium like puerperium sepsis, puerperium pyrexia, puerperal psychosis and breast disorder.
15. Manage clients according to their needs including family planning, child care with emphasis on breast feeding and growth monitoring, immunization, weaning, self-health care.
16. Plan for follow up care clinic and community.
17. Attend and participate in maternal/neonatal mortality meetings 18. Document accurately all, the procedures undertaken.
• INTERNAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities.
1. Perform admission, discharge, transfer and referral of clients with medical conditions. 2. Take history and perform physical examination on patients suffering from Respiratory diseases (TB, Pneumonia), Cardiovascular diseases (CCF, Hypertension), Gastrointestinal disorder (Peptic ulcers), Hematology (Anemia cancers), Endocrine (Diabetes mellitus), Dermatological (dermatitis), Musculoskeletal disease (arthritis), Genital urinary disease
(nephritis), Neurological conditions (meningitis). 3. Provide holistic care to critically ill patients to include: maintenance of clear airway, positioning, maintenance of nutritional status, assisting patients meet elimination needs, maintenance of hygiene, exercises, providing the appropriate medication, providing spiritual and psychological care.
4. Prepare and perform emergency intervention e.g Cardiac resuscitation, patient in shock, patient with poisoning.
5. Administer drugs through different routes to include: oral drugs, intramuscular injections, intravenous injection subcutaneous.
6. Take record and interpret the following vital signs temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure.
7. Collection of specimen from patient, Blood, stool, sputum, vomits, pus swab, urine. 8. Participate in lumbar puncture, EEG, abdominal paracentesis, bone marrow puncture, preparation for radiological examination, catheterization. 9. Receive, write and give ward reports.
10. Manage ward resources in relation to manpower, material, finance and time. 11. Provide care for the death and dying.
• SURGICAL DEPARTMENT (Including orthopedic)
Responsibilities.
1. Providing nursing care to patients by, making various beds including one with specie appliances, receiving and admitting patients, taking, recording and interpreting patient’s observation and taking appropriate action.
2. Positioning and lifting patients, maintaining general hygiene of patients and ensuring general cleanliness of the ward and equipment’s to include infection prevention during blood transfusion, catheterization, change of surgical dressing, passing of nasogastric tube and aspiration, bladder washout, removal of stitches, rectal examination, passage of flatus tube, application of skin/skeletal traction.
3. Manage ward resources in relation to manpower, material, finance and time 4. Provide holistic care to burns patients.
5. Provide surgical emergency care to patients with head injury, acute abdomen and others. 6. Take history and perform physical examination on patients suffering from respiratory diseases(pneumothorax), cardiovascular diseases and acute abdomen.
• PAEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities.
1. Admit infants/children to the ward.
2. Take history and perform physical examination on patients suffering from Respiratory diseases (TB, Pneumonia), Cardiovascular diseases (rheumatic heart disease), Gastrointestinal disorder (Diarrhea and vomiting), Hematology (leukemia, anemia), Endocrine (metabolic Diabetes type 1, malnutrition), Dermatological (impetigo), Musculoskeletal disease (fractures, osteomyelitis), Genital urinary disease (nephrotic syndrome), Neurological conditions (meningitis, hydrocephalus). 3. Management of child using following strategies ETAT, IMCI. 4. Prepare, perform and care for patients and equipment’s before, during and after the following procedures, passing of nasogastric tube, nasogastric tube feeding, giving intravenous injections, giving subcutaneous injection, giving oral medications, giving rectal medication, performing mouth toilet, caring for patients on blood transfusion, weighing patients, performing naso-tracheal suction and administering steam inhalation. 5. Administering of oxygen by mask, naso-catheter, by oxygen tent. 6. Prepare and participate in lumbar puncture, cut down 7. Provide pre and post-operative care on infant/child. 8. Mentor student’s nurses on: assessment of infant/child, sharing of health talks on nutrition, breastfeeding and immunization, drug administration, development pf nursing care plan and identifying children who require follow up care. 9. Write and give a handing over report on patients. 10. Managing of ward resources in relation to man power, materials, finance and time.
• CASUALTY/OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities.
1. Receive casualties to the unit to include ambulant, on wheel chair and on stretcher. 2. Take history and perform physical examination on patients with Dental problems, ENT problems, Poisoning, burns, disaster victims and Road traffic accidents. 3. Manage children using ETAT and IMCI strategies. 4. Assess and manage unconscious patients and those with head injury. 5. Performed vene puncture, suture simple cuts, drain simple abscesses and eye irrigation. 6. Participate in application, removal and care of patient on POP. 7. Transfer patients from casualty/OPD department to ward, CCU, Theatre. 8. Prepare/ Participate in disaster management.
9. Participate in resuscitation of patients.
10. Prescribe and administration of treatment to patients with common conditions. 11. Share one to one health messages.
12. Refer patients to another facility for further management and care.
• CRITICAL CARE NURSING DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities.
1. Participate in receiving patients in the ICU
2. Participate in counselling of relatives of patients admitted in the ICU. 3. Perform physical examination of critically ill patients. 4. Provide specialize nursing care to critically ill patients like, positioning unconscious/paralyzed patient, pressure area sores and administering medication. 5. Participate in interpretation of observation of patients on artificial ventilation, cardiac monitor, having a central venous pressure line and on neurological monitoring. 6. Perform sunction of naso-tracheal secretions from non-intubated patients, endo-tracheal secretions and tracheostomy.
7. Participate in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
8. Participate in care of patients on peritoneal dialysis. 9. Observe and record central venous pressure.
10. Discharge/transfer patients from ICU.
• THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities.
1. Ensure theatre and equipment cleanliness before and after operation. 2. Prepare equipment/apparatus for two specific operations to include; general set, other set and sterile equipment’s. Operating table and operating light. Diathermy, sunction machine and Anesthetic trolley/drugs/gases.
3. Receive patient for surgery and review their pre-operative care. 4. Participate in obstetric operation, scrub up for operation, assist in operation and clear the equipment after operation.
5. Provide care for patients during immediate post-operative period. 6. Main theater records updates.
7. Sterilize equipment’s.
8. Demonstrate skills in infection prevention.
9. Storage of equipment’s.
10. Hand over patients to ward nurse.
• SPECIAL CARE BABY UNIT DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities.
1. Review the pregnancy and labour history.
2. Perform a physical examination and make a diagnosis of the newborn. 3. Manage/care of babies with/by Asphyxia neonatorum, low birth weight, neonatal jaundice, congenital malformations, HIV exposed infant, Kangaroo methods and other feeding options.
4. Document accurately all the competencies appropriately.
• PRE-NATAL, GENDER AND YOUTH FRIENDLY SERVICES DEPARTMENT Responsibilities.
1. Asses antenatal clients to include; taking and recording full history client/patients, perform physical examination and carry of investigations of clients/patients and carrying blood investigations.
2. Develop individualized birth plans with clients. 3. Make a diagnosis for both normal and abnormal conditions in pregnancies to include; cardiac diseases in pregnancy, anemia in pregnancy, diabetes in pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, pregnancy induced hypertension, malpresentation, bad obstretic history
(B.O.H.), previous caesarian section, Cephalo pelvic disproportion (CPD) and malaria in pregnancy.
4. Using nursing process to manage patients/client to include both normal and abnormal pregnancy.
5. Provide PMTCT services to clients/patients making appropriate referrals. 6. Manage gender based violence clients to examination, history taking and physical examination, diagnostic investigations (High vaginal swap, HIV test, Pregnancy tests), treatment and emergency care, PEP, forensic evidences, psychological support and harmful traditional practices.
7. Provide youth friendly services.
• MENTAL HEALTH PSYCHIATRIC NURSING DEPARTMENT
Responsibilities.
1. Admit mentally ill patient under mental health act, reception of patient and relative, verify relevant and legal documents required, perform physical examination and also conduct mental status on patients suffering from mental disorders. 2. Applying the nursing process in the management of patients suffering from mental disorder conditions include; Schizophrenia, mood disorder, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, neuro psychiatry aspects od HIV/AIDS and psychiatric disorder of pregnancy and child birth.
3. Organize and conduct case conference on a given psychiatric disorder like identify case, home visiting, education of client and family and also compile a report of the case to the multidisciplinary team.
4. Participate in the treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders in terms of pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and electro convulsive therapy. 5. Organize the conduct session of clinical teaching with basic students in the ward to include; identifying a psychiatric condition for teaching, preparation, condition teaching session and evaluate the session.
6. Participate in the management of psychiatric emergencies such as abscondment, suicidal tendency, aggression and violence.
7. Organize and conduct sessions of clinical teaching with basic students in the ward. 8. Participate in discharge of the mentally ill patients, assessment of the mental status and teaching of patient and family about drug compliance and follow ups. 9. Participate in follow up care of discharged patients in OPD clinic. Organize of clinic, assessment of individual patient and planning and giving mental health talks. 10. Participate in leadership and management of psychiatric hospital/unit/ward. 11. Participate in community mental health services. Other Experience
Also worked on a locum basis at SHIFAAC medical clinic in Eldoret during my day off duties. There I also acquired skills on first aid and management of minor conditions in the community. Education Clinical Rotations
Attachment
August, 2019 to October, 2019: Kabarack Health Centre. June, 2019 to July 2019: Moi Teaching and Referral Medical College. January, 2016 to May, 2019: Nakuru County Referral Hospital Level 6 Key Qualifications and responsibilities
• Performed patient care and patient education duties on a busy general care ward.
• Assessed and helped create plan of care up to 10 patients per shift. Consistently evaluated by preceptor at 93% for wound dressing
• Assisted with patient nutrition and elimination needs. Implemented low salt, fat and other diets.
• Helped in mentoring of your upcoming nursing students from different nursing institutions during their clinical practicum.
• Aid in lecturing as part of my internship requirement at Equip school of health sciences Kitale branch. Assisted in topic coverage, exams setting and hospital clinical evaluation. Undergraduate
2015-2020: Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Egerton University Key Qualifications and responsibilities
• Attained a minimal of 50% in all cats and exams and also in the clinical areas of practice.
• Gained knowledge and skills in the field of nursing practice.
• Aided in patient care and also to write proper nursing care plan in regards to specific needs of the patient.
• In my fourth year I happened to undertake a teaching practice attachment at Moi teaching and referral Hospital College for a period of six weeks. I managed to acquire teaching skills from the institution and gained a lot of knowledge and skills. I also mentored many nursing students and also received a letter of recommendation from the school’s principal. Secondary Level
2009-2012: Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) at Saint John the Baptist Likuyani secondary school
Primary level:
2001-2008: Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (K.C.P.E.) at Eldoret Union Primary School.
Hobbies and Interests
• During my days off, I enjoy playing football, reading medical journals and latest protocols in disease management. I have entered several amateur football tournaments.
• Listening to soft music
• Watching classic movies
• Also talented in drawing of portraits and other art works. Languages
Fluent in English, Swahili and Luhya.
Referees
MBChB, MBA, Doctor Franklin Ndirangu
Lecturer Egerton university
Pathology department
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Dr. Stella J. Kulei
Lecturer Egerton University
Department of Nursing,
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BSc, MSc Peds, Noa Mbunya
H.O.D. Nursing Department
Egerton University
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