Faith Maduabuchi-okorie

• Maintain airways and oxygenation status for respiratory failure patients using high-flow oxygen, Optiflow, CPAP and BiPAP
• Closely monitor acute conditions, such as Afib RVR, sepsis, COPD and CHF exacerbations, hypo- and hypertensive crises, STEMIs and NSTEMIs, DKA and hypoglycemia, CVAs,ETOH withdrawal,Acute SARS-CoV-2,Suicidal ideations and other life threatening medical conditions
• Monitor and manage individuals according to protocols for postoperative cardiac patients, using techniques such as cardioversion, EGD, bronchoscopy, and cardiac catheterization with PCI,Revascularizations surgeries,amputations and other orthopedic and general surgeries
• Manage, Monitor and administer medications using all the different routes,including and not limited to PCA,PCEA,NG,PEG,G-J tubes
• Interpret critical results and make urgent referral/messaging for appropriate care to be initiated
• Educate patients,patient relations and student nurses on patient care and give clear,timely and appropriate updates to clients
• Implement medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management,including tracheostomy and other general duties of a nurse
• Collect blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Monitor patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Collaboratewith physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

Management,monitoring and care of patient on long term airway,wound and other disease condition management,including ventilated patient,tracheostomy patients on and off of ventilators,post operative patients,gunshot wounds and MV accident patients,patients in respiratory failure,

• Commencing and re-application of wound vac on patients on whom wound vac were ordered for their wounds
• Care of patients nearing end of like.eg cancer patients,septic patients ,patient in renal and cardiac failure.
• Administration and titration of anticoagulants and cardioactive drugs e.g heparin and cardizem.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings and other general duties of a a professional nurse

• Provide high quality care to a variety of critical care patients,encapsulating all interventions within the critical care RN scope of Practice in the country
• Initiated and participated in Code situations
• Manage all types of ventilated patients and critically ill patients from 1 month to adult, maintaining and monitoring of arterial lines,central lines, Swan Ganz and EKG
• Immediate post operative care and continuous monitoring of Pulmonary or Heart surgery patients from admission to discharge,including Thyroidectomy, CABG,Mitral valve replacement and repair,atrial Septal defects,including but not limited to administration of vasoactive medications through IV , oral ,sublingual and other routes. of Chest tubes and other drains,early mobilization and rehabilitation.
• Collaborating with physicians from all disciplines including Anesthetist,cardiothoracic,General Surgery,ENT,Maxillofacial and Neuro surgeons,cardiologists,pharmacists
• Worked as Night charge nurse in the 17 bed Intensive care Unit of Cardiothoracic Centre of Excellence of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital,Enugu,Nigeria,which was the only centre training cardiothoracic nurses in the country.
• Respond to and manage codes
• Collaborate with and educate patient/family as appropriate in a critical care situation. Train and educate Post Basic Nurse Anesthetist students and Cardio thoracic nursing students on clinical postings
• Promote team environment by effectively identifying needs of other staff and assisting them
• Precept and orient new nurse and resource nurses

1)Pre and post operative assessment and care of a broad range of surgical patients -from Ceasarian surgery and other obstetrics and gynecological cases to general surgery cases ,all types of tumour removal cases ,adenoidectomies. e.t.c

2)Maintenance and monitoring of patients airway and vital signs under mild to moderate sedation and ability to recognize any subtle or emergent changes and to initiate proper interventions.

3)Proper and continuous monitoring of surgical sites with ability to recognize the first signs of internal or external bleeding or any unwanted changes and to initiate or activate emergency management,including calling of and initiating Codes and emergent resuscitation

4)Ensuring high quality nursing care is delivered to patients in a very dynamic and fast paced environment.

5)Educating and training of Nursing students and post basic Nurse Anesthetist students on clinical postings.

6)Effective and efficient communication with patient,relations and other team which consists of peri-operative nurses,pharmacists,anesthetists,technicians and surgeons.

7)Re-dressing and re-enforcements of wound dressings when necessary with appropriate aseptic technique.

8)Assessing and preparation for discharge home ,to the appropriate nursing floor or to the ICU .

• Assessment,monitoring and care of pregnant and post partum mothers and babies at different stages of gestation.
• management and care of complicated pregnancies.
• Emergent delivery of babies
• Proper and immediate care and resuscitation of new born in emergent situations.
• Update patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.

-Working in various community centered hospitals in the OR of National Orthopedic/Buns centre hospital,Enugu, Ebonyi state,Borrowmeo Catholic Hospital in Anambra state,Ebonyi state hospital in collaboration with the Nurse/Physician Anesthetist to assess patient pre-operatively,intra and post operatively.

Administer pre-operative medications,induced and maintained anesthesia and or analgesia and muscle relaxation throughout the surgery and reversal of muscle relaxation.

Maintenance of patients airway using various methods,manually and mechanically ventilated patients.

Resuscitation of patients when their cardiac activity stopped.

Communication /health education of patients and their relations on procedure to be carried out and what to expect and answering their questions while offering them multiple choices of anesthesia if available in patient`s condition.

Passing of endotracheal tubes and Ng tubes ,oral and nasogastric airway,laryngeal mask away...

Maintaining safety of patients at all times

• Triaging of patient and administration of care in order to minimize waste of time,resources and to reduce morbidity and mortality in emergent critical situations like,gunshot injuries,motor vehicular accidents with multiple casualties, isolated violence cases,airway obstruction,burns and chemical injuries
• 6Care of patient from ages 17 upwards requiring multiple emergent blood product transfusions,surgeries including caesarian sections and exploratory laparotomies,snake bites,fall from height,head injuries all medical and surgical emergencies including septic,anaphylactic shock,DKA and hypoglycemic patients,CVA,ingestion of poison and harmful chemicals/corrosives *etc.
• Initiation and co-ordination of codes,orchestrating skilled efficient medical intervention

• Assessment and quick referral and co-ordination communication between various teams and other health facilities
• Administered medications via oral, IV, SC,and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients/relatives and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.
• Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care.

• Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.
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School nurse- co-ordinated care between physician office and the school for different pupils

Administered medications to students and monitored responses

Treat minor injuries and medical conditions.

Co-ordinated and worked with the Team to ensure the safety and maintenance of health of the school population

• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Care of women of child bearing age pre,during and post natal.
• Health Education and teaching of ante natal and post natal classes
• Delivery of babies through spontaneous vaginal delivery and assistance in the Or during caesarian section
• Resuscitation of new born babies,coordination of care between various team members and the neonatologists and others

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• Care of patients with general ailments including DM, moderate Hypertensive crises,assistance in minor surgeries and conducting of SVD
• Charge nurse,Training of Nurse techs and other ancillary staff
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.

Interpreted doctor`s prescription and dispensed medication according to recommended guidelines

Educated clients on medications and health condition.

Co-ordinated between physician`s office and the pharmacy