Midwifery
Resume:
Gity Quayson-Otoo
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Brisco Naval Quarters, Sekondi
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A highly motivated, skilled and team oriented registered midwife with 8 years of experience providing direct care in medical- surgical health in the obstetrics and gynaecological ward and antenatal populations. Expert in all aspect of patient care with developing strong relationships with my patients and families through empathetic communication and excellent customer service. Success in working with multidisciplinary teams to create care plans focused on managing complex health disorders and helping patients recover from medical or surgical procedures. Ii is my passion to care for the aged and currently working in a 100 bed capacity hospital. WORK EXPERIENCE
Midwifery Officer July 2022 - Present
Holy Child Catholic Hospital
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team and acts as a client advocate to ensure high quality client care.
• Using LHYMS to communicate patients conditions to doctors.
• Conducts delivery.
• Gives episiotomy and conduct suturing.
• Performs head to toe examinations.
• Plan discharge and give teachings on mediation.
• Develops nursing care plan to attain expected outcomes.
• Helps young patients feel comfortable with procedures.
• Practices comprehensive nursing and midwifery care in accordance with professional values and moral principles and maintains confidentiality as appropriate.
• Prioritizes clients needs and delegates aspects of nursing and midwifery care to other nursing. personnel within his/her scope of professional responsibility.
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the nursing care of each client in accordance with clients individuality, abilities, culture and choices.
• Assesses the quality and appropriateness of client care and resolves identified problems.
• Manages patients recovering from ceasarian section and other obstetrics surgical procedures by monitoring post-operative vitals, intravenous fluid, facilitating wound care, pressure ulcer prevention and other pain management for optimal outcome.
• Care of postnatal mothers and their babies
• Palpates pregnant women to know the lie, presentation and descent.
• Educates pregnant women on various topics beneficial to them and their babies
• Perform nursing care in response to clients needs supported by nursing knowledge, research and reflective practice.
• Assessment of pain using the appropriate pain scale.
• Documents the nursing care of each client from admission to discharge in accordance with the general principles and legal requirements for documentation.
• Promotes an environment which maximizes client safety by utilizing infection control practices and implementing the standards of clients safety programs.
• Perform physical examinations and administration of medications.
• Checking vital signs.
• Obtain specimen for laboratory investigation
• Observe patients during and after medications
• Educate patients during and after discharge
Registered Midwife Jan 2011 - May 2020
Salvation.Army Health Center,,Ghana
• Conducts ward rounds with doctors/nurses.
• Liaise with other professionals in the multidisciplinary team.
• Keep paper and computerized medical records accurate and up to date.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and families.
• Develops an individualized nursing careplan
• Conduct delivery
• Takes samples for various laboratory investigations
• Prioritize careful monitoring of patients, and reports regularly to the physician, and family on the patients condition, and what they can expect in recovery.
• Caring for women both pregnant and non pregnant.
• Caring for babaies
• Insertion of IV cannula
• Ability to multi-task, delegate and prioritize
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Community outreach vaccination and health screening in rural communities
• Ability to educate patients and significant others
• Administration of drugs e.g. oral, intravenous, subcutaneous, rectal and topical and monitoring of effects.
• Dress simple and complex wounds.
• Monitore vital signs (pulse, temperature, BP, respiration and pain )
• Maintaine a safe and therapeutic patient care environment
• Obtaine specimens e.g. bodily fluids, wound swabs, blood
• Maintaine effective communication with colleagues, clients/patients and visitors in the ward/unit.
• Incorporate Patient and family centered care
• Maintain privacy and dignity of the patient in my care EDUCATION
BSC Midwifery January 2020 – April 2022
Garden City University College, Ghana
Diploma in Midwifery September 2011 - August 2014
St. Patricks Midwifery Training College, Ghana
Three year midwifery studies after secondary school SKILLS
• Writing accurate reports and updating records before completion of shifts.
• Take comprehensive history and perform head to toe assessment
• Using LHYMS to communicate patients conditions to doctors
• Plan discharge and give teaching on medications
• Assessing pregnant women
• Checking vital signs.
• Triage pregnant women using obstetrics assessment triangle
• Checking intake and output and recording.
• Administering prescribed medications.
• Educating patients and family members.
• Insertion of intravenous cannula
• Ability to multi-task, delegate and prioritize
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to educate patients and significant others
• Wound dressing
• Relate well to the people from variety of cultures
• Ability to incorporate family centred care and strength base nursing
• Basic computer skills and with the working knowledge of the internet
• Performing minor suturing and episiotomy
• Liaising with dietician to teach patients about the appropriate diet for certain conditions as needed.
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
• Registered Midwife
VOLUNTEER WORK
Lead in education the church Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
St John the Baptist, Catholic Church, Ghana
TRAINING AND WORKSHOP ATTENDED
I have attended the below training as a requirment to maintian my lincense to practice. I can be reached on +233********* in the meantime. I am available for discussion for any opened role prior to my arrival.
Basic Life Support For Healthcare Providers - 2023
Covid-19 in Ghana: Prevention and health promotion - Ghana college of nurses and midwives 2021
• Making every baby count initiative(Essential care for new born, Helping baby breath -PATH 2017
• Nursing Documentation-National Catholic Health service 2017
• Paediatric management of Hypoglycaemia and Hyperglycaemia-GRNA 2016
• Triaging and basic life support-National Catholic Health Service 2016
• Neonatal Resuscitation Training-Charity Beyond Borders 2015
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -Charity Beyond Borders 2015
• Medical Education Training -Charity Beyond Borders 2015
• Managing Paediatrics Emergencies in 21st century -KATH 2014
• Good Phlebotomy practise training - BD West Africa 2013
• Regulating Nursing and midwifery prospects and challenges(New trends in immunization, impacts and benefits of migration)GRNA 2013
• Occupational health and safety(New trends in Tuberculosis management, case identification and management of malnutrition)GRNA 2013
• Legal Aspect of Nursing practise(Ward management and leadership in nursing)GRNA 2012
• Prevention and management of post-partum hemorrhage
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