Irene Therero Mwangi
London,Unnited Kingdom
Summary
A self-motivated, industrious, patient, focused, qualified, registered nurse with 8+ years of experience in delivering compassionate nursing care. Especially skilled in providing holistic care to patients with mental health, medical and surgical conditions. Possess an extensive background in providing clinical based services, within the public and private health facilities. I am in search of an employment opportunity as a Mental health nurse in a well-established institution where I can advance my career while improving on the quality of nursing care of the institution.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Mental Health Nurse
Murang'a County Referral and Teaching Hospital
Murang'a
10.2020 - Current
- Provide and maintain safe therapeutic environment
- Administering prescribed psychotropic and similar medications.
- Monitoring adherence to treatment regimens
- Restraining, consoling, and sometimes medicating highly unsettled patients.
- Giving advice and arranging support for patients and family
- Coordinating with doctors, social workers and other professionals
- Assessing treatment success at case conferences and meetings
- Facilitating admission and discharge of patients into and out of the mental unit
- Documenting and updating patient records
- Removing potentially harmful and triggering environmental features.
- Facilitating admission and discharge of patients into and out of the mental unit
- Assisting in activities of daily leaving for those unable to do the activities
- Ensuring nutritional needs of the patients are catered for
- Taking the vital signs of the patients
Staff Nurse
Mandera County Referral Hospital
Mandera
12.2017 - 10.2020
- Liaising with the multidisciplinary team in handling patients with multiple needs
- Providing pre- and post- operative nursing care and intervening whenever necessary
- Safely administration of medicines & injections as per administration protocol.
- Monitoring patients for adverse drug reactions and evaluating their response to medicines.
- Administering prescribed medications, monitoring patients, and addressing any signs to physicians.
- Assessing, planning, implementing nursing interventions, and evaluating the patient outcome
- Facilitating admission and discharge of patients into and out of the unit
- Facilitating patient administration and initiating discharge plans
- Offering clinical mentorship to nursing students during their ward clinical placement
- Maintaining accurate health records on patient's conditions and care
- Providing safe and quality direct care for all patients on the machines
- Continuously monitoring assigned patients for sudden or subtle changes.
- Providing oxygen therapy and monitoring oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry
- Participating in daily ward rounds, assessing patients, and addressing any abnormalities
- Assisting patients in meeting activities of daily living such as, bed bath, NGT/parenteral feeding, elimination needs, skin care, oral care among other self-care needs
Staff Nurse
Radiant Group of Hospitals
11.2014 - 11.2017
- Assessing, planning and implementing nursing intervention and evaluating patient outcome.
- Provided quality nursing care to patients through collaborative patient management.
- Facilitating patient admission, education, and discharge plan.
- Administering prescribed medication in accurate and timely manner
- Handover report of patient assessment findings and progress towards resolution
- Maintaining records on patient health condition and nursing care to ensure continuity of care.
- Ensuring a tidy and safe working environment that included implementing infection control measures.
- Participating in the hospital infection prevention and control measures
- Mentoring nursing students during clinical rotations
- Managed nursing personnel and provided leadership where required
Education
Diploma in Registered Community Health Nursing -
Kenya Medical Training College
Kisumu, Kenya03.2012
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) -
Alliance Girls High School
11.2005
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) -
Sisters' Nursery & Primary School
Maragua11.2001
Skills
- Medication administration
- Patient assessment
- Crisis intervention
- Therapeutic communication
Certification
Kenya, KRCHN (27811), 04/22/14, Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)
References
- BENEDICT MUTISYA NDULWA, Hospital Administrator, Murang'a County Referral Hospital, benmutisya45@gmail.com
- DOROTHY ROTICH, Health Records Officer In-charge, Mandera County Referral Hospital, dorothyrotich1994@gmail.com
- CONSOLATA WANGUI GATIHI, Nurse In-charge- Psychiatric ward, Murang'a County Referral Hospital, consolatagatihi@gmail.com
Training
- BLS Program, 07/01/22
- Postpartum Family Planning, 05/01/21
- Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care, 04/01/21
- Malaria case management, 07/01/15
- Introduction to Rota virus training, 08/01/14
Languages
- English
- Kiswahili
Personal Information
- Passport Number: BK420026
- Passport Date Of Issue: 11/01/22
- Passport Expiry Date: 11/01/32
- Date of Birth: 08/17/87
Timeline
Mental Health Nurse
Murang'a County Referral and Teaching Hospital
10.2020 - Current
Staff Nurse
Mandera County Referral Hospital
12.2017 - 10.2020
Staff Nurse
Radiant Group of Hospitals
11.2014 - 11.2017
Diploma in Registered Community Health Nursing -
Kenya Medical Training College
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) -
Alliance Girls High School
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) -
Sisters' Nursery & Primary School
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