Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Certification
Accomplishments
References
Timeline
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Mercy Obenewaah Boafo

Summary

Dedicated and compassionate with strong clinical, communication, and patient-care skills. Adaptable and quick to learn, with a proactive approach to providing quality maternal and newborn care. Possesses a strong work ethic, teamwork abilities, and a commitment to supporting healthcare goals while delivering safe and professional care to patients and families

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Rotation midwife

Eastern regional hospital
Koforidua
06.2025 - 05.2026
  • Complete comprehensive examination, screening and diagnostic testing to track mother and fetal health throughout pregnancy and delivery
  • Supported expectant mothers during pregnancy, labour, and postpartum care to promote maternal and infant well-being
  • Administered medications to expectant mothers per hospital protocols to ensure safety and efficacy

Assisted in Caesarean section procedures in operating room under supervision

  • Educating expectant mothers and family about pregnancy, childbirth and infant care
  • Conducted physical examinations on newborns and provided immediate care to ensure healthy outcomes
  • ⁠providing breastfeeding support and guidance to newborns

Midwife

Home Care Nursing
Accra
11.2024 - 05.2025
  • Administered prescribed medications to patients in accordance with treatment plans.
  • Monitored patients' vital signs during daily rounds to assess health status.
  • Dressing of wounds
  • Helped patients with personal care tasks to improve their comfort and well-being.
  • Administered bed baths to patients to maintain hygiene and comfort.

Student Midwife

Kumasi south hospital
Kumasi
01.2024 - 03.2024
  • Assisting and performing vaginal deliveries while monitoring labour under supervision
  • Managing obstetric emergencies and caring for
  • Managed care for high-risk pregnancies under supervision
  • Conducting antenatal assessments, monitoring pregnancy and providing health education

Providing newborn care and breast feeding under supervision

  • Taking detailed obstetric and gynecological history
  • Conducting family planning counseling and administering various types of family planning

Student Midwife

Ankaful psychiatric hospital
Cape coast
10.2023 - 11.2023
  • Monitored and recorded vital signs of service users to ensure timely identification of health concerns
  • Administration of medication to service users
  • Assisted with personal hygiene and grooming of service users to promote comfort and dignity
  • Observed and documented service users' behavior and mental status to support individualized care plans
  • Providing feeding assistance and monitoring of nutritional intake of service users
  • Engaging in recreational therapy with service users

Student Midwife

Kwadasi SDA hospital
Kumasi
09.2023 - 10.2023
  • ⁠Managing all the stages of labour under supervision
  • Performing abdominal ,pelvic examination and fetal monitoring
  • ⁠Providing newborn care in the neonatal intensive care unit
  • Provided health education on nutrition, hygiene, and safe motherhood in community workshops.
  • Documentation and reporting of patients' care

Student Midwife

Aniniwah medical center
Kumasi
03.2023 - 05.2023
  • Assessing patients' condition and monitoring of vital signs to identify and complications early
  • Administering prescribed medications under hospital’s protocol
  • Collaborated with senior colleagues to develop and implement comprehensive care plans
  • Provided pre and post operative care to ensure patient recovery under supervision
  • Delivered aseptic wound care and education to enhance patient understanding and recovery

Student Midwife

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Kumasi
09.2022 - 11.2022
  • Managed stages of labour under supervision, ensuring safe and effective delivery processes
  • Provided comprehensive newborn care in neonatal intensive care unit, contributing to critical health outcomes
  • Conducted thorough physical assessments and examinations of patients in clinical settings.
  • Ensured the safe administration of drugs under supervision
  • Monitored patients' progress, offering emotional support to patients and families to foster a positive care experience
  • Maintaining confidentiality and right of patient at all times

Student Midwife

Taco government hospital
Kumasi
07.2022 - 08.2022
  • Provided pre and post operative nursing care to enhance patient recovery and comfort
  • Administering prescribed medications

Assisting and dressing of wounds under

  • supervision

  • Documented patient histories and maintained accurate medical records to ensure continuity of care
  • Attended training sessions to expand midwifery skills and knowledge for improved patient support

Student Midwife

Ejisu government hospital
Kumasi
03.2022 - 04.2022
  • Facilitated patient feeding and nutrition to enhance recovery and well-being
  • Monitored and documented intake and output to track patient health status
  • Supported wound dressing procedures to promote healing and patient comfort
  • Learning proper use of basic nursing equipment

Student Midwife

Amasaman government hospital
Accra
10.2021 - 12.2021
  • Monitored and recorded patient vitals to ensure timely medical interventions
  • Documented patient histories and maintained accurate medical records to support effective care planning
  • Prepared patient beds and ensured comfort to promote recovery and well-being
  • Assisted patients with personal hygiene routines to promote dignity and comfort.
  • Hand hygiene and infection prevention

Education

Bachelor of Science - Midwifery

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumasi , Ghana
01.2021 - 09.2024

Mpraeso Senior High School
Kwahu-Mpraeso , Ghana

Wanda Goodman International School (JHS)
06.2014 - 06.2017

Skills

  • Patient education
  • Maternal support
  • Infant care
  • Time management
  • Effective communication
  • Team collaboration
  • Clinical evaluation

Languages

Twi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Certification

  • Registered midwife
  • Bsc Midwifery
  • WASSCE
  • BECE

Accomplishments

  • Best Chemistry student award(Cash prize ) Mpraeso senior high
  • Class prefect(2018-2020 )(Mpraeso senior high)
  • Member of the 2020 science and mass quiz class (Mpraeso senior high)
  • SRC female organizer (Mpraeso senior high)
  • Girls school prefect (Wanda Goodman JHS)

References

  • Hannah Yeboah

-Midwife incharge,Eastern Regional Hospital

-0242968634

  • Mrs Catherine Dwumfuor Lecturer

- Department of nursing and midwifery(Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

-0277866133

- catherine.dwumfour@knust.edu.gh

Timeline

Rotation midwife

Eastern regional hospital
06.2025 - 05.2026

Midwife

Home Care Nursing
11.2024 - 05.2025

Student Midwife

Kumasi south hospital
01.2024 - 03.2024

Student Midwife

Ankaful psychiatric hospital
10.2023 - 11.2023

Student Midwife

Kwadasi SDA hospital
09.2023 - 10.2023

Student Midwife

Aniniwah medical center
03.2023 - 05.2023

Student Midwife

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
09.2022 - 11.2022

Student Midwife

Taco government hospital
07.2022 - 08.2022

Student Midwife

Ejisu government hospital
03.2022 - 04.2022

Student Midwife

Amasaman government hospital
10.2021 - 12.2021

Bachelor of Science - Midwifery

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
01.2021 - 09.2024

Wanda Goodman International School (JHS)
06.2014 - 06.2017

Mpraeso Senior High School
Mercy Obenewaah Boafo