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DORCAS ETHEL REECE

Community Health Nurse
Tema

Summary

an experienced community health nurse with a focus on public health who has worked in comparable settings for more than 5 years and achieved long-term community goals. Strong interpersonal skills and an in-depth understanding of the field of work

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Community Health Nurse

Ghana Health Service
06.2019 - Current

· Treatment of minor ailments

· Going on home visits

· Organizing Child Welfare Clinic (CWC)

· Conducting antenatal and Postnatal Care Services

· Conducting School Health Services

· Periodically organizing durbars to educate the community members on health

· Compiling monthly and quarterly reports for the District Directorate

Community Health Nurse (National Service)

Trauma and Specialist Hospital
09.2016 - 04.2017

- Compilation of reports

- conducted family planning services,

- Gave health talks in various facilities within the district

- radio health talks

- conducted home visits

- conducted weighing and immunizations services

- wrote nurses' notes handed over and took up duties,

- monitored patients vitals

- assisted in surgeries

- inserted and removed catheters and NG tubes

- conducted simple deliveries

- did Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS counseling

- setting of IV lines, dressed wounds and served medications

- decontamination and autoclaving.

CHPS Clinical Internship

Adawukwa CHPS Zone
01.2015 - 03.2015

- Gave health education to the residence of the community.

- Treated minor ailments.

- Conducted school health services.

- Wrote monthly reports with health assistants.

- Conducted weighing and immunization sessions

Psychiatry Clinical Internship

Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital
12.2014 - 01.2015

- Conducted mental health state examinations of patients

- Conducted group therapies.

- Assisted the patients to care for their bodies.

- Served medications to patients

Obstetric Nursing Clinical Internship

Ashaiman Polyclinic
01.2014 - 06.2014

- Checked vital signs of patients.

- Assisted in health education and Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) follow-up.

- Assisted in simple child deliveries.

- Assisted in documentation.

Education

Diploma - Community Health Nursing

College of Community Health Nursing,
Winneba
09.2015

High School Diploma -

Ghana National College
Cape Coast, Central Region
07.2011

Skills

  • Community Interaction
  • Excellent interpersonal relation
  • Community Health Nurse Leadership
  • IV-Line Placement and Infusions
  • Public health knowledge
  • Community Health Promotion
  • Data entry
  • Health Case management

Timeline

Registered Community Health Nurse

Ghana Health Service
06.2019 - Current

Community Health Nurse (National Service)

Trauma and Specialist Hospital
09.2016 - 04.2017

CHPS Clinical Internship

Adawukwa CHPS Zone
01.2015 - 03.2015

Psychiatry Clinical Internship

Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital
12.2014 - 01.2015

Obstetric Nursing Clinical Internship

Ashaiman Polyclinic
01.2014 - 06.2014

Diploma - Community Health Nursing

College of Community Health Nursing,

High School Diploma -

Ghana National College
DORCAS ETHEL REECECommunity Health Nurse