EUGENE DE-GRAFT AFFUL
REGISTERED NURSE
Accra
Summary
Hardworking Skilled Registered Nurse with more than 3 years of experience in providing individualized patient care. Well-organized and forward-thinking in managing patient needs. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities. Compassionate, Caring and comfortable working with people of all backgrounds. Expert in all aspects of patient care with success in working with multidisciplinary teams to create care plans focused on helping patients recover from medical or surgical procedures and manage complex mental disorders.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
STAFF NURSE
The Salvation Army of Christ Urban Hospital
ACCRA
04.2021 - Current
- Managing care from admission to discharge.
- Providing direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Collaborating with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Advising patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
- Administering medications and treatment to patients and monitoring and documenting responses while working with healthcare teams.
- Educating patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Collecting blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Training new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Advocating for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Providing exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Recording patient medical history, applicable test results and vitals into medical records.
- Explaining side effects from medications and provided in-depth education to patients on diabetes, asthma and other diseases.
- Evaluating new patients by taking vital signs, reviewing lab results and taking visual assessment of patients.
- Examining wounds and treated lacerations with bandaging, suturing and topical medications.
STAFF NURSE
Ark Medical
07.2020 - 03.2021
- Discussed care plans with patients and explained test results and proper use of medications.
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
- Recorded patient medical history, applicable test results and vitals into medical records.
- Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
- Sutured soft tissue injuries and changed wound dressings.
- Prescribed appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.
- Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.
- Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes and treatment implementations.
- Accurately documented treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
NURSE INTERN/ROTATIONALNURSE
St. Francis Xavier Hospital Assin
04.2019 - 06.2020
- Assisted with activities of daily living by helping patients with bathing, changing clothes, eating and daily hygiene tasks.
- Maintained continuity of care by communicating changes in patient condition with physicians, family members and other care team members.
- Practiced patient care by taking vital signs and providing wound care for patients.
- Applied clean dressings, slings, stockings and support bandages to protect patient wounds and prevent infections.
- Recorded vital signs and intake and output of patients and documented information.
- Collected, labeled and transported specimens to prepare for laboratory testing.
- Accurately documented treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Assessed patients and assisted in devising treatment methods
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
Education
General Nursing (Diploma) -
Midwifery Training College
01.2015 - 01.2018
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Skills
Medication and IV administration
Certification
Basic Life Support
Timeline
Basic Life Support
08-2022
Nursing Ethics
08-2022
How mentors can influence behaviors, values and attitudes of nursing
07-2022
STAFF NURSE
The Salvation Army of Christ Urban Hospital
04.2021 - Current
Values and attitudes in Practise
02-2021
Understanding Attitudes and their effect in nursing practise
02-2021
STAFF NURSE
Ark Medical
07.2020 - 03.2021
NURSE INTERN/ROTATIONALNURSE
St. Francis Xavier Hospital Assin
04.2019 - 06.2020
General Nursing (Diploma) -
Midwifery Training College
01.2015 - 01.2018
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