Naa Koteikai Laryea
Accra
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. Adaptable Chief Nursing Officer possessing over 10 years of extensive experience as nurse in hospital setting. Dynamic and educated with clear articulation and communication skills. Represents nursing department to senior management and delivers quality nursing management. Talented at proactively addressing problematic situations in stressful settings and resolving disputes fairly.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Officer
Princess Marie Louise Children's Hospital
04.2020 - Current
- Discussed patient care and treatment with care team members to optimize intervention plans and care delivery.
- Designed and implemented standards of care for nursing and patient care.
- Maximized staff and patient protections by enforcing optimal disease prevention protocols.
- Coordinated patient care services and managed clinical cost control.
- Work with a consistently, positive, friendly bedside manners to enhance patient safety at difficult times.
- Monitor patient’s health by performing vital signs regularly.
- Assess physical, psychological, physiological and cognitive status of patients.
- Administer medication through intravenous, intramuscular injection and oral route and observe for effect of drugs.
- Maintain effective communication with colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors.
- Educate patient’s/client’s, families and care givers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Perform various nursing activities including taking of blood samples, wound dressing and maintaining personal hygiene.
- Meet nutritional needs of patient’s by serving food either feed via oral route ureteral.
- Meet patient elimination needs by serving bedpan and urinal accordingly.
- Supervise junior nurses assigned to various nursing tasks or activities.
- Ensure confidentiality throughout the patient’s stay.
- Assess patient, plan their care, implement and utilize a patient centered care approach, especially for malnourished children.
- Follow infection prevention protocols.
- Admitting, discharging and documents client’s data.
- Monitors patient’s weight daily.
- Document patient information after performing nursing activities and report writing.
- Perform other official duties assigned by a superior officer.
- Use of standard operating procedures guidelines to tender individualized nursing care.
- Creates a therapeutic relationship between staff, clients/relatives.
- Administer blood and blood product after necessary grouping and cross matching done.
- Close monitoring and observation of patient receiving nutritional therapy.
- Perform wound dressing and document findings.
- Monitor intake and output to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance.
- Provided direct nursing care to patients when personnel was short-staffed.
- Supervised staff of 15 registered nurses, 5 licensed practical nurses and 10 certified nursing assistants.
Senior Staff Nurse
La General Hospital
02.2018 - 03.2020
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
- Promoted patient independence by teaching self-care skills.
- Ordered, interpreted, and evaluated diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient condition.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Assess patient, plan their care, implement and utilize a patient centered care approach.
- Follow infection prevention protocols.
- Management of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of various diseases and disorders.
- Admitting, discharging and documents client’s data.
- Gives bed bath to patient’s and ensure the prevention of pressure sores.
- Performs wound dressing under aseptic techniques.
- Identified areas of training among 45 nurses by maintaining records of continuous personal development and booking clinical training courses.
Senior Staff Nurse
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital
09.2013 - 01.2020
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Assess patient, plan their care, implement and utilize a patient centered care approach.
- Follow infection prevention protocols.
- Management of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of various diseases and disorders.
- Admitting, discharging and documents client’s data.
- Gives bed bath to patient’s and ensure the prevention of pressure sores.
- Monitor vital signs and serve medication.
- Document patient information after performing nursing activities and report writing.
- Perform other official duties assigned by a superior officer.
- Use of standard operating procedures guidelines to tender individualized nursing care.
- Creates a therapeutic relationship between staff, clients/relatives.
- Administer blood and blood product after necessary grouping and cross matching done.
- Perform wound dressing and document findings.
- Monitor intake and output to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance.
- Assigned patient care to 20 nurses based on skills and experience, contributing to higher standards of patient care and staff retention.
Education
• Diploma in Nursing: Registered General Nursing, - Diploma in Nursing
Nursing And Midwifery Training College
Koforiduah. Eastern Region. Ghana10.2009
High School Diploma -
Apam Secondary School
Apam. Central Region08.2002
Skills
- Patient Assessment
- Infection Prevention
- Health Promotion
- Medication Administration
- Community Outreach
- Emergency Response
- Disease Prevention
- Research Utilization
- Pain Management
- Patient Education
- Effective Communication
- Compassionate Care
- Critical Thinking
- Policy Compliance
- Care Quality Assessments
- Recordkeeping
Certification
- Licensed [Job Title] - [Timeframe]
Languages
English
Upper intermediate (B2)
Timeline
Nursing Officer
Princess Marie Louise Children's Hospital
04.2020 - Current
Senior Staff Nurse
La General Hospital
02.2018 - 03.2020
Senior Staff Nurse
Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital
09.2013 - 01.2020
• Diploma in Nursing: Registered General Nursing, - Diploma in Nursing
Nursing And Midwifery Training College
High School Diploma -
Apam Secondary School
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