Samuel Ekow Sackey

• Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
• Helped patients eat and drink when necessary for safe consumption of food consistent with recovery guidelines.
• Evaluated charting procedures for adherence to best practices.
• Assisted patients in performance of routine recovery and mobility exercises, providing support when getting in and out of bed as well as walking and stretching.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Followed proper procedure for installation and removal of catheters, IVs and PIC lines.

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• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.

• Met with and patients to discuss and distribute information on health maintenance and disease prevention.
• Helped patients eat and drink when necessary for safe consumption of food consistent with recovery guidelines.
• Came up with treatment plans and communicated with patients about options, medications and self-management.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Followed proper procedure for installation and removal of catheters, IVs and PIC lines.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

• Maintained continuity of care by communicating changes in patient condition with physicians, family members and other care team members.
• Assisted with activities of daily living by helping patients with bathing, changing clothes, eating and daily hygiene tasks.
• Utilized wheelchairs and hospital beds to transfer patients from room to X-ray or lab.
• Administered peritoneal dialysis as well as IV push, oral, subcutaneous, IV infusion and intramuscular medications.
• Applied clean dressings, slings, stockings and support bandages to protect patient wounds and prevent infections.
• Collected, labeled and transported specimens to prepare for laboratory testing.
• Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
• Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.
• Recorded vital signs and intake and output of over a vast number of patients per 4 minutes, documenting information in PHIS.