PATIENCE OPPONG
Registered Midwife
NN**/F Nkwabeng North
Sunyani – Bono Region
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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
Highly trained, kind and sensitive Certified Nurse Midwife who loves bringing new life into the world and assisting parents in their new lives. Always having a positive attitude, able to work under extreme pressure and keep a cool head in unexpected situations with unpredictable patients. Supporting women physically, but also emotionally throughout pregnancy.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bono Regional Hospital, Sunyani- Ghana, 2020 – Present. Nurse Midwife
• Providing direct patient care and managing the prenatal, antenatal, inpatient and follow-up care for women (including deliveries).
• Establishing a trusting relationship with the patient and their significant other. Ensuring all questions are answered thoroughly.
• Maintaining high standards of clinical care.
• Building productive working relationships with other hospital personnel.
• Providing reproductive health services and counselling to adolescents in prevention of teen pregnancy, transmission of STI/HIV, and sexual violence related injuries.
• Educate women on birth options and partner with them in planning their birth
• Monitor foetal growth, maternal health, and treat health conditions that arise during pregnancy
• Attend births in hospitals and birthing centres
• Perform low-intervention techniques to induce labour or relieve pain during labour
• Engage medical doctors or specialists as needed during pregnancy or childbirth
• Assist mothers with breastfeeding, self-care, and postpartum healthcare
• Develop treatment plans for patients
• Write prescriptions
• Order and review lab tests
• Perform physical exams
EDUCATION
Dormaa Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery
College, Diploma in Registered Midwifery
2014 – 2017
Serwaa Kesse Girls Senior High School, Duayaw Nkwanta, Ghana WASSCE
2008 – 2012
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
• Patient care
• Good Interpersonal Skills
• Result Oriented
• Time Management
• Organisational Management
• Computer Literacy
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council
Member, Ghana Health Service
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONS
RM Licensure: NMC Licensure
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
• Reading
• Photography
• Doing any kind of outdoor sport
• Pets
• Family & Friends
REFERENCES
Rejoice Opoku