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Locum Staff Nurse
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Competencies
Skilled in delivering holistic patient care, including newborn assessments, medication administration, and patient education.
Proficient in charting, electronic health records, and maintaining accurate, detailed patient documentation.
Effective in interprofessional communication, patient education, and team collaboration to ensure quality care.
Capable of quick decision-making and problem solving in fast-paced medical environments.
Education
Summary
Dedicated nurse with hands-on experience in neonatal, medical-surgical, and emergency care. Skilled in patient assessment, medication management, and interdisciplinary teamwork. Committed to delivering safe, effective, and compassionate healthcare.
Key Achievements
- Provided comprehensive newborn care and education, enhancing patient safety and well-being.
- Performed full assessments including Apgar tests and telemetry monitoring, ensuring accurate patient evaluations.
- Led diabetes management and medication administration, improving patient outcomes through patient education.
- Participated in multidisciplinary training across various hospital units, broadening clinical expertise.
Experience
Locum Staff Nurse
Ward rounds. Newborn care and teaching, diaper changes, formula feeds, safe sleep education, NAS scoring, bili lights. Full born assessment and Apgar test, familiar with telemetry monitoring of the mother and newborns. Advanced respiratory assessment, titration of oxygen and administration of medications to newborns and mothers.. Conducting routine assessments and vital signs check. Administered vitamin K as well as Erythromycin eye ointment to newborns. Conducted post-partum assessment on mothers
Intern Nurse
Structured one-year training program in medical-surgical unit, labour and post natal unit, community and public health, accident & emergency, theatre, dialysis, intensive care unit, ENT, psychiatric and paediatrics unit.
Volunteer Work as a New Graduate Nurse
Assisted with diabetes management (Accucheck and insulin). Confidently performed medication administration – oral and subq, while providing education to all patients. Performed thorough physical assessments; assisted with basic bedside care, bed making, bed baths, oral feeding and perineal care. Successfully started IVS; primed IV and IV piggback medications, as well as properly set up IV pump and rate. Assisted in blood transfusion, while monitoring for transfusion reaction signs and reassessing vital signs at the appropriate times. Comfortably conducted contact precaution care using the proper PPE. Took samples and specimens for doctor-ordered lab test and interpretation of lab value. Transferring of patient of emergency cases from their location to the hospital via ambulance. Family education and teaching for colostomy, tracheostomy and NG tube, wound care and dressing using aseptic procedure under the guidance of experienced nurses. Ability to call raid response based on nursing assessment of declining patient status. Collaborate with the medical surgical and specialty consult team to develop, adjust plan of care and carry out. Clinical standard of care for various patient diagnoses. Successfully administered foley catheter using sterile technique as well as performing proper foley care on male and female patients. Maintained accurate electronic health rewards to support comprehensive patient care