Abdul-Hanan Adam
Tamale
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Nursing Officer - intensive care (ICU) unit
The Tamale Teaching Hospital
Tamale
2023.10 - Current
- Emergency respond including performing CPR and other life saving measures
- Life support management with ventilators, cardiac monitors, Automated External Defibrillator, Blood pressure monitors, Glucometer machines, Suction machine, sp02 monitors, dialysis machines and infusion pumps
- Continuously monitoring of patients including: vital signs, assessment of pain level, neurological status, sedation level and fluid balance
- Applying expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on arrival.
- Drug administration through the different route and observe for side effects and reactions.
- Performing medical/surgical procedures such as venipuncture, NG tube, catheterization
- Providing bedside care to critical ill patients
- Accurately maintain and update clients' electronic records.
- Patient and family education according to health needs.
- Practice universal precautions, Infection control and safety measures
- Post operative nursing care
- Upholding patient trust and confidentiality by managing information with discretion, in accordance with data protection law
- The Tamale teaching hospital is a Regional Hospital found in the northern part of Ghana Tamale. It was established in 1974, it's a premier tertiary health facility. It was upgraded to teaching hospital in the year 2009 to support medical education. The hospital has an ultramodern 812 bed capacity. It provides high-level, quality expertise for comprehensive tertiary health services including, Surgery, Medicine, Accident & Emergency, New-born and Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Pharmacy. It serves as a referral hospital for the three northern regions of Ghana. It cooperates with the university for Development Studies to offer undergraduate and graduate program in medicine. The 39 million beds edifice, fitted with modern equipment, has an accident and emergency, medical, obstetric and gynaecology, mortuary, medical Gas building, STP-waste treatment plant, and walk links block. It serves over 250,000 peoples who seeks for medical, surgical and mental health support.
Nursing Officer - Surgical/medical Ward
The Tamale Teaching Hospital
Tamale
2022.10 - 2023.09
- Admission and discharging of patients
- Preparing patients for surgery
- Performing medical and surgical procedures such as venipuncture, catheterization and NG tube insertion and care.
- Writing of patient's progression and incidence reports
- Dressing of wounds, both surgical and septic
- Disinfection of dressing equipment
- Oxygen administration
- Administration of emergency drugs
- Transfusion of blood
- Patient monitoring and recording relevant data
- Suturing and suture removals.
- Catheterizing, Cannulation and taking blood samples
- Assisting patients to ambulate
- The Tamale teaching hospital is a Regional Hospital found in the northern part of Ghana Tamale. It was established in 1974, it's a premier tertiary health facility. It was upgraded to teaching hospital in the year 2009 to support medical education. The hospital has an ultramodern 812 bed capacity. It provides high-level, quality expertise for comprehensive tertiary health services including, Surgery, Medicine, Accident & Emergency, New-born and Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Pharmacy. It serves as a referral hospital for the three northern regions of Ghana. It cooperates with the university for Development Studies to offer undergraduate and graduate program in medicine. The 39 million beds edifice, fitted with modern equipment, has an accident and emergency, medical, obstetric and gynaecology, mortuary, medical Gas building, STP-waste treatment plant, and walk links block. It serves over 250,000 peoples who seeks for medical, surgical and mental health support.
Senior Enrolled Nurse - Medical/surgical ward
The Tamale Teaching Hospital
Tamale
2020.10 - 2022.09
- Admitting of patients into the unit after taking a detailed history and making a diagnosis to start their plan of care
- Assist in Performing medical and surgical procedures such as venipuncture, catheterization and NG tube.
- Suturing and suture removals.
- Dressing of wounds, both surgical and septic
- Patient monitoring and recording relevant data
- Assist in nasogastric tube insertion, feeding and care of the tube.
- Assist in administering emergency drugs
- The Tamale teaching hospital is a Regional Hospital found in the northern part of Ghana Tamale. It was established in 1974, it's a premier tertiary health facility. It was upgraded to teaching hospital in the year 2009 to support medical education. The hospital has an ultramodern 812 bed capacity. It provides high-level, quality expertise for comprehensive tertiary health services including, Surgery, Medicine, Accident & Emergency, New-born and Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Pharmacy. It serves as a referral hospital for the three northern regions of Ghana. It cooperates with the university for Development Studies to offer undergraduate and graduate program in medicine. The 39 million beds edifice, fitted with modern equipment, has an accident and emergency, medical, obstetric and gynaecology, mortuary, medical Gas building, STP-waste treatment plant, and walk links block. It serves over 250,000 peoples who seeks for medical, surgical and mental health support.
Enrolled nurse - Neonatal child health unit (NICU)
Tamale Central Hospital
Tamale
2017.04 - 2020.07
- Assist in Managing neonates with hypoglycemia
- Assist in caring of sick babies and babies under phototherapy
- Assist in caring for preterm babies in incubators
- Educate mothers on breastfeeding and Kangaroo mother care (KMC)
- Assist in administration of prescribed drugs and IV fluids
- Assist in Patient assessment, resuscitating and referrals
- Assist in administering emergency drugs
- Child welfare services
- Vaccination and Immunization
- Outreach and Home care services
- Community sensitizations
- It is a government owned facility established in 1970's rendering quality health care for people withing the central of tamale and its suburbs in northern Ghana. It has 195 bed capacity and serves as a referral facility in the metropolis. It provides general and specialized services including Emergency, Medical-Surgical Unit, Operating Room, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, pharmacy and other health services. It receives cases from the CHPS, Health Centers and Polyclinics.
Timeline
Nursing Officer - intensive care (ICU) unit
The Tamale Teaching Hospital
2023.10 - Current
Nursing Officer - Surgical/medical Ward
The Tamale Teaching Hospital
2022.10 - 2023.09
Senior Enrolled Nurse - Medical/surgical ward
The Tamale Teaching Hospital
2020.10 - 2022.09
Enrolled nurse - Neonatal child health unit (NICU)
Tamale Central Hospital
2017.04 - 2020.07