Augusta Ezenwa

• Maintained a sterile environment within the operating room, reducing the risk of infection.
• Utilized sterile techniques and infection-control guidelines to maintain clean and safe environment.
• Coordinated with surgeons and staff to deliver safe patient care during operations.
• Implemented time-out protocols before starting surgeries, verifying correct patient identification and procedural details.
• Adapted quickly to changing situations in the operating room, utilizing problem-solving skills under pressure.
• Promoted a culture of teamwork within the surgical suite by fostering open communication and collaboration among colleagues.
• Collected, labeled and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing.
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
• Served as a liaison between the surgical team and family members, providing timely updates on patient progress.
• Taking surgical counts using the standard protocol and facility policies throughout surgical procedures.
• Preoperative visit in surgical holding room.
• Positioning of patient on the operating bed, jackson table, hana table applying various positioning aids.
• Assisting the certified registered nurse anesthetist in intubation and reversal.
• Anticipatory action and continuous supply of items and supplies required for surgery.
• Documentation.
• Transfer of patient to the next phase of care.

• Admission and discharge of patients
• Conducted surveillance of patients to note behavioral changes and relayed information to charting systems.
• Contributed to a reduction in medication errors by diligently administering medications and monitoring for side effects.
• Enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration through effective communication with team members for optimal patient care.
• Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities related to behavioral health nursing best practices for continuous improvement in clinical knowledge and skillset.
• Provided therapeutic crisis intervention techniques when necessary to de-escalate potentially harmful situations involving patients or staff members.
• Evaluated and updated care plans regularly based on ongoing assessments of patients'' progress, ensuring best possible outcomes.
• Completed pre-admission screenings and physical and mental health assessments for psychiatric patients.
• Medication reconsilliation
• Supervision of mental health technicians and a resource to other personnel on the shift.
• Organizing consults with the psychiatrists and medical doctors on site and via tele-conferencing.
• Partnered with social workers, counselors and doctors to develop plans of care.
• Reporting to physicians and transcription of order.

Preparation of the operating room in readiness for surgery.

Preoperative visit of patient in surgery holding area for a review and assessment.

Positioning of patient on the operating table using positional aids.

Patients advocates during the period of dependency.

Initiating a surgical timeout observing facility protocols.

Liaising with pharmacy to obtain medications required for the surgical procedure.

Moving the davinci xi robot for docking.

Ensuring no break in aseptic technique.

Assisting the Certified Nurse Anesthetist in intubation and reversal of patient from anesthesia.

Ensuring continuous supply of items, instruments required for surgery.

Inserting a foley.

Surgical skin antisepsis.

Safe transfer and documentation of specimen to the laboratory.

Transfer of patient to the next level of care.

• Preparation of the operating room in readiness for a surgical procedure, assembling all gadget, equipment needed for surgery.
• Reception of patient in the operating theatre, monitoring of patient in holding prior to transfer to the operating suite.
• Positioning of patient on the operating table.
• Selecting, anticipating and instrumenting appropriately intra-operatively.
• Supply of extra items and consumables to the sterile field.
• Taking surgical counts, ensuring completeness of counts and communicating appropriately.
• Decontaminating, sorting, packing of instruments kin readiness for autoclaving.
• Care and maintenance of endoscopic and laparoscopic instruments, equipment and tower.
• Student Nurses preceptor.
• Coordinator/anchor of the theatre monthly clinical education.
• Maintained compliance with facility policies, state regulations, and national nursing standards through diligent adherence to established protocols.
• Provided quality perioperative care by closely monitoring patients throughout their surgical experience.
• Reduced surgical site infections through meticulous adherence to aseptic techniques and infection control protocols.

• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Plan care utilizing the Nursing process.
• Monitoring vital signs, pain assessment, timely reporting of critical values for timely intervention.
• Drug administration via oral, subcutaneous, topical, sublingual, intravenous and intramuscular route.
• Fluid therapy, balancing intake and output charts, blood administration.
• Wound dressing (diabetic ulcers, burns dressing, pressure ulcers, abrasions, avulsion from road traffic accidents).
• Assisting with elimination and hygiene.
• Documentation of care.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.