Chioma Nwaogbo-Opara

Successfully care for patients following flap surgeries

• Care of patients on PCA pumps and Epidurals
• Care of 4 patients with wound vac, JP drains
• Care of 4 patients on drips like Heparin, Furosemide, Amiodarone
• Care of patients on parenteral nutrition
• Performs pre-op and post-op assessments
• Provides education on post-op care to patients to avert post-op complications
• Timely management of approximately 4 patients’ pain in accordance with doctors' orders and recommendations while ensuring and considering patient’s safety
• Blood products transfusion as needed
• Conducts thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Administers medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
• Improves patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.

• Successfully managed staff training and schedules
• Made rounds to assess how patients feel about their care and treatment
• Successfully worked with other members of the healthcare team in coordinating care for each patient
• Successfully monitored patients’ progress and escalated their concern, if necessary
• Advocated for patients
• Successfully participated in the hiring and training of 15 new employees
• Coordinated admissions, discharges, consults, and follow-ups
• Monitored and ensured prompt documentation of PRN medication effectiveness and improved score by 35%
• Ensured liaison between patients and providers to ensure patient/family/caregiver understanding of treatment plan
• Ensures that proper medication reconciliation is done for any newly admitted patient, and at discharge to prevent 30-day readmissions to hospitals
• Ensures compliance with HIPPA while discharging duties to the patients

• Assessed and monitored patients
• Admission of patients
• Completed patients’ discharges and follow-up successfully
• Cared for patients with respiratory conditions on BIPAP machines
• Cared for patients following heart catheterizations
• Provided health education to 4 patients and their family members daily
• Communicated any change in patients’ conditions to Physicians/NPs daily
• Cared for patients on drips
• Cared for tracheostomy patients daily
• Trained 3 newly hired nurses of varying skill levels in view of the hospital policies and clinical practice
• Works as a super user in the implementation of a new system or process

• Cared for pre- and post-op patients in a 20 bed unit
• Cared for dialysis patients daily
• Cared for patients admitted with chest pain and hypertension daily
• Cared for patients with Pneumonia, COPD, UTI
• Skillfully managed challenging patient situations using de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention strategies, and therapeutic communication skills.
• Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.

• Cared for 2 patients on ventilator daily
• Cared for 2 patients on drips; insulin, heparin daily
• Cared for 2 critically ill patients, patients in shock, with sepsis, active GI bleed, pulmonary embolism
• Observed and communicated 2 patients’ responses to treatment to the medical team daily

• Successfully cared for patients on ventilators on a 20 bed unit
• Successfully communicated patients’ needs and responses to treatment to members of the interdisciplinary team
• Obtains history, performs head to toe assessment and formulates nursing treatment/ intervention and documents appropriately on significant changes, compliances, concerns and procedures of the patient
• Develops individualized plan of care based on assessment and interdisciplinary recommendations
• Promotes teamwork through collaboration, critical thinking to efficiently accomplish tasks and evaluate the effectiveness of care
• Effectively managed TR band for cardiac patients with cardiac related procedures such as heart catheterization
• Utilized strong clinical judgment skills in prioritizing tasks based on acuity levels of ICU patients daily