HARMONY KOYI INGADULI

Company Overview:

• Pinetree Court Hospital -UK,
• Ward bed Capacity: 30 Beds

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Consulting and coordinating with multidisciplinary healthcare team to develop, evaluate, and implement patient-specific care plans. Working as part of an interdisciplinary team, I attend patient best interest meetings, coordinate care delivery models, and provide timely feedback to the other care providers.
• Assessing, evaluating and monitoring patient care outcomes.
• Ensuring patient and staff safety by completing environmental risk assessments, accurately documenting the findings, for appropriate action plan formulation and adjustment(s).
• Providing accurate and timely documentation on both the electronic health records, as well as in print media, for adequate follow up and continuity of patient care.
• Safe medication management, whilst assessing for therapeutic, side, and adverse effects of the same, and documenting as needed.
• Being a preceptor to nursing students providing supervision, education, and evaluation of their clinical placements.
• Performing and organising the carrying out of diagnostic and interventional procedures such as phlebotomy, X-rays and ECG's.
• Responding to medical-surgical and psychiatric emergencies including code white (psychiatric emergency codes), for patients requiring physical restraining.

CASES MANAGED

• Emphysema,
• Wound dressings,
• Dementia,
• Suicidal ideations,
• Bipolar mood disorder,
• Depression,
• Schizophrenia,
• Personality disorders,

EQUIPMENT HANDLED:

• Electrocardiogram (ECG),
• Glucometers,
• Cardiac monitors,
• Stethoscopes and manual BP machines, Pulse Oximeter,
• Thermometers (analog and digital)

Company Overview:

• Cedar House Hospital -UK,
• Ward bed Capacity: 20 Beds

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Utilized crisis intervention strategies to ensure least restrictive practices for staff and patient safety.
• Participated in family conference sessions, to offer health education and reassurance in regards to their kins' diagnoses and progress, reflecting the duty of candour.
• Fostered therapeutic relationships with patients through one-on-one talk-time sessions, involvement in -house activities and games, and through offering think-through sessions following an incident.
• Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to review patient progress and treatment plans, and the outline the possible care treatment pathways leading to discharge.
• Promoted patient confidentiality by ensuring accurate and proper handling of patient care records and care management softwares and systems.

Cases handled:

• Postpartum Psychosis,
• Anxiety disorders,
• Schizophrenia,
• Autism spectrum disorder,
• PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,
• Opioid Dependency

Machines handled:

• Autoclaving machines,
• Crash cart,
• BP machine,
• Suction machines,

Company Overview:

The Willows -UK,

Hospital bed Capacity: 14 Beds

ROLES AND RESPOSNISBILITIES:

• Carrying out continuous 1:1 patient surveillance for those at high risk of absconding.
• Shadowing qualified registered nurses in drug administration.
• Shadowed patient risk assessment.
• Positioning and assisting patients with feeding.
• Carrying out Nutritional assessment and recording in the MUST chart.
• Carrying out physiological observations, documenting in the NEWS chart and escalating any abnormal findings.
• Monitoring patient food and fluid intake and output and recording in the fluid chart and escalating where needed.
• Leading and carrying out patient-focused community meetings.
• Supporting patients in carrying out therapeutic activities such as preparing meals, drawing and solving puzzles.
• The Willows -UK, Bed Capacity: 14 Beds

Cases Managed:

• Substance Use Disorders,
• Neurological Conditions, Behavioral and Emotional Disorders, Developmental Disorders, Chronic Health Conditions, Rehabilitation and Recovery, Geriatric Conditions, Postpartum care and mental health support, Infectious Diseases.

Equipment Handled:

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE),
• First Aid Supplies,
• Resuscitation grab bag,
• Oxygen delivery devices,

Company Overview:

Hospital Bed Capacity: 370,

Department: Medical-Surgical,

Department Bed Capacity: 40

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Carrying out patient admissions, interdepartmental transfers, inter-hospital transfers and facilitating the discharge process.
• Consulting and coordinating with health care team members for patient assessment, to plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Safe preparation and administration of STAT and regular prescribed medications in their different formulations.
• Carrying out vital signs monitoring, identifying early warning signs, and initiating corrective actions appropriately in the event of an adverse symptomatology.
• Carrying out pre-surgical nursing patient education and the expected outcomes, post-surgically.
• Reporting adverse reactions to medications or treatment modalities in accordance to the administration protocols.
• Ensuring preservation and maintenance of confidential information and credentials.
• Student nurses' mentorship, new staff preceptorship, and peer review sessions participation.
• Aseptic wound dressing.
• Preparing equipment and aiding the attending physician(s) during patient examinations and/or during interventional procedures.

LEADERSHIP ROLES:

• Served in acting capacity of the departmental leadership when the manager was away.
• Spearheaded the introduction of the current "package" charges in the Endoscopy Unit, from the initial single item charge.
• In charge of duty Rota making and duty allocation.
• In charge of departmental stock ordering, stock consumption, and stock control through ensuring accurate posting of rendered services and utilised surgical items.

Cases managed:

• GIT – PEG insertion, removal, exchange, PEG feeding, stoma care, wound dressing, portable vacuum suction, assisting in ERCP procedure,
• Respiratory – Tracheostomy suctioning, underwater seal care, asthma, assisting in bronchoscopy, anaphylactic shock, use of oxygen delivery devices, TB, Covid-19,
• Musculoskeletal – Use of traction, use of ambulatory assistive devices, internal and external fixator wound dressing, use of traction weights, pressure risk assessment and management, burns, stroke,
• Cardiovascular – Fluid resuscitation, telemetry monitoring, cannulation, vital signs monitoring,
• Genitourinary – Bladder irrigation post TURP, urine specimen collection, catheterization,

Equipment handled:

• Flexible endoscopes,
• Lucera endoscopy towers,
• Fluid/ patient warmers,
• Vickers syringe infusion pumps,
• Oxygen nebulization kits,
• Wound drains/Aspirators,
• Airway devices (LMA, Trachy tubes, Laryngoscopes, ET tubes).
• Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Infusion Pumps
• Defibrillator,