Experienced Care Provider offering 1 year of expertise providing home care. Complete domestic duties, help patients with self-care and hygiene and provide companionship. Experienced working with children and elderly, with skill anticipating and proactively addressing client needs. Friendly and engaging with strong attention to detail. I have a relationship and leadership building abilities and I am able to help patients maintain their independence, I am able to work independently and with team as well, and I am ready to take on added roles to meet managements goals.
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Ethel Akanbanleta Baba
Nsawam
Summary
Overview
1
year of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Ghana Ministry Of Health
General nursing
04.2021 - 04.2022
Job overview
- Creating personalized care plans, providing assistance with daily activities and handling everyone with respect and dignity.
- Managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
- Assisted clients with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, feeding, and medication reminders.
- Performed housekeeping duties to maintain cleanliness standards while respecting the patient's personal space.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Maintained a safe and clean environment for patients, reducing risks and ensuring optimal health outcomes.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications and observed side effects and adverse effects.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Administered all the various routes of medications as prescribed, ensuring accurate dosage and timely administration for maximum efficacy.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families during challenging times, fostering trust and care.
- Coordinated closely with family members regarding updates on patient conditions or concerns that arose during the course of caregiving duties.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Documented detailed daily reports on each client's progress, informing adjustments in care plans when necessary.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort.
- Dress wound aseptically, changed dressings, and bandages to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patient’s bedroom clean.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
- To check vita signs including temperature, blood pressure, glucose, pulse, height and weight.
- Care of catheter, oxygen tube, and nasogastric tube.
- Render cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
- Insert peripheral intravenous line.
- Administer feeding per nasogastric tubes
- Care of tracheotomy and stoma.
- Monitoring of intake and output chart.
- Decontamination of instruments.
- Offer solace and psychological assistance to patients who may encounter nocturnal restlessness or anxiety.
- To accept and adhere to other duties requested by Senior Management, which are within the scope of the post.
Education
Holy family nursing training collegeNkawkaw
Diploma In General Nursing from General Nursing
09.2020
University Overview
Akim Swedru High School Swedru, Ghana
High School Certificate from General Arts
08.2016
University Overview
Skills
- Teamwork
- Confidentially
- Professionalism
- Confident
- Ability to work under pressure
- Communicative
- Reliable
- Companionship
- Listening
- Empathy
- Problem solving
- Adaptability
- Compassion
- Housekeeping
- First aid and safety
- Medication and Appointment Reminders
- Special Needs Care
- Nutrition knowledge
- Transportation Services
- Language Fluency
- Critical Thinking
- Emergency Response
- CPR Certification
- Elderly Care
- Time Management
Certification
- Diploma in general nursing
- Senior high school certificate
- IELTS UKVI academic / IELTS standard academic
- CPR, AED, First Aid
Driving License - License Number
Driving License - License Number
ETH-09091996-14786License Number
License Number
20EB26752411
License Expiry Date
License Expiry Date
12/31/26
Languages
IELTS standard academic
Upper intermediate (B2)
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