Patient Care General Nurse

SEGBEFIA FAUSTINA ATTAH

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished general nursing with more than 3 years of extensive experience in patient assessments, monitoring and care programme delivery. A calm and patient- focused person delivering exemplary personal and physical care to patients while adhering to health and social care standards. I am hard working, adaptable to new techniques and change. I enjoy keeping myself up to date and have recently gained knowledge and skills through health and social care courses. Provided evidence-based guidance to service users for positive patient care and to deliver possible outcomes. Collaborates and communicates with multidisciplinary teams for excellent care continuity.

WORK HISTORY

Staff General Nurse, 03/07/2023 to Current

Holy Family Hospital (Christian Health Association of Ghana) - Techiman, Bono East Region, Ghana.

• Admitting patient by establishing rapport and therapeutic nurse-patient relationship

• Taking history from patient and relatives

• Mental state of patients during admission

• Physical state assessment of the patient during admission

• Maintaining personal hygiene of the patient

• Maintaining nutritional status of the patient

• Administration of drugs to patient

• And follow up care

• Special feeding of patients with critical conditions

• Preparation of patients for tests and examinations

• Nursing patients with special conditions

• Care of infants and toddlers

• Care and storage of surgical supplies

• Infection prevention techniques

• Managing puerperium, assisting in the care of mother October 2022 to December 2022- St. Theresa Hospital (Nkoranza- Ghana).

• Vitals signs (Temperature, Pulse, Respiration and Blood Pressure) observation and recording

• Making different kinds of beds to suit patient’s condition

• Maintaining personal hygiene

• Cleaning and disinfection

• Management of patients with surgical and medical emergencies June 2021 to August 2021- Trauma and Specialist Hospital (Winneba- Ghana)

• . Planning of patients/family care

• . Implementation on the care planned

• . Maintaining individuality of patients

CONTACT

Address: P.O. Box 01119,

Martini street, AT 1408 9027

Ghana

Phone: +233*********

Email: ****************@*****.***

SKILLS

• Pain management administration

• Calm under pressure

• Reproductive health counselling

• Safeguarding compliance and

enforcement

• Ability to follow instructions and

good communication

• An acute awareness of the importance

of privacy and confidentiality

• Understanding of hygiene and safety

procedures

• Record keeping

• Public health education

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

(Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and

internet applications

EDUCATION

Diploma of Higher Education, General

Nursing, 17/08/2019 to 27/01/2023

Holy Family Nursing and Midwifery

Training College - Kenten Techiman,

Ghana

Ada Senior High School- General

Science Student (2012 to 2015)

INTEREST

• Reading

• Cleaning and tidying

• Movies

December 2021- Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital Ghana

• . Admitting mentally ill patients

• . Observing and recording activities of the mentally ill patients

• . Maintaining their personal hygiene

• . Maintaining nutritional status of mentally ill patients

• . Administration of drugs to mentally ill patients June 2019 to August 2020 Mount Olives Hospital (Techiman- Ghana)

• Physical assessment of patients (inspection, palpitation, percussion and auscultation)

• Receiving patients and relatives to the ward

• Establish rapport

• Dealing with patient's valuables, clothing

• Orientation of patients to ward and its annex

• Education of patients and relatives

INTERNATIONAL EXAMS

• IELTS UKVI Overall Band: 6.0,

19/08/2023

REFERENCE

Reference available upon request

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