Elizabeth Wairimu Ndegwa
Baltimore
Summary
I am a compassionate and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with over 10 years of experience in offering comprehensive patient care in inpatient and elderly care environments. I work well with diverse patient populations and foster trusting relationships to improve outcomes. I efficiently coordinate with other healthcare professionals to advance patient care. I am well organized and forward thinking in managing patient needs. I am eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. I am motivated to learn, grow and excel in any nursing role.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Med Surg Nurse – O’Neill 3 Unit
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
Baltimore, MD
01.2026 - Current
- Regularly checking vital signs and assessing patients to detect changes in condition.
- Preparing and administering oral, IM and IV medications safely and correctly.
- Managing wound care, pain, and recovery for patients post operatively.
- Prevent infections and promote healing through proper dressing changes and monitoring incisions.
- Insert and maintain IV lines, foley catheters, and feeding tubes as needed.
- Collaborating with physicians and specialists to create discharge plans.
- Evaluate labs, imaging, and diagnostics to inform care decisions.
- Instructing patients and families on managing illnesses or post-discharge care.
- Educate patients and families on home care, medications, and follow-up appointments.
- Maintaining detailed and accurate electronic health records.
Staff Nurse – Aconbury 3 - Renal Ward
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust (WAHT)
England
12.2023 - 12.2025
- Providing care and treatment for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).
- Assess, develop and implement Specialist Renal Nursing care programmes and provide advice, education, support and care to people with chronic / end stage kidney disease.
- Management of complications of CKD e.g. anaemia and Renal bone disease.
- Patient education and promotion regarding life with a chronic illness.
- Psychological care of patients and families.
- Taking bloods and gathering data to help analyse adequacy of dialysis treatment.
- Assist doctors with kidney biopsies.
Registered Nurse – Internal Medicine Ward
Jorvi Hospital
Finland
03.2018 - 01.2024
- Taking patient histories, obtaining vital signs, preparing patients for routine exams or procedures including collecting and processing specimens.
- Observe, record and report patients' conditions and reaction to treatments and drugs.
- Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the provider.
- Prepare and order tests by filling out lab requisitions, test orders, patient forms and referral forms as per the provider's request.
- Follow-up patients from the outpatient clinics.
- Educate patients on their health conditions, treatments and discharge planning.
- Provide nursing care in accordance with the philosophy, policies and procedures of the organization.
- Maintain accurate and detailed patient records, charts and other important patient information and examination results.
- Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
Registered Nurse – Geriatric care
Mehiläinen Oy
Finland
06.2015 - 11.2017
- Perform nursing interventions such as giving medication and observing patients' vital signs in accordance with the standards of practice.
- Deliver safe, effective and quality care to geriatric clients in primary care.
- Monitor and evaluate the state of geriatric patients and implement all activities of the nursing care plan.
- Providing healthcare to the residents of long-term care in the care home.
- Educating and supporting the families of elderly patients.
- Assessing the patient’s ability to do routine daily tasks thus enabling them to live independently.
Program Assistant
National AIDS & STI Control Program (NASCOP)
Kenya
10.2010 - 07.2012
- Liaising with stakeholders linked to the program by providing regular updates on projects implementation to all stakeholders involved in close collaboration with the program manager.
- Assist in the planning and development of products, proposals and reports and provide information management support for projects.
- Assist with the processing and oversight of contracts and proposals.
- Administering and overseeing the office requirements related to travel, finance, procurement (supplies), operations, office filing and archiving and servicing of office equipment.
Data curator
ICRAF (World Agro-forestry Centre)
Kenya
01.2010 - 09.2010
- Data entry, interpretation, cataloguing and cleaning.
- Publishing catalogued data in form of web interfaces.
- Develop an indexing system for Google-like data searches and retrieval.
- General maintenance and updating of the databases.
IT administrator
Netcom Information Systems
06.2009 - 12.2009
- Create system and user manuals.
- Maintenance and repair of the computers.
- User support on the HR Management System.
- System Administration and maintenance.
- LAN and ICT helpdesk support.
- Hardware and software maintenance.
- Network management, maintenance and security.
Education
Master of Health Care - Global Health and Crisis Management
Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Finland01-2022
Bsc Nursing - Registered Nurse
Lahti University of Applied Sciences
Finland01-2015
Bsc - Computer Science
Nilai University College
Malaysia01-2009
Diploma - Management of Information Systems
Computer Pride College
Kenya01-2006
Bridging Mathematics
Africa Nazarene University
Kenya01-2005
Kenya certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
Kerugoya Girls High School
01-2003
Kenya certificate of Primary Education - undefined
Utawala Academy
01-1999
Skills
- Clinical judgment
- Patient management
- Wound management
- Geriatric care
- Clinical documentation
- Infection control
- Critical care nursing
- Inpatient care
LANGUAGES
English
Finnish
Swahili
Timeline
Med Surg Nurse – O’Neill 3 Unit
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
01.2026 - Current
Staff Nurse – Aconbury 3 - Renal Ward
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust (WAHT)
12.2023 - 12.2025
Registered Nurse – Internal Medicine Ward
Jorvi Hospital
03.2018 - 01.2024
Registered Nurse – Geriatric care
Mehiläinen Oy
06.2015 - 11.2017
Program Assistant
National AIDS & STI Control Program (NASCOP)
10.2010 - 07.2012
Data curator
ICRAF (World Agro-forestry Centre)
01.2010 - 09.2010
IT administrator
Netcom Information Systems
06.2009 - 12.2009
Bsc Nursing - Registered Nurse
Lahti University of Applied Sciences
Bsc - Computer Science
Nilai University College
Diploma - Management of Information Systems
Computer Pride College
Bridging Mathematics
Africa Nazarene University
Kenya certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
Kerugoya Girls High School
Kenya certificate of Primary Education - undefined
Utawala Academy
Master of Health Care - Global Health and Crisis Management
Laurea University of Applied Sciences