UCHECHI ANOKWU
REGISTERED NURSE/INFORMATICS NURSE
Silver Spring,MD
Summary
Registered Nurse with 11+ years' experience in critical care clinical settings providing nursing care to diverse populations, with a Masters' degree in Nursing Informatics. In the process of obtaining ASAP Emergency department and Epiccare Ambulatory EPIC proficiencies. Expert End-user in Cerner,Meditech and EPIC.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center
Washington , DC
12.2015 - Current
- Hours per week: 36.
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Provide assistance to patients who require immediate medical attention but are not experiencing life-threatening illnesses or injuries.
- Assess and triage patient appropriately base on their acuity.
- Direct/assign patient to appropriate department.
- Able to respond in emergencies and appropriately render care to patients based on acuity level.
- Administer prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
- Documents all necessary treatments given.
- Observes, records and reports patient's condition and reaction to drugs and treatment.
- Educates patient/family about diagnostic procedures, medications, nutritional maintenance of health and wellness.
- Coordinate with interdisciplinary team in patient care plan.
- Maintain examination rooms for necessary supplies and equipment.
- Prepares supplies and equipment and assist providers during examination.
- Expert user of EPIC EHR.
Registered Charge Nurse, Emergency Department
Ascension Health Providence Hospital
Washington , MD
07.2009 - 12.2018
- Hours per week: 36.
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Prioritize injuries and make decisions of which injuries are more serious and must be attended to first- (triaging patients).
- Assisting doctors in providing best possible medical services to patients.
- Served as Charge nurse.
Registered Nurse Epic Support Trainer
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore, MD
07.2018 - 10.2018
- Hours per week: 12.
- Accomplishments and Related Skills: Worked with other team members to train employees on Epic EHR.
- Duties included to assist ER staff with EPIC EHR during go-live and initial optimization.
- Assisted users in developing EPIC EHR best practices and optimization goals.
Emergency room technician
Ascension Health Providence Hospital
Washington, DC
06.2007 - 07.2009
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Assisted nurses.
- Blood draw, IV insertion and performing EKGs.
Education
Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate - LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANT
THE CENTER FOR LEGAL STUdIES
05.2020 - 06.2020
Master's Degree - NURSING
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN 08.2015 - 12.2017
Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
Marymount University
Arlington,VA 08.2011 - 05.2014
Associate's Degree - Nursing
University of The District of Columbia
Washington,DC 08.2006 - 05.2009
Skills
Intravenous therapy
Shared governance-Kaiser Midatlantic newly established Nurse Practice Council
Acute care expertise
Strong clinical judgment
EMR / EHR- EPIC, CERNER,MEDITECH Expert end-user
Critical care
Performing EKGs
Spreadsheet applications
Word processing applications
Certification
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification( Date of completion- January, 2020)
Affiliations
- Emergency Nurses Association
- American nursing Informatics Association
- American Association of Legal nurse Consultants
References
- Diane Mullings 3013564475
- Cecilia Takor 2408992683
- Melaku Gute 3017920857
- Dr. Karen Mason 3013250582
- Trixy Amoonarquah 2023069646
Timeline
Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate - LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANT
THE CENTER FOR LEGAL STUdIES
05.2020 - 06.2020
Registered Nurse Epic Support Trainer
Mercy Hospital
07.2018 - 10.2018
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center
12.2015 - Current
Master's Degree - NURSING
Capella University
08.2015 - 12.2017
Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
Marymount University
08.2011 - 05.2014
Registered Charge Nurse, Emergency Department
Ascension Health Providence Hospital
07.2009 - 12.2018
Emergency room technician
Ascension Health Providence Hospital
06.2007 - 07.2009
Associate's Degree - Nursing
University of The District of Columbia
08.2006 - 05.2009