Chidinma Ekwunife
Kennesaw,GA
Summary
Healthcare professional with solid background in providing high-quality patient care and clinical support. Recognized for collaborative teamwork and results-driven approach, consistently adapting to changing medical needs and priorities. Skilled in patient assessment, medication administration, and maintaining accurate medical records.
Proven ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, adapting to changing situations with ease. Excels in communication, empathy, and problem-solving to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and results-driven, with focus on delivering high-quality care and maintaining positive, supportive environment.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Advanced Nurse Clinican
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, GA
12.2025 - Current
- Delivered high-quality patient care through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in diverse clinical settings.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients.
- Mentored junior nursing staff, fostering professional development and enhancing team performance.
- Streamlined patient intake processes, improving overall efficiency and reducing wait times for services.
- Conducted comprehensive health assessments, ensuring accurate documentation of patient conditions and responses to treatments.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes across departments.
- Led initiatives to educate patients on disease management, promoting self-care and adherence to treatment plans.
- Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Streamlined communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive understanding of care plans.
- Consistently adhered to strict safety guidelines while administering medications or performing invasive procedures.
- Increased quality of care by participating in ongoing professional development opportunities such as workshops, conferences, and online courses.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on emerging trends in nursing practice to enhance effectiveness in delivering quality care.
- Mentored new nursing staff members, fostering teamwork and improving unit efficiency.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for optimized patient treatment plans and outcomes.
- Utilized strong clinical judgment in prioritizing patient needs during high-stress situations, ensuring optimal outcomes.
- Advocated for patient needs within healthcare team discussions, ensuring holistic approaches to care delivery.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes in compliance with regulatory standards.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Remained calm during high-stress, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
- Educated patients on disease management, self-care techniques, and wellness strategies to improve long-term health outcomes.
- Implemented infection control measures that significantly reduced hospital-acquired infections.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
Registered Nurse Med Surg III
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta
06.2024 - Current
- Registered Nurse Advanced Cardiology, Heart and Vascular – October 2025- till date
- Advanced Nurse Clinician, Dec 2025- till date
- Sepsis program unit coordinator, Dec 2025- till date
- Leadership role; Charge RN support and Unit Practice Council Chairperson Jan 2025 – till date
- Patient Care, Clinical and Research Expertise:
- Professional Nursing duties includes providing nursing care to diverse inpatient adult populations in complex medical, Heart and Vascular and clinical research.
- Collection and analysis of clinical data for patient care, quality assurance and improvement projects.
- Expertise Nursing management of patients on special equipment to include LVAD, tracheostomy tube, pleur-evac, CADD pump, wound vac, JP drains, Telemetry monitor, PD and others.
- Participates in clinical research in collaboration with the team to drive the program.
- Team lead for 7E Unit Practice Council; conduct bi-monthly meetings to drive quality care, engage with leadership and staff to promote the patient and family care experience.
- Data collection and analysis to drive team quality improvement goals and strategies.
- Support Charge RN Role - Supervises staff, promotes support for team members, engages with various disciplines and organizes the IDR to promote collaborations that support patient’s care.
- Provides mentorship, clinical guide for team members to ensure optimal quality care for the patient.
- Infection Control and Safety Protocols:
- Monthly surveillance and data collection for Hospital-based quality improvement bundle- CLABSI, HAPI and CAUTI. Serves in team capacity as a CLABSI champion.
- Maintaining effective infectious disease control using standard precautions for droplet, contact, and air-borne isolations and others.
- Adopt and promote programs that support infection control and maintenance of the patient’s health in the clinical area.
- Unit Sepsis coordinator role to include providing continuous education to staff on strategies for sepsis prevention. Maintaining sepsis surveillance in the unit, critical for patient safety. Developing problem-solving skills for sepsis prevention program. Maintaining communication channels between the unit and the Sepsis Program team. Build sustainable capacity for long-term improvement on sepsis prevention and management.
- Laboratory support services:
- Collection of specimens for laboratory investigations using specialized equipment as indicated.
- Monitoring and reporting of critical laboratory values and initiating appropriate nursing protocols for electrolyte replacements.
- Collaborations with the laboratory team members on critical laboratory monitoring for patients receiving high risk intravenous to include heparin, agratoban, angiomas and supplemental nutrition via central and peripheral lines.
- PLAN project for Clinical Improvement on Input and Output in CHF patients to guide diuresis.
Registered Nurse Med Surg III
WellStar Kennestone Regional Hospital-Medical Surgical unit
Emory Healthcare
03.2023 - 10.2024
- Professional Nursing duties to include providing nursing care to diverse inpatient adult populations in acute pulmonary and Medical surgical unit
- Collection and Analysis of clinical data for patient care, quality assurance and improvement projects.
- Expertise Nursing management of patients on special equipment to include tracheostomy tube, pleur-evac, CADD pump, wound vac, JP drains, Telemetry monitor, PD and others.
- Infection Control and Safety Protocols:
- SWAT team member to drive clinical audit on wound care and maintain pressure ulcer surveillance.
- Collection of specimens for laboratory investigations.
- Maintaining effective infectious disease control and use of standard precautions. Utilizing infectious disease protocols to manage patients on droplet, contact, and air-borne isolations.
- 20 hrs/ wk.
Registered Nurse and Day Shift Preceptor
Accent Care Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Center
Cumming , GA
05.2022 - 07.2024
- Professional Nursing duties include providing nursing care to diverse inpatient adult populations in palliative and EOL care.
- Maintain rigorous infectious disease control measures, adhering to standard precautions and managing patients under droplet, contact, and airborne isolation protocols to protect terminally ill patient, their families and other workers.
- Medication ordering and management using the RXNT health care Software.
- Collaboration with interdisciplinary team members- physicians, music therapists, social workers, and chaplains to achieve optimum patient care.
- Maintaining effective infectious disease control and use of standard precaution.
- Preceptorship roles for new Employees.
- RXNT program user which offers access to all RXNT solutions including e-prescribing with Medical provider authorization, and medication management. RXNT offers a certified and intuitive e-prescribing system that connects with any U.S. pharmacy and PDMP.
- 36 hours/ wk.
Registered Nurse
United States of American Embassy Abuja, Nigeria
Abuja- Nigeria
11.2008 - 05.2022
- Professional Nursing duties include providing nursing care to diverse patients’ adult populations in Primary Care, Urgent Care, and Occupational Health. Nursing skills in a group multidisciplinary practice.
- Patient care and ability to independently triage patients, offer treatment, make prompt referrals, and follow up within the nursing scope using the organization’s protocols. 24 hours On-Call duty as assigned. Offer Clinical Maintenance of IV therapy and care of peripheral lines. Collaborate with Physicians and Nurse practitioners in our group practice to achieve optimum patient care.
- Interdisciplinary Team Coordinator; effectively engages with other medical specialists in the team including Physician Assistants, Laboratory Technologists, Nurse practitioners, Regional Medical officers, Regional Medical psychiatrists, and other medical team members in the Bureau of Medical Services Washington DC and the medical team in the local network in Nigeria.
- Infection Control and Safety Protocols: Maintain rigorous infectious disease control measures, adhering to standard precautions and managing out-patients under droplet, contact, and airborne isolation protocols utilizing CDC and Department of States guidelines. Implementation of infection control in multiple settings. In addition, maintains Blood borne pathogens certification.
- Coordinator health promotions and maintenance for the US mission employees and their families.
- Technical support for DOS COVID-19 response and mitigation; as the COVID-19 coordinator for the US Mission community in collaboration with CDC and DOS, I led the program to conduct comprehensive scientific surveys and studies. Develop innovative strategies for mass COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, isolation and quarantine protocols, and contact tracing methodologies, to identify solutions and mitigation strategies to the public health challenges posed by the pandemic. Maintains the daily demographics and COVID-19 database with the Bureau of Medical Services. Participates in intraagency and interagency COVID-19 working groups to strengthen response and mitigation plans within the US mission.
- Clinical Instructor for the DOS First Responders’(MARCH) training, American Heart Association First Aid, Heart saver, and BLS. Conducts training for US mission personnel, family members, and medical staff within our local hospital network.
- Medical Evacuation coordinator; assists in preparing and transporting patients for overseas medical treatment.
- Health promotion and Wellness program coordinator; Conducts health and wellness program for the Mission employees. Mass vaccination of the employees, family members, and locally employed staff with yearly flu, Moderna COVID-19, and adult/children immunization using the CDC and WHO guidelines.
- Procurement of vaccines and medical supplies from RPSO, Medical store, USMMAC, and Two Rivers. Maintains daily vaccine temperature and the vaccination database for all the Mission personnel. Management of supplies using the Medical Expendables software.
- Primary Care, Urgent Care, and Occupational Health. (Group/ Multispecialty practice)
- 40 hours/wk
Registered Nurse/ Occupational Health Nurse
Nigerian Breweries PLC Ama, Enugu State (Heineken Operating company)
Enugu- Nigeria
06.2003 - 11.2008
- Professional Nursing duties include providing nursing care to Employees and their families.
- Coordinator for Heineken- HAART program for HIV positive employees and their families.
- Safety, Health and Environmental inspector - conducts food inspection, occupational health audits and making recommendations.
- Health and wellness program including immunization campaign and vaccination of the employees and their families.
- Primary Care, Urgent Care, and Occupational Health. (Group/ Multispecialty practice)
- 40 hours wk
Registered Nurse
Peenok Medical Center Enugu, Nigeria
Enugu- Nigeria
08.2002 - 06.2003
- Professional nursing duties include providing nursing care for inpatient population. Responsibilities include knowledge of various pediatric and obstetric populations, assessment of patient health status and changes and coordination of care.
- 40 hours/wk
Education
MPH -
University of New England
Portland, Maine12-2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Nigeria
Enugu, Enugu state07-2006
Diploma in Nursing - Nursing
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital
Enugu, Enugu state01-2000
Skills
- Advanced Nurse Clinician
- Clinical expertise
- Technological proficiency
- Excellent communication skills
- Advanced EHR proficiency
- Infection control
- Nursing staff leadership
- Disease prevention
- Triage assessment
- Patient advocacy
- Inpatient care
- Outpatient care
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Telemetry and advanced cardiac care
- Direct Patient care
- Data collection
- Complex Problem-solving
- Strong clinical judgment
- Mentorship for new staff
Certification
- RN: GA - current license
- ANCC MEDSURG-BC
- ACLS and BLS certified, BLS instructor
Awards from 2010 till date
Awards
2025 Emory Daisy Award for extraordinary Nurses-The consistent quality service you provide to the patients entrusted to your care sets you apart from your peers.
2020 Staff of the Year - United States Department of State LE staff of the Year Award- July 2020
For your excellent support to the Embassy community during the COVID-19 pandemic by leveraging your knowledge and expertise to develop a program that enabled contact tracing and a COVID-19 mitigation strategy. Your initiative, resourcefulness, and creativity have allowed all sections to continue their important work in Nigeria.
United States Mission Honor Award- June 2020
For developing innovative protocols and put in place standard operating procedures for the identification and management of contacts of positive COVID-19 cases with Embassy community.
United States Mission Group Customer Service Award- April 2019
For consistently meeting and surpassing the customer’s expectations by always providing courteous, quality and timely service to the U.S. Embassy Abuja community.
United States Mission Group Eagle Award- December 2018
For your efforts to maintain the health of the American community in Abuja and beyond.
United States Mission Customer Service Award- March 2018
For dutifully carrying on nursing duties for the Abuja Embassy Health Unit, consistently performing at a very high level to assure care of the Embassy staff is not compromised.
United States Mission Group Eagle Award- September 2017
For consistently providing a high level of service to US Embassy staff and their families.
United States Mission Customer Service Award- June 2017
In recognition of your successful management of the Biggest Loser competition for the Abuja Embassy.
United States Mission Group Eagle Award- December 2016
For your involvement in deploying the new Medical Expendables pharmacy inventory management system.
United States Mission Group Eagle Award- December 2014
In recognition of their outstanding performance in providing dedicated health care services critical to the well-being of the U.S. Mission Nigeria.
United States Mission Nigeria group Honor Award -December 2013
For sustained exemplary teamwork and outstanding customer service during multiple senior medical staff gaps.
United States Mission Nigeria Honor Award -July 2013
For your special act, good customer service, excellent crisis management in saving the life of an American citizen.
United States Mission Nigeria Honor Award -July 2013
For your special act, good customer service, excellent crisis management in saving the life of an American citizen.
United States Mission Nigeria Customer Service Award -December 2011
For your professional medical services during the UN bombing in Abuja.
United States Mission Nigeria Group Honor Award -December 2011
In recognition of your outstanding performance in ensuring safety and security during the August 26, 2011 suicide bombing attack at the United Nations Headquarters in Abuja.
United States Department of State Cash Performance Award – June 2011
In recognition of their professionalism, effectiveness, and efficiency, without compromising standards of care and no single mishap. Their contributed effort, dedication, and excellent attitude was instrumental to the success of several events by the Abuja Health Unit.
United States Mission Nigeria Group Meritorious Honor Award – June 2010
In recognition of their outstanding performance in providing dedicated health services critical to the morale of the US Mission Community.
Timeline
Advanced Nurse Clinican
Emory Healthcare
12.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse Med Surg III
Emory University Hospital
06.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse Med Surg III
WellStar Kennestone Regional Hospital-Medical Surgical unit
03.2023 - 10.2024
Registered Nurse and Day Shift Preceptor
Accent Care Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Center
05.2022 - 07.2024
Registered Nurse
United States of American Embassy Abuja, Nigeria
11.2008 - 05.2022
Registered Nurse/ Occupational Health Nurse
Nigerian Breweries PLC Ama, Enugu State (Heineken Operating company)
06.2003 - 11.2008
Registered Nurse
Peenok Medical Center Enugu, Nigeria
08.2002 - 06.2003
MPH -
University of New England
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Nigeria
Diploma in Nursing - Nursing
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital