Mildred Awelana Baba
Bolgatanga
Summary
Patient-focused nursing officer with expertise in leading interdisciplinary teams within fast-paced clinical environments. Well-versed in planning and directing daily functions and improving delivery of patient care. Excellent communicator to align nursing services with patient needs.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Officer
Methodist Hospital Wenchi
Wenchi
03.2022 - Current
- Discuss patient care and treatment with care team members to optimize intervention plans and care delivery.
- Communicate with patients, ensuring that medical information was kept private.
- Foster excellence by "setting pace" and being hands on mentor to clinical staff.
- Create customized care plans, working with hospital staff and families to assess and meet individual needs.
- Monitor and inspected staff processes to eliminate hazards posed for both residents and staff while ensuring continuous compliance with regulations.
- Motivate and supervises nursing associates and staff nurse in delivering quality patient care.
- Discuss medical histories with patients in effort to provide most effective medical advice.
- Design and introduce leadership development, coaching and team management model, resulting in promotion of employees into increased levels of responsibility.
- Oxygen administration for COPD patients
- Suctioning to prevent difficult breathing
- Blood sugar monitoring to detect hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia
- Assist in ward rounds
Theater Nurse (Orthopedics)
Focos Orthopedic Hospital
Accra
07.2021 - 02.2022
- Maximize staff and patient protections by enforcing optimal disease prevention protocols.
- Ensuring that consent forms are signed prior to surgery
- Post operative management to prevent complications after surgery
- Blood transfusion post operatively
- Foley catheter insertion before surgery
- Setting up the operating room (OR) before surgeries
- Infection control using proper PPEs, hand hygiene and educate patients and staff on infection prevention
- Fall prevention by the use of bed rails
- Taking specimen to the laboratory for histopathology and culture and sensitivity
- Maintain a sterile environment in the theater before, intra and after surgery
Nursing Officer
Mt. Olive Hospital
Techiman
04.2020 - 05.2021
- Handing over and taking up a ward
- Admission and discharge of patients
- Education on disease condition prior to discharge
- Pain assessment and management
- Bed bath on bed ridden patients and pressure areas treatment
- Proper communication to reduce anxiety from patients
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Ostomy and wound care to prevent infections
- Coordination with team members on patients treatment plan
Education
Bachelor Of Science - Nursing
University For Development Studies
Ghana, Tamale- Northern Region 07.2019
Skills
- Problem Resolution
- Basic life support
- Medication administration
- Advanced Life Support
- Patient handling and safety
- Safety Protocols
- Supporting Daily Living Needs
- Nursing Protocols
- Employee Training Program
- HIPAA Requirements
- Information Systems Development
- Reliable
- Creative Thinking
- Proper Staffing
- Health Information Systems (HIS)
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Organization and Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Interpersonal Communication
- Multitasking Abilities
- Active Listening
- Data Entry
- MS Office
- Decision-Making
- Flexibility
- Great Communication Skills
- Food safety
Certification
- Basic Life support
- Communication
- Medication administration
- Wound care
- Food and safety
- Patient movement and safety
- Advanced Life Support
- Infection Prevention
- HACCP
- Cannulation
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Beginner (A1)
References
Available on request
Timeline
Nursing Officer
Methodist Hospital Wenchi
03.2022 - Current
Theater Nurse (Orthopedics)
Focos Orthopedic Hospital
07.2021 - 02.2022
Nursing Officer
Mt. Olive Hospital
04.2020 - 05.2021
Bachelor Of Science - Nursing
University For Development Studies