Gifty Appiah
Koforidua
Summary
Professional healthcare provider with significant experience in delivering patient care and ensuring high standards of practice. Skilled in clinical procedures, patient assessment, and care planning. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Known for adaptability and reliability in fast-paced environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Nurse
Eastern Regional Hospital Koforidua, Ghana
Koforidua, Ghana
04.2021 - Current
- Current Unit: Medical Ward
- Responsibilities:
- Undertake assessment, planning and implementation of interventions for addressing patient care problems.
- Evaluate patient responses to interventions and modify plan as needed.
- Administration of prescribed drugs e.g., oral, intravenous, subcutaneous, rectal and topical and monitoring of effects and documentation
- Assist with manual handling and transferring of patients in compliance with the hospital policy.
- Advise on the promotion of health and prevention of illness, teaching patients and their relatives where appropriate
- Read reports and take note of critical cases, do chart rounds and ensure treatment has been given.
- Monitor, report and record symptoms or changes in patient conditions.
- Maintain written and electronic care records in accordance with record keeping standards
- Monitoring of vital signs (Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood pressure, Spo2) and documentation.
- Promptly notifying the appropriate medical practitioner of any problems that occur during treatment
- Given bed bath to bedridden patients and assisting patient to perform activities of daily living
- Management of care from admission to discharge with detailed instruction.
- Coordinates with other professionals in administering care.
- Stay current with advances in healthcare options, medications and treatment plans.
Rotational Nurse
Eastern Regional Hospital Koforidua, Ghana
Koforidua, Ghana
04.2019 - 06.2020
- Responsibilities:
- Monitoring of vital signs (Pulse, temperature, Blood Pressure and respiration)
- Maintaining patient’s personal hygiene
- Obtaining specimens for laboratory investigation e.g., bodily fluids, wound swab and blood
- Feeding of helpless patients e.g., oral, nasogastric or parenteral feeding and ensuring adequate nutritional intake of patients in liaison with the dietician
- Peri-operative management of patients with surgical conditions
- Carried out patient assessment with minimal supervision.
- Monitored and maintained catheters and bandages.
- Applied wound management protocol and procedures to facilitate patient recovery and goals.
Education
Registered General Nursing -
Nursing and Midwifery Training College
01.2018
Skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work independently and proactively
- Ability to work under pressure and result oriented
- Strong human relations and an outstanding team player
- Emergency care
- Patient education
- Patient safety
- Direct patient care
- Medication and IV administration
References
Available on request
Certification
- Country of Issue: Ghana
- License Number: 19GA28744003
- Date of Issue: 2021-01-01
- Expiry date: 2025-12-31
- International English Language Testing System (ielts)
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Timeline
Staff Nurse
Eastern Regional Hospital Koforidua, Ghana
04.2021 - Current
Rotational Nurse
Eastern Regional Hospital Koforidua, Ghana
04.2019 - 06.2020
Registered General Nursing -
Nursing and Midwifery Training College