Experienced RN for Part-Time Roles Across Surgery, Primary Care, and
Resume:
Luke Shonhiwa
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Summary
• A professional medical nurse with over 20 years of experience with a unique combination of surgery, primary health and ambulatory care experience and emergency care nursing (in hospital setup and prehospital set up)
Work Experience
Registered Nurse 11
Western State Hospital (Staunton)
Department 2Elm
Duties
• Get report 7pm
• Assess patients and document.
• Treatment on minor ailments, dressings, communicating with Doctor on call regarding treatments
Give medications per doctors order.
• Perform 2 random patient tracking.
• Check the emergency cart.
• Count narcotics and sharps with the 2ⁿᵈ shift med nurse.
• Check if there are any additional interventions needed by the RN.
• Check ward/emergency readiness (ensure emergency equipment is present & working).
• Initiate 24 hr. ward report & tracking.
• Review & sign special observation sheets. Prepare new sheets for the next day.
• Write census on ward report after midnight / review & prepare ward report, attach to 24 hr. report.
• Fill out staffing sheets and appointments + fax to scheduler (make staffing sheets from Thurs. through to Sun.)
• Do finger stick and administer 7am meds as ordered.
• Complete NHPDDs
• Start 24 hr. report sheet for the next day + communicate any appointments, scheduled passes, 72 hr. assessment, labs, etc. Print passes for clubhouse as required.
• Perform QC glucometer.
• Check AM labs/urine tests + call labs @ 0600 (#8362) with the number of the patient who can walk over.
• Check flow sheets, & treatment for “holes” Check for any orders to be acknowledged twice per shift.
• Chart refrigeration temperatures.
• Check insulin (stock and expiration dates).
• Pull 0600–0800am meds.
• Enter daily tours on CENTRIX.
• Restock as needed. Retrieve meds from Document, or order from pharmacy accordingly.
• Update ward report / tape report.
• Count narcotics & sharps with 1ˢᵗ shift med nurse.
• Clean med room refrigerator on Sundays.
Registered Nurse
UVA Hospital Charlottesville Hospital
Medical and surgical unit 5 Central from 01/06/2025 to 01/25/2025
• Patient Assessment, Conducting thorough assessments of patients upon admission and regularly thereafter to monitor their condition.
• Care Planning .Collaborating with the healthcare team to develop and implement individualized care plans based on patients' needs.
• Medication Administration: Administering medications and treatments as prescribed, monitoring for side effects and effectiveness.
• Patient Education: Providing education to patients and their families about diagnoses, treatment plans, medications, and post-discharge care.
• Monitoring Vital Signs: Regularly checking and documenting vital signs, identifying any changes that may require immediate attention.
• Support and Comfort: Assisting patients with daily living activities, providing emotional support, and ensuring comfort.
• Collaboration: Working closely with physicians, physical therapists, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate care.
• Documentation: Maintaining accurate and timely patient records in accordance with hospital policies and legal requirements.
• Infection Control: Adhering to protocols for infection prevention and control, including proper hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Emergency Response: Being prepared to respond to medical emergencies, including code situations, and providing appropriate interventions.
• Discharge Planning: Assisting in discharge planning and ensuring patients understand their post-discharge instructions.
• Quality Improvement: Participating in quality improvement initiatives and adhering to best practices to enhance patient care.
Registered Nurse
Rhino Park Private Hospital (Namibia) 01/01/2021 to 25/08/2024
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Admission of patients, history taking, assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating patients
• Pre op and post op preparation for patients, making sure the consent has been signed.
• Giving health education to patients
• Administering treatment and medication as ordered by the doctor, and monitoring patients for side effects.
• Doctor’s rounds and carrying doctors’ orders, ie collection of bloods
• Feeding and bathing patients, bed making and dump dusting
• Ordering of drugs and surgical sundries
• Teaching students and assisted students with clinical follow up
• Administering vaccines
Medic Nurse
Mota Engil Engenharia, (Malawi) 01/05/2012 to 31/12/2020
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Primary healthcare, diagnosing and treatment
• Record patients’ medical histories and symptoms
• Monitoring vital signs
• Dump dusting
• Help perform diagnostic tests and analyze results
• Offering emergency medical care
• Management of injury on duties
• Suturing and Stabilisation of patients before transfer of patients
• Inventory medicine and drug stocks to ensure adequate supplies and controls
• Prescribing and administering drugs oral, intramuscular and intravenously
• Vaccinations
• Medical examinations
• Managing remote site clinic
• Educate patients /clients about various medical conditions, provide advice and emotional support to patients and client
Health Officer
Zimbabwe platinum Mines 04/04/11 to 30/04/2012
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Primary healthcare, diagnosing and treatment
• Stabilisation of patients on site and at Trauma Centre before transferring them when necessary / discharge them after treatment
• Counselling
• Attending to accidents
• Management of injury on duties and classification
• Educate workers and patients about various medical conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients’ families members
• Training peer educators
• Emergency medical care
• Industrial inspections
• Driving ambulance
• Attending to departmental SHERQ meetings
• In charge of clinic in the absents of senior health officer
• Health awareness campaigns
• Assist in compilation of procedures
• Compiling statistics,
• Rapid HIV testing
• Operate hospital equipment
• Help to perform diagnostic tests and analyze results
• Help patient follow up and rehabilitation
• Monitoring vital signs, dump dusting and bed making
Crew/Team leader
Mars Ambulance Services 01/01/07 to 01/03/11
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Teaching subordinates and new staff members on ride along
• Overall in charge of the ambulance
• Administering drugs
• Restocking of ambulance
• Attending to accidents
• Offering emergency medical care
• Treatment and stabilisation of patients on site and in the ambulance before conveying and while conveying them to hospitals
• Cleaning the ambulance
• Inter hospital transfer of patient and
• Other duties as assigned Primary healthcare
• Record patients’ medical history and symptoms
• Diagnosing
• Administering treatment and medications
• Inventory medicine and drug stocks to ensure adequate supplies and controls
• Counselling
• Attending to accidents,
• Management of injury on duties and classification
• Health education and Industrial inspections
• Management of injury on duties
• Vaccinations, Dump dusting, monitoring and recording vital signs
Nurse, Surgical and Medical Wards
Tsholotsho Hospital, Zimbabwe 05/05/01 to 01/01/02
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Admission of patients
• Administering treatment and medication
• Doctor’s rounds,
• Feeding patients and bathing patients and bed making
• Dump dusting
• Monitoring vital signs for patients
• Prepares patients for surgical and or for diagnostic procedures
• Provide post op-care
• Counselling patients
• Health education
• Ordering drugs and surgical sundries
• Night supper indent
• Overall in charge of hospital during holidays and weekends when the matron is away, dispensing of drugs from emergency drug room discipline of subordinates
Registered Nurse
Chivhu Hospital (Ministry of Health (Zimbabwe) 01/01/02 to 30/01/06
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities • Supervision of team members
• Admission of patients and diagnosing
• Administering treatment and medication
• Doctor’s rounds and monitoring vital signs
• Feeding and bathing patients, bed making and dump dusting
• Prepares patient for surgical and or diagnostic procedures
• Counselled patients and provided post op-care
• Health education
• Ordering of drugs and surgical sundries
• Taught students and assisted students with clinical follow up
• Discipline of subordinates
• Administering vaccines
Safety, Health and Environment Officer
Mota Engil, (Malawi)
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Implementation of SHE objectives
• Inductions, and toolbox talks
• Incident /accident investigation
• Facilitate documentation for “permit to work” and other systems
• Ensure all registers and checklists are updated and done.
• Conduct site inspections and report deviations and correct them.
• Ensure all legislative documentation is communicated to employees
Qualifications
Professional Qualifications:
• Registered general nurse • Paramedic Certificate Systemic Counselling
• Certificate in ASHEPP and intro to SAMTRAC and SAMTRAC (HIRA & SHE System Tools, SHE Principles and Procedures) Training in fall arrest rescue
Education:
• Chinhoyi Hospital school of nursing
• Mars Training school
• Connect counselling
• Grade 12, Liebenberg High School
Driver’s License
• Class 4 (Class 5 equivalence) with valid Defensive driver’s licences
Communication
• Radio communication and telephone
Membership
• Health Profession Council of Zimbabwe
• Virginia Board of Nursing
• Texas board of Nursing,
• Nurses council of Namibia
• Allied Health Council of Zimbabwe Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa,
• American Heart Association
Referees
Sr Laimi Nambahu UNIT MANAGER
Rhinopark Private Hospital
Rhino Street
Box 8188
Windhoek
Namibia
Linda Edenfield Unit manager
UVA Hospital 5Central
Charlottesville
VA 22911
Diane Moody
UVA Hospital 5Central
Charlottesville
VA 22911
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