Nancy Amofa
Dormaa Ahenkro
Summary
Highly trained professional midwife with six years work experience. Works collaboratively with health care teams and with current standards and best Practises.
Overview
7
7
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
National service/Rotation midwife
War Memorial hospital
2016.01 - 2017.01
- Conducted deliveries under Supervision
- Provided health education on topics like family planning, mother to child transmission of HIV, danger signs in pregnancy and puerperium
- Taking samples with assistance and sending them to the lab
- Assisting mothers to properly attach babies to breastfeed
- Going for outreach programmes in deprived areas
- Orientating patients to the world
- Administering prescribed medications under supervision
- Preparing patients for transport to other units or hospitals or for discharge
- Monitoring vital signs and recording
- Assisting patients in their personal hygiene and cleaning and disinfecting beds when discharged
- Monitoring vital signs.
SENIOR STAFF MIDWIFE
Presbyterian Hospital
2017.01
- Examining and monitoring pregnant women
- Providing antenatal intranatal and postnatal care
- Interact with physicians regarding patients conditions
- Taking patient samples and monitoring vital signs
- Serving prescribed medications and monitoring for side effects
- Education on family planning and mother to child transmission
- Identifying high risk pregnancies and referring to specialists
- Monitoring labour and conducting deliveries
- Resuscitation of asphyxiated babies and referring them to the neonatal intensive care units where necessary
- Receiving babies from theatre and providing post operative care for women who has undergone Caesarean section
- Educating pregnant women on the danger signs of pregnancy and labour as well as danger signs of the puerperium.
Education
Diploma in Midwifery -
Bolgatanga Midwifery Training College
Bolgatanga, Ghana09.2015
WASSCE Certificate -
Kumasi Wesley Girls High
Kumasi, Ghana05.2011
Skills
- Interest in pregnancy and childbirth
- Good communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good team working skills
- Excellent observational skills
- Ability to follow procedures and instructions
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with people from different backgrounds
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure
- Ability to collect and input data, maintain records and run reports electronically.
- Ability to maintain a professional demeanour and remain visibly calm under a variety of life threatening and emergency situations
- Ability to maintain emotional stability when performing under stress
Certification
Registered Midwife license
Languages
English
Twi
Timeline
SENIOR STAFF MIDWIFE
Presbyterian Hospital
2017.01
National service/Rotation midwife
War Memorial hospital
2016.01 - 2017.01
Diploma in Midwifery -
Bolgatanga Midwifery Training College
WASSCE Certificate -
Kumasi Wesley Girls High
Registered Midwife license
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