PHELGONA AKOTH ODENY
Staplehurst,KENYA
Summary
Dedicated nursing professional with over 17 years in nursing experience and expertise in clinical nursing skills, geriatric nursing, and adult safeguarding practices. Proficient in several areas to include catheter and wound care, with a strong focus on infection control within nursing homes amongst others. Demonstrates exceptional teamwork and familiarity with nursing equipment to ensure high-quality patient care. Also committed to advancing career in healthcare by enhancing patient outcomes through compassionate and skilled nursing practices.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
20
20
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Adult Nursing
Graham care / Hartford care
Cranbrook, Kent
2023.04 - Current
- Regularly participated in continuous professional development activities to include E-learning and face to face trainings to keep abreast with current trends in nursing education.
- Enhanced patient care by coordinating and implementing clinical nursing practices.
- Ordering and booking in medications for residents.
- Administering medications and conducting stock take for all medications including Controlled drugs.
- Conducting Venepuncture to draw blood samples for investigations.
- Creating and updating care plan for residents
- Maintaining Hygiene and ensuring team work.
- Coordinate assessments early to respond promptly to patient condition changes.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to provide optimal care for all residents and work with the G.P during rounds.
- Documented all nursing care accurately in medical records for traceability and ensuring data privacy.
Medical Surgical Nurse
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital (JOOTRH)
Kisumu, Kisumu
2017.06 - 2023.03
- Displayed awareness of cleanliness and maintenance across drug carts and rooms.
- Implementing/developing/documenting the plan of care.
- Providing care utilizing infection control measures that protect both the staff and the patient.
- Assess home health patients to identify physical, psycho-social, environmental needs.
- Assuring continuity of quality patience care delivered with appropriate documentation.
- Monitoring assigned cases to ensure compliance with requirements of third party payer.
- Supervising and provided direction to the home health aide and patient attendants.
- Demonstrating commitment, professional growth, and competency.
- Anticipate patient needs to improve continuity of care during shifts.
Record changing needs and update care plans accurately for continuous coverage.
Coordinate assessments early to respond promptly to patient condition changes. - Participating in patient and family education as evidenced by teaching documentation with appropriate resources.
- Initiating effective discharge and referral plans on admission utilizing appropriate hospital and community resources.
- Delegating patient care activities to appropriate personnel and maintains accountability for those activities. Assists other nursing team members through the steps of the nursing process.
- Performing all aspects of patient care in a manner that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors; documented according to established standards; communicated effectively.
- Hospital Bed Capacity: 550
- Department: Medical-Surgical Unit
- Department Bed Capacity: 60
- Nurse Patient Ratio: 1:8
General Nurse
Madiany Sub-County Hospital
2011.06 - 2017.05
- Educated patients and their families on disease processes, medical-surgical procedures and other aspects of therapeutic regimens, including medications.
- Demonstrated, person and family centered approach to nursing decision making and care planning activities.
- Effectively and efficiently managed nursing care of individuals or groups of patients/consumers.
- Responded to clinical changes in patients'/consumer's conditions and escalates care in accordance with hospital Policy and Procedures.
- Recognized responsibility to prevent harm to patients/consumers in care.
- Performed nursing interventions following comprehensive and accurate assessments both on point of entry to the hospital and throughout care and provides appropriate nursing interventions, and communicates with other health care professionals as required.
- Applied all principles of health literacy in provision of patient/consumer education to ensure that patients/consumers have the right information, in the right way to make decisions relating to their care.
- Provided effective and timely direction and supervision to ensure that delegated care is provided accurately and safely.
- Participated in discharge planning.
- Promoted physical and psychosocial environment that enhances safety, security and optimal health by accepting individuals/groups regardless of race, culture, religion, age, gender, and sexual preference.
- Used to be responsible for safe and effective handling of all equipment with regard to safety of self and others.
- Conducted individualized patient assessment, prioritizing data collection based on patient's immediate condition or needs within timeframe as per the standard operating procedures.
- Documented nursing care in all assigned patient records.
- Hospital Bed Capacity: 100
- Current Department: Medical-Surgical Unit
- Department Bed Capacity: 20
- Nurse Patient Ratio: 1:4
Medical Surgical Nurse
Bondo District Hospital
2006.01 - 2011.05
- Assisted physicians in rounds and reviews orders.
- Ordered medications, maintains resident chart, receives and documents physician orders. Notifies physician and family of incidents or changes in condition of resident.
- Understood and followed established Universal Precaution guidelines, infection control and safety rules; ensures cleanliness of assigned rooms.
- Displayed awareness of cleanliness and proper maintenance at all drug carts/rooms and to maintain a clean working environment; maintained a locked medication room and/or cart when unattended; reported hazardous conditions or equipment to the appropriate person; followed established safety rules, and fire and disaster procedures.
- Implemented/developed/documented the plan of care.
- Developed and maintained professional and clinical skills. Completed all annual competency and education requirements within established parameters and timeframes. Participated in staff meetings, patient care meetings, educational in-services and other professional activities.
- Maintained awareness of policies and procedures and performance standard.
- Prepared and administering (orally, subcutaneously, through an IV) and records prescribed medications.
- Reported adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy regarding the administration of medications by a licensed registered nurse.
- Educated patients on surgical procedures.
- Recorded patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Monitored and adjusting specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays.
- Initiated corrective action whenever the patient displays adverse symptomatology.
- Provided bedside care for a wide variety of medical patients, including pre- and post-surgery patients.
- Initiated patient education plan, as prescribed by physician. Teach patients and significant others how to manage their illness/injury, by explaining: post-treatment home care needs.
- Changed dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs.
- Prepared equipment and aids physician during examination and treatment of patient.
- Responded to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol.
- Participated in discharge planning.
- Recorded all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms.
- Hospital Bed Capacity: 672
- Current Department: Medical-Surgical Unit
- Department Bed Capacity: 44
- Nurse Patient Ratio: 1:8
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Masinde Muliro University of Science And Technology
Kenya 2016.09 - 2019.12
Diploma - Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing
Kenya Medical Training College
Kisumu 2001.03 - 2005.12
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Bishop Okoth / St Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls Secondary
1992.01 - 1995.12
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - undefined
Maranda Primary School
1984.01 - 1991.12
Skills
- Clinical nursing skills
- Teamwork
- Communication skills
- Nursing home infection prevention control
- Catheter and wound care
- Geriatric nursing
Certification
- Nursing and midwifery Council- England
UK-Registered Nurse
PIN 23J26130.
Expiry 31/10/2026
- Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)
Registered Nurse (RN)
License Registration Number: KRCHN (6548)
Valid Until: 30.04.2023
Country: Kenya
REFEREES
To be availed on request
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
- AUG 2011 – MARCH 2012 HEALTH SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- JUNE 2012 – JUNE 2012 CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING USING VISUAL INSPECTION METHODS Intergenerational Community Alliances and Programs (ICAP)
- MARCH 2009- MARCH 2009 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ADOLESCENT AND ILLNESS-[IMAI] Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynaecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO)
- JUNE 2008- JUNE 2008 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ADOLESCENT AND ILLNESS-[IMAI] National AIDS & STI Control Program (NASCOP)
- OCT 2007 – OCT 2007 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER Kenya Medical Research Institute/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KEMRI/CDC)
- AUG 2007 – AUG 2007 COMPREHENSIVE PEDIATRIC HIV CARE FOR HEALTH PROVIDERS National AIDS & STI Control Program (NASCOP)
- SEPT 2007 – SEPT 2007 EARLY INFANT DIAGNOSIS PEDIATRIC PITC National AIDS & STI Control Program (NASCOP)
- JULY 2007 – JULY 2007 PROVIDER INITIATED TESTING AND COUNSELING Kenya Medical Research Institute/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KEMRI/CDC)
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST
- Test type: IELTS Academic Test
- Test date: 2022-06-25
- Overall score: 7.5
- Speaking: 7.0
- Listening: 8.5
- Reading: 7.0
- Writing: 7.0
Custom
Tracheostomy care.
Venepuncture
urethral catheterisation
Enteral feeding awareness.
Diabetes
Continence assessments
Food hygiene
Medicine handling and management using Atlas
Basic life support
Fire safety
safeguarding
End of life care
Mandatory moving and Handling
Dementia awareness.
Timeline
Adult Nursing
Graham care / Hartford care
2023.04 - Current
Medical Surgical Nurse
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital (JOOTRH)
2017.06 - 2023.03
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Masinde Muliro University of Science And Technology
2016.09 - 2019.12
General Nurse
Madiany Sub-County Hospital
2011.06 - 2017.05
Medical Surgical Nurse
Bondo District Hospital
2006.01 - 2011.05
Diploma - Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing
Kenya Medical Training College
2001.03 - 2005.12
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Bishop Okoth / St Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls Secondary
1992.01 - 1995.12
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - undefined
Maranda Primary School
1984.01 - 1991.12