Ingrid Ikirezi

• Shadowed a nurse that was administering immunotherapy medication
• Observed the dual sign off for chemotherapy drug use 5 times
• Participated in the assessment of medication side effects before the pharmacy retrieves it for 3 patients
• Offered psychosocial support to new diagnosed patient.

Behavioral health unit

• Tailored communication techniques and approaches to care based on needs of each patient
• Conducted accurate MSEs (mental status examinations) of ages 11-50, with Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Disorder, and other serious mental illnesses

Medical-Surgical Unit

• Administered oral and intravenous medication daily and placed topical analgesics and performed technical nursing skills professionally.
• Diligently assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated all nursing care for multiple clients in collaboration with staff RN
• Expertly assessed vital signs, intake and outputs, sedation, pain, mobility, activity and safety of adult clients and reported all abnormal findings to RN using SBAR.
• Performed basic wound care on burn unit using topical antimicrobial agent, irrigation

• Transported patients to the bathroom with various mobility levels on average every 20 minutes, and repositioned every 2 hours.
• Meals: Served 3 meals a day and was in charge of 1:1 supervision for chocking risk patients.
• Vital signs: Measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, height, weight, nutritional intake and output
• Performed finger-stick blood glucose measurement 2 times a day
• Health concerns: Listen and become an advocate to patients and report their concerns to nurses or doctors
• Safety: Ensure that safety protocols and procedures are followed, and that patient privacy rules are observed

• Developed 5 list of resources and tools relevant to knowledge-based industries
• Assisted faculty members with research assignments on health literacy implementation projects
• Gathered, arranged, and corrected 6 research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations