Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service
· Preparing patients for surgery and managing patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
· Monitoring vital signs during surgery
· Preparing blood for transfusion and identifying indicators of reaction.
· Wound dressing of all wounds including surgical wounds.
· Administering medication via oral and parenteral routes.
· Decontaminating surgical instruments after use.
· Caring for urethral, suprapubic catheters and surgical stomas; colostomy sites/bags.
· Assessing and managing postoperative pain.
· Nursing patients to prevent pressure sores and caring for sores that develop in bedridden patients.
· Removing stitches in postoperative patients.
· Practicing aseptic techniques in the ward.
· Demonstrating strong leadership by delegating and ensuring adequate shift staffing.
· Reduced hospital readmission rates through effective discharge planning and patient education on self-care.
· Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures
· Completed a dissertation on the perceptions of long-term indwelling urinary catheter use on the patient's sexual and socio-economic life in September 2022.
· Conducted multiple patient/family care studies encompassing conditions such as peptic ulcer disease, Fournier's gangrene, benign prostatic hyperplasia causing acute retention of urine, and cancer of the prostate as well as some of which have served as a reference for developing care plans for patients presenting with the conditions mentioned.
· Participated in Medical outreach from 18/03/2024-01/04/24 with Apridec Medical Outreach Group (AMOG) as part of the team of urology nurses; approximately 217 outpatients were medically attended to and 60 surgeries encompassing plastic, general, urology and otolaryngology were conducted.
1. Dr. Abdul-Jalilu Mohammed Muntaka
Designation; Specialist urologist, Tamale Teaching Hospital
Email; abduljalilu2001@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile number; +233242210456
2. Yakubu A. Gafaru
Principal Nursing Officer
Email; kampuuz84@yahoo.com
Mobile number; +23326536262