Emilia Adzah

Physical Assessment: Medics primary and urgent care, Fayetteville, NC

Advanced Adult Health: Medics primary and urgent care, Fayetteville, NC

Adult and Gerontology: Medics primary and urgent care, Fayetteville, NC

Women's Health: Rye Wellness Center, Whiteville, NC

Pediatric Health: Little River Medical Center, Loris, SC

• Partnered with provider to conduct comprehensive assessments and diagnoses, formulate treatment plans, and recommend appropriate therapeutic interventions and testing for asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension patients.
• Delivered patient care, performing routine/wellness examinations and primary care procedures, including splinting, suturing, pap smear, immunizations, cultures, and tests.
• Provided referrals as needed for specialized testing and treatment
• Educated patients on diagnoses, treatment options, follow-up care, and purpose, dosage, and side effects of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications.
• Partnered with provider to assessed and treat STDs in both males and females.
• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.

• Provides on-call coverage and responds to patient/caregiver phone calls in a timely manner.
• Communicates with attending physicians, staff members, and other agencies as necessary to coordinate optimal care.
• Educates patients/caregivers regarding hospice philosophy, disease progression, physical components of care, stages of dying, and other aspects of the POC as necessary.
• Reports changes in patients/caregivers status to IDT so that problems, plans, actions and goals are accurately and clearly documented and changes are reflected as they occur.
• Responds to medical or emotional crisis and/or death of patient by visits to home/facility to provide direct care as appropriate.
• Communicates report to the RN Clinical Manager and IDT of unusual or potentially problematic patient/caregiver issues as identified.

• Provided leadership training and guidance to new nurses as clinical preceptor.
• Coordinates with healthcare team to assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care in variety of patient.
• Administered prescribed medications, changed dressings, cleaned wounds and monitored vital signs to provide high standards of patient care.
• Educating patients and family members on topics including health education and disease prevention.
• Working with the patient to implement disease prevention to improve the overall health of the community.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Developed and modified patient care plans and assisted interdisciplinary team in identifying client needs and goals to determine priorities of care.
• Observed, monitored and reported changes in patient condition to physician in accordance with policies and procedures of medical facility.
• Administered pharmacological therapies for comfort.
• Provided emotional support for patient/family grieving needs.

• Coordinates with healthcare team to assess, diagnose, plan implement, and evaluate nursing care in variety of patients.
• Prepare and administer medications including controlled substances.
• Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
• Administer and monitor ventilators, intravenous therapies, parenteral nutrition.