Amaka Udechukwu
Richmond,Texas
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional seeking a challenging position to utilize medical, professional, and practical expertise in providing holistic care. Skilled in planning and implementing professional care for patients, while adhering to hospital policies and regulations. Committed to delivering high-quality healthcare services.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Central Desert Behavioral Health Hospital
12.2019
- Company Overview: Albuquerque NM (December 2019)
- Contract Assignment
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability
- Audited charts daily and reviewed all clinical documents to verify accuracy and completeness, progress towards core measurable targets and completion
- Appropriate patient health education
- Monitoring of vital signs
- Perform head-toe assessment
- Administer medication via all routes
- Facilitate the admission and discharge process
- Management of psychiatric emergencies
- Albuquerque NM (December 2019)
- Contract Assignment
Registered Nurse
Central NewMexico Correctional Facility
12.2020 - Current
- Company Overview: Central New Mexico Correctional Facility, Los Lunas NM – December 2020- Present
- Contract assignment
- Administering medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Teach patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence
- Educating patients on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options
- Manage patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
- Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care
- Facilitate the admission and discharge process
- Facilitate therapeutic communication, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability
- Suicide assessment and precautionary measures on all patients
- Appropriate patient health education
- Monitoring of vital signs
- Perform head-toe assessment
- Administer medication via all routes
- Attending and management of psychiatric emergencies
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs
- Deliver medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
- Performed CBG check and insulin coverage
- Manage quality care for patients with varied conditions, including heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease
- Care for patients with substance abuse/ addiction disorders, mood disorders, depressive disorders, psychotic disorders, attention deficit disorders
- Using therapeutic communication to maximize positive patient outcome
- Central New Mexico Correctional Facility, Los Lunas NM – December 2020- Present
- Contract assignment
Registered Nurse
Haven Behavioral Hospital
01.2024 - 06.2024
- Company Overview: Albuquerque, NM
- January 2024 – June 2024
- PRN position
- Facilitate the admission and discharge process
- Facilitate therapeutic communication, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability
- Suicide assessment and precautionary measures on all patients
- Appropriate patient health education
- Monitoring of vital signs
- Perform head-toe assessment
- Administer medication via all routes
- Performed CBG check and insulin coverage
- Attending and management of psychiatric emergencies
- Albuquerque, NM
- January 2024 – June 2024
- PRN position
Registered Nurse
UNM Hospital
11.2023 - 05.2024
- Company Overview: Rio Rancho NM
- November 2023-May 2024
- PRN
- Admission and discharge plans for patients
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
- Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
- Managed quality care for patients with varied conditions, including heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease
- Observed and reported patient condition, progress, and medication side effects to accurately document updates
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented progress of individuals participating in clinical trials
- Rio Rancho NM
- November 2023-May 2024
- PRN
Registered Nurse
Lovelace Hospital
11.2020 - 12.2020
- Company Overview: Albuquerque, NM
- November 2020- December 2020
- Contract Assignment
- Admission and discharge plans for patients
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
- Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
- Managed quality care for patients with varied conditions, including heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease
- Observed and reported patient condition, progress, and medication side effects to accurately document updates
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented progress of individuals participating in clinical trials
- Albuquerque, NM
- November 2020- December 2020
- Contract Assignment
Registered Nurse
Genesis Health care- Albuquerque Heights Rehabilitation Center
08.2020 - 11.2020
- Company Overview: ABQ, NM- August 2020- November 2020
- Contract Assignment
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence
- Educated patients and families and on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
- Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
- Managed quality care for patients with varied conditions, including heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease
- Observed and reported patient condition, progress, and medication side effects to accurately document updates
- Catheter insertion and airway management
- Performed CBG check and insulin coverage
- Performed wound vac and PICC line care dressing change
- Performed Tracheostomy and PEG tube care
- ABQ, NM- August 2020- November 2020
- Contract Assignment
Registered Nurse
Genesis Health care- Las Palomas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
05.2020 - 07.2020
- Company Overview: ABQ, NM -May- July 2020
- Contract Assignment
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence
- Educated patients and families and on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
- Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
- Managed quality care for patients with varied conditions, including heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease
- Observed and reported patient condition, progress, and medication side effects to accurately document updates
- Catheter insertion and airway management
- Performed Tracheostomy and PEG tube care
- ABQ, NM -May- July 2020
- Contract Assignment
Registered Nurse
Genesis Health care- Casa Real Sante Fe
11.2019 - 05.2020
- Company Overview: NM
- Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Uptown rehabilitation center, Albuquerque NM– November 2019 -May 2020)
- Contract Assignment
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence
- Educated patients and families and on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
- Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
- Managed quality care for patients with varied conditions, including heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease
- Observed and reported patient condition, progress, and medication side effects to accurately document updates
- Catheter insertion and airway management
- Performed CBG check and insulin coverage
- NM
- Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Uptown rehabilitation center, Albuquerque NM– November 2019 -May 2020)
- Contract Assignment
Registered Nurse
Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital
01.2012 - 03.2018
- Company Overview: KD, Nigeria- Jan 2012- March 2018
- Performed individual patient risk assessment
- Conducted group and individual psychotherapy, relapse prevention training for recovery addicts
- Conducted motivational therapy for client Conduct
- Perform urine toxicology test
- Monitor and assess the therapeutic effects and side effects of medicated drugs
- Conduct patient aggression assessment using the Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS)
- Conduct mental status examination
- Design a high -quality nursing plan for each patient and evaluating its efficacy by documenting outcomes
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability
- Documentation
- Appropriate patient health education
- Monitoring of vital signs
- Perform head-toe assessment
- Administer medication via all routes
- Facilitate the admission and discharge process
- Management of psychiatric emergencies
- KD, Nigeria- Jan 2012- March 2018
Registered Nurse
NNPC Medical center (endure Idea Services)
08.2010 - 01.2012
- Company Overview: KD, Nigeria- Aug 2010- January 2012
- Assessed patient’s needs
- Conduct physical and Neurological exams
- Develop and implement a nursing care plan for each patient and evaluating its efficacy
- Monitored patient’s vital signs
- Obtained blood and urine samples
- Transcribing physician order
- Enteral feeding administration
- Administrated medication via all routes and Oxygen administration
- Intravenous fluid and blood transfusion administration
- Inserted Foley catheter for male and female patient
- Blood sugar monitoring and insulin coverage
- Immunization
- Pre-op and post-op management of patients, Wound assessment and care
- Sutures and staples removal
- Pain assessment and management
- Tracheostomy and ostomy care
- Reporting and documentation
- Assisted physician with incision and drainage, and foreign body removal
- Specimen collection and handling
- Health educated patients and family while including them in plan of care
- KD, Nigeria- Aug 2010- January 2012
Registered Nurse
Giwa Specialist Hospital
01.2010 - 08.2010
- Company Overview: KD Nigeria- Jan 2010-August 2010
- Obtained blood and urine samples
- Conducted ante-natal, delivery and post- natal care
- Transcribing physician order
- Enteral feeding administration
- Administrated medication via all routes and Oxygen administration
- Intravenous fluid and blood transfusion administration
- Inserted Foley catheter for male and female patient
- Blood sugar monitoring and insulin coverage
- Maternal care and childbirth
- Immunization
- Pre-op and post-op management of patients, Wound assessment and care
- Suture and staples removal
- Pain assessment and management
- Tracheostomy and ostomy care
- Reporting and documentation
- Assisted physician with incision and drainage, and foreign body removal
- Specimen collection and handling
- Health educated patients and family while including them in plan of care
- KD Nigeria- Jan 2010-August 2010
Registered Nurse
Godek pharmaceutical Company
01.2005 - 01.2010
- Company Overview: KD Nigeria- January 2005-2010
- Reporting and documentation
- Assisted physician with incision and drainage, and foreign body removal
- Assisted physician in foreign body removal
- Conducted First aid treatments
- Transferred critical patients to the hospital
- Administered medication; IV, I.M, S.Q, TOP, ID
- Health education to staff and patients
- KD Nigeria- January 2005-2010
Education
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona07.2021
School of Post Basic Psychiatric Nursing Federal Neuro Psychiatric hospital
Barnawa, Kaduna01.2009
School of Midwifery Our Lady of Apostle Catholic Hospital
Jos, Plateau State01.2006
School of Nursing, St. Gerard’s Catholic Hospital
Kaduna, Kaduna State01.2004
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Medical evaluation
- Documentation and charting
- Patient assessment
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient education and counseling
- Clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
- Infection control measures
- Patient care
- Wound care
- Compassion and empathy
- Patient monitoring
- IV setup
- Intravenous therapy
- Care planning
- Patient management
- Care plan development
- Professional bedside manner
- Physical assessments
- Patient care planning
- Patient evaluation
- Telemetry monitoring
- Family education
- Licensed RN
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification
- Taking vitals
- Critical care
- Collecting vitals
- Nursing staff leadership
- Medication distribution
- Tracheostomy care
- Precepting
- Patient discharge
- Lab result interpretation
- Team coordination
- EMR systems
- Performing ekgs
- Complex Problem-solving
- Proper catheter insertion/removal
- Intake and discharge
- Emergency response
- Maintaining privacy
- Relationship building
- Vaccine administration
- Chart updating
- Diabetes management
- Insulin medication assistance
- EMR / EHR
- High level of autonomy
- Procedure preparations
- Chronic disease management
- Medical assessment
- ADL assistance
- Patient counseling
- Personal care needs
- Staff supervision
- Patient relations
- Diabetes and nutrition education
- Chest pain management
- Emergency procedures
- Treatment Planning
- Emotional awareness
- Data collection
- HIPAA education
- Acute care expertise
- Medical recordkeeping
- Long-term care
- Hospice and palliative care
- Geriatric nursing
- Oxygen saturation standards
- Removing sutures
- Mobility assistance
- Palliative care awareness
- Mental health nursing
- Preventive health
- Seizure management
- Feeding assistance
- At-risk patient care
- Appointment scheduling
- Setting up referrals
- Evaluations
Licensureandcertificates
- BSN, USA, 2021
- RN License, USA, 2019
- RPN License, Nigeria, 2009
- RNM License, Nigeria, 2006
- RN License, Nigeria, 2004
- Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- CPI
- Overview of Skin Breakdown, Prevention, Identification, and Nursing Intervention
- PICC Line Training for Health Professionals
- IV Procedures for Health Staff Registered Professional Nurse
Certification
BLS
ACLS
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Haven Behavioral Hospital
01.2024 - 06.2024
Registered Nurse
UNM Hospital
11.2023 - 05.2024
Registered Nurse
Central NewMexico Correctional Facility
12.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse
Lovelace Hospital
11.2020 - 12.2020
Registered Nurse
Genesis Health care- Albuquerque Heights Rehabilitation Center
08.2020 - 11.2020
Registered Nurse
Genesis Health care- Las Palomas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
05.2020 - 07.2020
Registered Nurse
Central Desert Behavioral Health Hospital
12.2019
Registered Nurse
Genesis Health care- Casa Real Sante Fe
11.2019 - 05.2020
Registered Nurse
Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital
01.2012 - 03.2018
Registered Nurse
NNPC Medical center (endure Idea Services)
08.2010 - 01.2012
Registered Nurse
Giwa Specialist Hospital
01.2010 - 08.2010
Registered Nurse
Godek pharmaceutical Company
01.2005 - 01.2010
School of Post Basic Psychiatric Nursing Federal Neuro Psychiatric hospital
School of Midwifery Our Lady of Apostle Catholic Hospital
School of Nursing, St. Gerard’s Catholic Hospital
BLS
ACLS
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
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