HARRISON SEIDU SALIFU
GLASGOW
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage, and care coordination in a 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, a respectful attitude, and excellent customer service.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE
04.2022 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
Senior Nursing Officer
Ghana Health Service
02.2015 - 03.2022
- Coordinated with physicians and staff to facilitate admissions, evaluating admission criteria and patients' symptoms to determine the need for further consultation and related care.
- Met the patient care demands of various units to examine staffing levels and distribute staff resources to reduce overtime and decrease resource use.
- Improved education and training initiatives by attending professional development workshops and spearheading certification courses.
- Managed administrative functions such as staffing, staff performance, management, and policy implementationfrom different referrals hospital.
- Provided guidance to staff on emergency guidelines to enable uninterrupted workflows during emergencies.
- Provided leadership and oversight to 300+ staff in a 180-bed hospital, managing administrative functions such as staffing, staff performance management, policy implementation, and change management.
- Increased emergency workflow efficiency by providing guidance to staff members on emergency guidelines and streamlining procedures.
- Improved best practices across nursing staff by collecting literature, presenting findings during meetings, and adopting new methods to reduce costs and improve delivery and quality of care.
- Discussed patient care and treatment with care team members to optimize intervention plans and care delivery.
- Provided direct nursing care to patients when personnel were short-staffed.
- Developed and implemented new nursing protocols to improve patient outcomes while minimizing medical errors.
Education
Master of Science - Public Health Nutrition
University For Development Studies
Tamale, Ghana10.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University For Development Studies
Tamale-Ghana08.2013
Skills
- Emergency Procedures
- Physical Assessment
- Disease Specialization
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Care
- Team Coordination
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Inpatient and Outpatient Care
- Medication Distribution
- Patient Assessments
- Foley Catheter Insertion and Removal
- Intravenous Therapy
- Care Plan Development
- Insulin Medication Assistance
- Medical Laboratory Procedures
- Medical Screening
- IV Drug Therapy Management
- Staff Supervision
- Patient Monitoring
- Medical Records Management
- Feeding Pumps Understanding
- Performing EKGs
- Medication Administration
- Medical Evaluations
- Microsoft Office
- Personal Care Needs
- Setting Up Referrals
- Intakes and Discharges
- EMR Systems
- Patient Care Planning
- Patient Discharging
- Oxygen Saturation Standards
- Wound Care
Timeline
Registered Nurse
GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE
04.2022 - Current
Senior Nursing Officer
Ghana Health Service
02.2015 - 03.2022
Master of Science - Public Health Nutrition
University For Development Studies
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University For Development Studies
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