Nana Aisha Baakoh Registered nurse
Kings Hill,Kent
Summary
Compassionate and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with 5 years of experience in delivering effective patient centred-care. With over 2 years experience in a 100 bedded Nursing and Residential home, and 18 months experience obtained from a 2,000 bed capacity teaching hospital. I am a qualified nurse with a three year diploma in Nursing which covered Medical and Surgical Nursing, Midwifery, Pediatric, Psychiatric and Gerontological nursing and Pharmacology, proving me with a firm and strong clinical foundation in holistic patient care, enabling me fit in any department of nursing. Seeking to increase my knowledge, skills and experience while assisting residents/patients to live their highest level of independence.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work history
Registered Nurse
Harpwood House
Sevenoaks, Kent
12.2022 - Current
- Providing exceptional leadership qualities for care staff
- Communicating with residents, relatives and care team to ensure up to date information and care.
- Receiving handover and feedback from the previous registered nurse to promote continuity of care.
- Checking the diary previous day's events.
- Allocating duties to the care staff for the day.
- Undertaking drug rounds; administration of medications, stock counting and management.
- Touring the floor and monitoring residents personal care requirements and presentation of residents.
- Answering the telephone in a timely manner.
- Developing and updating care plans.
- Supervising serving of meals and monitoring dietary and hydration requirements.
- Supporting and assisting residents with complex needs and dependency levels.
- Performing wound care and implementing measures to prevent pressure ulcers, moisture lesions, etc.
- Reviewing and amending care plans and updating risk assessments and raising
- Raising Safeguarding concerns where appropriate.
- Conducting pre admission assessments.
- Conducting supervision of care staff when due.
- Using the Handover Report from Person Centred Software for the handover to next Registered Nurse.
- Ensuring that medications are ordered from the relevant pharmacy and ensuring frequent stock check.
- Completing monthly medication audits.
- Maintaining communication with care professionals and relatives.
- Raising safeguarding alerts to the Registered Manager.
- Attending all Training assigned to stay up to date.
- Accurate documentation of all elements of nursing treatments, medications and discharge instructions.
Public Health Nurse
Mamprobi Hospital
Accra, Ghana
03.2022 - 11.2022
- Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital signs monitoring and specimen collection.
- Documented all activities carried out during the shift.
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Maintained continuity of care by communicating changes in patient condition with physicians, family members and other care team members.
- Promoted and ensured effective use of infection prevention methods.
- Supervised and mentored nurse assistants.
- Attended all Training Workshops to keep up-to-date with new knowledge and skills.
- Maintained written records through data entry with use of Ms Office.
- Emphasised on the importance of adhering to medications after discharge.
- Achieved 78% Success Rate of Iv Cannulation.
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Delivered prenatal and postnatal advice to new mothers ensuring safer childbirths and baby care practices.
- Administered vaccinations to protect against seasonal flu outbreaks, enhancing community immunity levels.
- Improved community health by planning, implementing and evaluating disease prevention programmes.
Rotational Nurse
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
Accra, Ghana
07.2020 - 02.2022
- Assisted with activities of daily living by helping patients with personal care, mobility, changing clothes, feeding and daily hygiene tasks.
- Rotated in a 2,000 bed capacity Teaching hospital.
- Administered medications, abiding by the Rights of Medication.
- Worked at various departments including Paediatric, Medical, Surgical, Emergency and Acute Units.
- Trained and mentored student nurses.
- Effectively implemented all learned skills and tasks.
- Single handedly completed a Care Study on a Patient with Appendicitis.
- Led a team of 8 people in a Research Project.
- Awarded Best Care Plan out of 20 nurses in 2021 at my Unit.
- Received positive feedbacks weekly from service users.
- Attended 4 Health Training Workshops.
- Nursed 8 patients per shift, all the while giving best nursing care.
- Participated in on-going up-to-date training on current health practises.
- Dressed surgical wounds and monitored healing to prevent infections.
- Assessed medical status of patients pre- and post-operation by checking vital parameters and supervising food intake.
- Established positive rapport with patients and families through active listening and compassionate care.
- Administered 20 vaccines per week and monitored for adverse reactions
- Gave monthly health talks to 60 service users on health promotion and illness prevention.
- Learnt new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity in terms of care delivery.
- Prepared patients for clinical procedures, providing reassurance and practical advice to ease concerns.
- Supported charge nurse to deliver care for full wards in line with quality-of-care standards.
- Measured blood pressure, pulse and temperature to assess and record vital signs.
- Demonstrated compassionate communication skills, empathetically delivering difficult news to patients and families.
Education
Diploma in Registered General Nursing - Nursing
Nursing and Midwifery Training School, Korle Bu
Accra, Ghana /2016 - /2020
Skills
- Catherisation
- Dementia Care
- Supporting residents with a range of complex needs
- Feeding including NG Tube, PEG, etc
- Experience with Parkinson's, Alzheimers, etc
- Safeguarding and Risk Assessment
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Venipuncture
- Wound Management and Pressure Ulcer Care
- Efficient and reliable team player
- Medication Administration and Management
- Excellent documentation skills
- Thriving in fast paced environments
- Providing person centred care
- Incident reporting
CPD Courses
- Manual Handling - Graham Care
- Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers Level 2 - Caring for Care
- Wound Management Level 2 - Caring for Care
- Basic Life Support - Graham Care
- Fire Safety - Graham Care
- Recognising the Vulnerable Foot - Kent Community NHS
- Tissue Viability - Edify Training
- Venipuncture - Edify Training
- Catheterisation - Edify Training
- Cough Assist Training - Lane Fox Romeo Respiratory Centre
- Inhaler Technique Workshop - Innovation Delivery Team
- Pain Management in Frailty - Innovation Delivery Team
- Verification of Expected Death - Ellenor Hospice
- Syringe Pump and Drug Calculations - Ellenor Hospice
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Harpwood House
12.2022 - Current
Public Health Nurse
Mamprobi Hospital
03.2022 - 11.2022
Rotational Nurse
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
07.2020 - 02.2022
Diploma in Registered General Nursing - Nursing
Nursing and Midwifery Training School, Korle Bu
/2016 - /2020