Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
References
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Agnes Okraku

Koforidua

Summary

Experienced in patient care, medical procedures, and healthcare coordination. Utilizing critical thinking and leadership skills to ensure efficient and effective healthcare delivery. Possessing a strong understanding of team collaboration and adaptability in ever-changing clinical environments.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Nursing Officer

Eastern Regional Hospital
01.2024 - Current
  • Engaged with healthcare team to enhance treatment strategies.
  • Ensured optimal pain management through diverse intervention techniques involving both medication and alternative approaches.

  • Facilitated effective communication and accurate documentation.

  • Fostered collaboration among team members.
  • Interpreted arterial blood gas results accurately.
  • Provided specialized attention to ventilated patients.
  • ❖ Assist in intubation
  • Perform comprehensive physical assessments.
  • ❖ Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms ( EKG) and radiographs (Xrays)
  • Engaged in conversations about illnesses and treatment with patients and family members.
  • Collected samples to facilitate laboratory processes.

  • ❖ Attend and contribute at general staff meetings
  • ❖ Keep up to date knowledge/skills on quality development relevant to area of service delivery.
  • Implemented evidence-based practices to enhance patient care.
  • Provided high-quality patient education on disease prevention and management strategies, empowering patients in their own healthcare decisions.
  • Managed medication administration accurately and safely, reducing the risk of adverse drug events among patients.
  • Conducted ongoing assessments of patient conditions, adjusting care plans accordingly to ensure optimal treatment outcomes.
  • Enhanced team collaboration through effective communication and interdisciplinary meetings, resulting in better patient outcomes.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to establish appropriate discharge planning for patients transitioning from hospital to home care settings.

Nursing officer

Eastern Regional hospital
12.2021 - 12.2023
  • Roles, Responsibilities, Skills :Emergency Departments
  • Perform emergency medical procedures, such as BLS , ACLS and other condition stabilizing procedures
  • Pain assessment and management
  • Proper Communication & Documentation .
  • Coordination with Team members
  • Perform Arterial blood gas, interpret and intervene.
  • Care for patient on ventilator
  • Assist in intubation
  • Head to toe assessment of patient
  • Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms ( EKG) and radiographs (Xrays)
  • Discuss illnesses and treatment with patients and family members.
  • Obtain specimen or samples for laboratory work
  • Attend and contribute at general staff meetings.
  • Keep up to date knowledge/skills relevant to area of service delivery.

Senior staff nurse

Eastern Regional hospital
12.2016 - 06.2019
  • Roles, Responsibilities, Skills:
  • Area: casualty
  • Adheres to Data Privacy .
  • Proper Communication & Documentation .
  • Coordination with Team members .
  • Head to Toe assessment .
  • Efficient time management
  • Handing over and taking up the ward and patients
  • Task delegation
  • Provide a range of health teaching ,training and supervision
  • Wound care
  • Medication administration
  • Intravenous therapies
  • Nasogastric tube insertion
  • Urethral catheter insertion for both sex.

Education

Bsc - Nursing

Kwame Nkrumah university of science and Technology
Kumasi
11.2021

Diploma - general nursing

Holy family nurses training college
Nkawkaw
09.2014

Senior high school - undefined

H'mount Sinai secondary school
Akropong Akuapem
08.2008

Skills

  • Ability to work, lead and manage a multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to organize workload and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
  • Ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with others
  • Documentation accuracy
  • Care planning
  • Clinical judgment
  • Treatment monitoring
  • Medical clinical procedures
  • Patient safety
  • Patient education
  • Emergency readiness
  • Basic life support for health care providers (BLS)

Certification

  • Basic Life Support, 2024-09-01
  • Leadership and Management in Health, 2024-06-01

Languages

English
Twi

References

  • Cornelia Adofo, Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, 0551839044, ceesson@gmail.com
  • Emmanuel Acheampong, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, +233244437573, ekachietab@gmail.com

Timeline

Nursing Officer

Eastern Regional Hospital
01.2024 - Current

Nursing officer

Eastern Regional hospital
12.2021 - 12.2023

Senior staff nurse

Eastern Regional hospital
12.2016 - 06.2019

Bsc - Nursing

Kwame Nkrumah university of science and Technology

Diploma - general nursing

Holy family nurses training college

Senior high school - undefined

H'mount Sinai secondary school

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