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Chibuike Ulonnam

5035 Warwick,VA

Summary

I am well-disciplined, industrious and hardworking Registered Nurse, who is ever ready to discharge his duties effectively and efficiently, accepts criticism in good faith and is open to imbibe vital corrective measures for better patient outcome. I have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with patients, families and other team members and great accuracy in patient history, charting and other documentation. I am proven to be highly motivated with the ability to remain focused and self-directed in very high stress environments. I have excellent organizational and time management skills with the flexibility and experience required to adjust to rapidly changing schedules and frequently shifting priorities. Above all, I am self-motivated and a good team player.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit

VCU Health System
05.2024 - Current
  • Provide Nursing care to patients in a busy 15-bed ICU unit, caring after patients who are critically sick.
  • Perform head to toe assessment, noting any concern and abnormalities and addressing them directly or escalating as required.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to establish maximum care plans, resulting in timely patient recovery.
  • Care for patients with advanced airways like ET tubes and tracheotomies.
  • Care of Patients on renal Replacement therapy, ensuring fluid goals and electrolytes targets are within targeted parameters.
  • Monitor patients’ compliance on ventilators and collaborate with respiratory therapist and medical team in making changes to ensure patients are comfortable.
  • Ability to reason critically in the care of patients with multiple organ failures in the critical care settings.
  • Administer medications wide range of ICU medications such as pressors, reversal agents, analgesics in line with hospital policy.
  • Care of patient with Arterial lines, central lines and Picc lines. administer prescribed medications via various routes as oral, rectal, intravenous, rectal and document effect.
  • Administer prescribed Blood products in line with hospital policy.
  • Assisting physicians with bedside procedures and timeout checklist in line with hospital policies.
  • Ensuring Patients smoothly transitions from the ICU to other units by providing detailed reports and recommending areas of continuous care.
  • Increased family involvement in patient care by providing updates to their designated POA on progress and answering any concerns or questions they may have.
  • Delegated work to nursing support team and ensure task are done to meet needs of patients in line with Nursing care plan.
  • Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and Lab specimen collection.
  • Ensure patients confidentiality is maintained in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
  • Carry out daily check routines, safety checks at the start of the shift such as monitor alarm limits, bed alarms, infusion pump limits and Ambu bags are present.
  • Foster a safe environment by enforcing infection control policies and maintaining a clean, organized and hazard work environment.

Registered Nurse

Lincoln County Hospital
01.2022 - 05.2024
  • Provide Nursing care to patients in a busy 22-bed ICU unit, caring after patients from surgery an emergency room.
  • Carryout head to to assessment of patient, noting any concerns and intervening as required.
  • Care for patients with advance airways like ET tubes and tracheotomies.
  • Care of patient with Arterial lines, central lines and Picc lines.
  • Administer prescribed medications via various routes as oral, rectal, intravenous, rectal and document effect.
  • Carry out daily check routines, ensuring that all equipment and resuscitative apparatus are working and up to date in line with hospital policy.
  • Ensure that patient care are well documented with regards to procedures, patient conditions, and administered medication.
  • Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team such as Doctors, pharmacist, Physiotherapist for better management of patient.
  • Educating/updating families on patients condition in while been sensitive to the feelings.
  • Administering ICU specific medications through infusion pumps and PCA.
  • In training for using ICU specific equipments such as thermoguard, Cardiac monitor, ventilators etc.
  • Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
  • Carry out some bed sides laboratories like ABGs and Blood sugars, interpret results and intervene in line with hospital procedure.
  • Formulate Nursing care plans for nursing measures to restore, maintain and promote patients' physical and mental health..
  • Encourage patients to care out care independently for those who while providing support as needed.
  • Collect various samples for laboratory investigations such as blood, sputum, stool, urine and intervening and documenting results as required.

Registered Nurse

Hampton Grange Nursing Home-48-50 Hampton Park Road, HR11TH
10.2020 - 01.2022
  • Plan Patient care using the Nursing care plan and revaluating outcome as required
  • Ensuring residents environment are continuously safe and conducive
  • Assessing resident’s health and reporting same to the GP as required
  • Health educates residence and relative on various health concerns
  • Evaluate resident’s health status monthly and keeping records as required
  • Carry out weekly covid sample collections for staffs and routinely for visitors as required
  • Administer all medications as prescribed
  • Book appointments and follow ups of residence, ensuring appointment falls within their normal routines
  • Triage patient that needs urgent care and calling the ambulance services as required
  • Daily checks of CD medications and other medications ensuring that counts are correct
  • Ensures that patient’s confidentiality and data protections are maintained at all times.

Care Centre Senior Team Leader

Nextcare Claims Management Company-EIFFEL 2 Building, 1st Floor, Umm Al Sheif, Sheikh Zayed Road
12.2012 - 08.2020
  • Supervise and mentor Assistant Team Leaders to meet expected departmental targets with their respective agents
  • Conduct short daily and monthly team meeting with Care Centre agents, assistant Teams leaders and Team Leaders on observed challenges and initiating new proposal to tackle challenges
  • Monitoring Agents KPI and provide feedbacks in line with departmental standards
  • Provide medical preapproval training to agents, on policy coverage, interpretations and criteria to check before approving medical claims and Nursing care services
  • Actively monitoring calls to ensure QA standards are met- at least 60 calls per month and provide feedbacks
  • Daily support to Care Centre agents on their quires and clarification on policies and interpretation
  • Built a customer oriented focus in the Care Center by providing quality actions and resolutions to agents through training and huddles
  • Handle complaints from customers efficiently and professionally while maintaining positive customer environment
  • Encourage agents by discussing strength and weakness and helping them set goals to meet required KPI
  • Initiate performance action plans to agents falling short of performance standards and setting specific targets to attain progress within a specific time
  • Collect various data, make analysis, recommendations and escalate to higher management for further decision making.

Staff Nurse

Nigerian Westminster Dredging and Marine, Merogun – Warri
11.2011 - 11.2012
  • Performed Emergency Nursing care to patients who are suffering from acute illness or injuries when in company's work location.
  • Accurately and efficiently administer medication in line with stringent medication regulations, through various routes as oral, intravenous, intramuscular, rectally and topically
  • Carry out wound assessment and dressing of injuries ensuring that aseptic technique is observed
  • Supported patients with activities of daily living, planning and implementing strategies for optimum recovery in line with members specific care needs
  • Maintained optimal healthy safety practices on job sites by implementing health pep talk, giving insight to workers on how to stay healthy
  • Assisted with pre employment checks such as physical assessment, laboratory sample collections like, blood, urine.
  • Keep inventory of medications and equipment, ensuring medication stocks are maintained and faulty equipments replaced/repaired
  • Weekly health education (tool box meeting) at the start of each week on important health matters and prevailing diseases, balanced nutrition, exercise, environmental and personal hygiene
  • Provide weekly/monthly department report for further management decisions
  • Monitor and report any repeated reoccurring illness within the camp and give useful advice to contain it
  • Carry inspection of food coming into the work site to make sure they are good for consumption and hygienically transported
  • Inspect the kitchen staff and kitchen environment, making sure food safety an hygiene are observed.

Staff Nurse

Holy Family Catholic Church Medical Centre- 22 Road, Festac Town.
05.2009 - 01.2011
  • Handles admission procedures such as admission physical assessments, history taking, vital signs and education of patients with ward/hospital routines
  • Carry out physical assessment, observation, recording of admitted patients such as temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, fluid intake, urine output, bowel movement, heart rates etc
  • Administered prescribed medication through various routes such as Oral, intramuscular, Intravenous, rectal and topical while observing medication administration guidelines
  • Assist patients with activities of daily living for those that requires support such as Oral care, Bed bathing and assisted feeding as required
  • Health Educate patient on various ways to stay healthy such as balances nutrition, personal and environmental hygiene, vaccinations and follow up care
  • Wound assessment and treatments such as dressing of patients with injuries and surgical wounds
  • Acted as first responder in emergency situations, applying CPR and First Aid training when necessary
  • Use of Nursing process to assess and plan patient care and evaluating to see outcome
  • Built caring and compassionate relationships with patients to provide emotional support and encouragement during admission
  • Assisting in care of patients scheduled /emergency surgical process, such ensuring consent forms, bowel care, shaving of surgical sites and educating patients as required.
  • Care of used nursing equipments such as washing, cleaning and sterilizing of used instruments, tubings, surgical drapes in line with hospital and manufactures specification
  • Collection of various samples for laboratory investigations example urine, blood, stool, wound swaps and stool, label correctly and sent to the laboratory
  • Worked closely with other health care professionals such as doctors, physiotherapist and Nutritionist to ensure consistent communication across the team for continued best care practices
  • Maintain ethical decisions such respect for patients, seek consent before procedures and maintaining confidentiality.

Education

Bachelors of Nursing Studies - Nursing

University of Sunderland
09.2022

Diploma of Higher Education - Accident And Emergency Nursing And Management

School of Post Basic Nursing Studies.
2011

Diploma of Higher Education -

General Nursing School of Nursing Umuahia -
2008

Skills

  • Team player
  • Good Interpersonal relationship
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Process implementation
  • Analytical thinker

Certification

-Basic Life Support- under RQI

-Advanced Cardiovascular life support- 255403571247.

Timeline

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit

VCU Health System
05.2024 - Current

Registered Nurse

Lincoln County Hospital
01.2022 - 05.2024

Registered Nurse

Hampton Grange Nursing Home-48-50 Hampton Park Road, HR11TH
10.2020 - 01.2022

Care Centre Senior Team Leader

Nextcare Claims Management Company-EIFFEL 2 Building, 1st Floor, Umm Al Sheif, Sheikh Zayed Road
12.2012 - 08.2020

Staff Nurse

Nigerian Westminster Dredging and Marine, Merogun – Warri
11.2011 - 11.2012

Staff Nurse

Holy Family Catholic Church Medical Centre- 22 Road, Festac Town.
05.2009 - 01.2011

Diploma of Higher Education - Accident And Emergency Nursing And Management

School of Post Basic Nursing Studies.

Diploma of Higher Education -

General Nursing School of Nursing Umuahia -

Bachelors of Nursing Studies - Nursing

University of Sunderland

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