CHARLES SANTOMAH
Kumasi
Summary
As a Registered General Nurse, I am experienced in all aspects of caring for children, adults and the elderly. Able to carry out all aspects of role from personal care, administering medications, taking observations, record keeping and emotional support. Empathetic, organized, friendly, excellent communicator and enjoy spending time with Patients.
Highly professional and interested in working as a Nurse in any field.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Rotational Nurse
KNUST Hospital
Kumasi
07.2023 - 07.2024
- Physical and mental status assessment of patient
- Assisting in the passage of Nasogastric tube.
- Management of emergency cases like, hypertensive emergency, hypoglycaemia, shock etc.
- Providing emotional and physical support to patients when required
- Supervising Student Nurses to carry out simple tasks like recording of Observations, bed making etc
- Checking and recording of vital signs (i.e Temperature, Pulse rate, Respiration rate, Blood Pressure, Oxygen saturation)
- Taking care of Patient's personal hygiene needs; Bed bath, Continence care, oral care.
- Administration of medication
- Feeding of helpless Patients including nasogastric tube feeding
- Wound Dressing Under Aseptic Technique
- Health Education on Patient's condition
- Providing psycho education to patient and family
- Administration of psychotropic medications
- Observing suicidal patient in the ward
- Booking patient for consult Setting
- Setting up an IV line
- Removal of an in-dwelling catheter
- Administration of oxygen
- Observation and recording fluid intake and output chat
- Admission and Discharge of Patients.
Student Nurse
Manhyia District Hospital
Ashanti Region, Kumasi
12.2019 - 06.2021
- Assisted nursing staff with patient care and daily activities.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to supervising nurses.
- Maintained clean and organized patient rooms and medical equipment.
- Turned and positioned immobile patients every two hours while maintaining proper body alignment
- Removed peripheral IV's as directed by RN
- Transported patients to designated areas, such as the various wards
- Assisted with urinary catheter removal, routine urine and stool specimen collection, emptying drainage receptacles/tubes, and bladder scans
- Assisting in physical and mental status assessment of patient
- Assisting in the passage of Nasogastric tube
- Providing emotional and physical support to patients when required
- Carrying out simple tasks like recording of Observations, bed making etc under supervision
- Checking and recording of vital signs (i.e Temperature, Pulse rate, Respiration rate, Blood Pressure, Oxygen saturation)
- Administration of medication
- Feeding of helpless Patients including nasogastric tube feeding under supervision
- Assisting in wound Dressing Under Aseptic Technique
- Health Education on Patient's condition
Education
Diploma in General Nursing -
Zuarungu Nursing And Midwifery Training College
Zuarungu , Ghana 08.2019 - 11.2022
Skills
- Time Conscious
- Multidisciplinary Teamwork
- Excellent communicator
- Fast learning skills
- Dependable and Responsible
- IV line set up
- Team Player
- Accurate record keeping
- Vital Signs Monitoring
Languages
Frafra
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Twi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Certification
- Diploma in General Nursing - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST)
- Certificate Of Registration - Nursing And Midwifery Council Of Ghana
- West African Senior School Certificate Examination - West African Examination Council
Accomplishments
- Received A Certificate Of Achievement As The Overall Best Student.
- Received A Full Semester Scholarship For Emerging As The Overall Best Student
- Received A Certificate Of Honour as GNMTA/SRC President
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Rotational Nurse
KNUST Hospital
07.2023 - 07.2024
Student Nurse
Manhyia District Hospital
12.2019 - 06.2021
Diploma in General Nursing -
Zuarungu Nursing And Midwifery Training College
08.2019 - 11.2022