ADIJAT A BAKARE
Abuja,Nigeria
Summary
Dynamic Senior Nursing Officer with extensive experience at Defence Headquarters Medical Center, excelling in preoperative patient preparation and postoperative care. Proven analytical and decision-making skills enhance patient outcomes. Adept at collaborating with healthcare teams to implement effective treatment plans, ensuring high standards of care and patient satisfaction.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Nursing Officer
Defence Headquarters Medical Center
Abuja, Nigeria
12.2024 - Current
- Communicated with patients to ascertain feelings and need for assistance or social and emotional support.
- Maintained continuity of care
- Applied clean dressings, stockings and support bandages to protect patient wounds and prevent infections.
- Routine Nursing procedures
- Administered different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.
- Accurately documented treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Managed care to patient's recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Standard Nursing intervention, Implementation and management.
- Collaborated with other health team.
- Nursing Management of patients with CVA
- Prevention and treatment of pressure sores
- Assessment of patients with Glasgow coma scale
- Management of patients with Hypertension
- Management of patients with Diabetes
- Wound dressing
- IV management
- Oxygen Administration
- Fracture management
- Medication Administration
Senior Nursing Officer
Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital
Lagos, Nigeria
01.2020 - 12.2024
- Provided skilled, timely and level headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Check the client's vital signs
- Change dressing per physician's order
- Health education based on the case on the ground
- Psychotherapy
- Prompt attendance to emergency cases especially during the hours of service
Nursing Officer
Navy Hospital Warri
Warri, Nigeria
01.2017 - 12.2020
- Provided skilled and excellent care of pregnant women, support in birth delivery and international standard antenatal care for all patients.
- Management of newborn from birth to deliver
- APGAR scoring 10mins after birth and communication of abnormal findings to the pediatrician
- Accurate and proper client positioning, based on their medical and surgical needs
- Newborn assessment to determine any congenital malformation
- Vital signs, personal hygiene, Feeding, and change of diapers
- Management of babies in incubators
- Ensuring correct fluid composition and adequate fluid intake for those on the intravenous route and accurate documentation
Nursing Officer
Naval Dockary Medical Center
Victoria Island, Nigeria
01.2014 - 12.2017
- Provided skilled, timely and level headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care and contribute to the efficient management of the emergency unit.
- Wound assessment and care using appropriate methods.
- Encouraging early ambulation of patients to prevent complications.
- Ensure the plan of care for patients are written and updated.
- Ensure proper and accurate observations, documentation and communication for appropriate patient care.
- Maintained patient's charts and confidential always.
- Monitored and care for pre and post-operative patients.
- Pain assessment and management
- Medication implementation and intravenous administration
- Catheter insertion and airway management
- Understand the patients with mild, moderate and severe symptoms accordingly.
- Triaging and Vitals
- Assessment of patients with MSE and Glasgow coma scale
- Suturing
- Management of snake/insect bites
- Maintaining patent airways and suctioning
- Oxygen Administration
- Splinting of fractures
- Use of monitor/pulse oximeter
- Management of RTA cases & convulsion
- Admission and discharge education
- Catheterization & Nebulization
- Maintaining Homeostasis
Locum Officer
Naval Dockary Medical Center
Victoria Island, Nigeria
01.2012 - 12.2014
- Communicated with patients to ascertain feelings and need for assistance or social and emotional support.
- Maintained continuity of care & Routine Nursing procedures
- Applied clean dressings, stockings and support bandages to protect patient wounds and prevent infections.
- Accurately documented treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Managed care to patient's recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Standard Nursing intervention, Implementation and management.
- Collaborated with other health team.
- Nursing Management of patients with CVA
- Prevention and treatment of pressure sores
- Assessment of patients with Glasgow coma scale
- Management of patients with Hypertension
- Management of patients with Diabetes
- Wound dressing, IV management, Oxygen & Medication Administration and Fracture management
Education
B.Sc - Nursing
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Nigeria01.2012
Skills
- Preoperative patient preparation
- Postoperative care
- Analytical skills
- Team building
- Time management
- Decision making
- Problem solving
- Interpersonal skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
Certification
- Texas Board of Nursing
- Registered Midwifery (RM) Council of Nigeria
- Registered Nurse (RN) Council of Nigeria
- Registered Public Health Nurse
- Basic Life Support, 01/01/18
- Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation, First Aid, and Automated External Defibrillator, 01/01/25
Timeline
Senior Nursing Officer
Defence Headquarters Medical Center
12.2024 - Current
Senior Nursing Officer
Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital
01.2020 - 12.2024
Nursing Officer
Navy Hospital Warri
01.2017 - 12.2020
Nursing Officer
Naval Dockary Medical Center
01.2014 - 12.2017
Locum Officer
Naval Dockary Medical Center
01.2012 - 12.2014
B.Sc - Nursing
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
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