JANET ADISA AMUKUMBI
Bungoma County Referral Hospital
Bungoma,Western
1
Certification
30
years of professional experience
A caring, passionate, and meticulous nurse with over 15 years of experience in providing proficient patient-oriented care. A visionary leader with profound creativity, able to conceive ideas and actualize them. A firm believer in teamwork and an advocate of interprofessional collaboration to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes. A great conversationalist, convergent thinker, analytical, and with an insatiable desire for knowledge.
Seeking to leverage evidence-based patient care and tested skills as a medical-surgical nurse in your institution.
Experienced healthcare professional prepared for this role with a strong background in patient care and surgical procedures. Known for effective collaboration, adaptability, and ensuring optimal patient outcomes. Skilled in critical thinking, patient assessment, and wound care management, with a focus on delivering high-quality results. Reliable team player with commitment to meeting and exceeding healthcare standards.
Work History
Medical-Surgical Nurse
9 Years- Hospital Bed capacity: 460 bedded capacity.
- Department: Medical-Surgical
- Unit Bed capacity: 200 beds
- Nurse patient ratio: 1:6
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Developing patient care and treatment plans including assessment, analysis, Implementation, evaluation, as required in the nursing process.
- Coordinating with physicians and other healthcare professionals to create and evaluate customized care plans.
- Administering medications as prescribed; orally, subcutaneously, IM and IV.
- Managing patient emergencies to stabilize them and promptly informing the physician. Catheterizing patients (straight and Foley catheter). Taking and recording patient’s vital signs and ascertaining if problematic.
- Reading and Interpreting client medical tests and general reports as a Nurse
- Inserting peripheral intravenous lines, and other RN Procedures as required
- Promoting patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals.
- Providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, their friends, and families.
- Providing health teachings to the patients and their families.
- Maintaining reports of patients’ medical histories.
- Cases managed
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Diabetes mellitus, DKA
- Intestinal obstruction
- Chronic liver disease
- Osteoporosis
- Congestive heart failure
- Metastatic gastric cancer
- Hypertension, Stroke
- Colorectal cancer
- Pneumonia, COVID-19
- Equipment handled
- Manual and digital BP machines
- Infusion pump
- NG feeding tubes
- Glucometer
- Suction machine
- Ventilator
- ECG
- Feeding pump
- Dialysis machine
- Syringe pump
Nursing Officer
4 Years 11 Months- Hospital Bed capacity: 460 bedded capacity.
- Department: Maternal and Neonatal health Unit: Maternity and Child Health with a bed capacity of 150 Beds
- Nurse patient ratio: 1:6
- Position: Nursing Officer-under financial support from PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health )-Headquartered in Seattle USA
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Community Case Management (CCM) and Outreach Training Support Supervision (OTSS) to Nurses and other Medical Staff.
- Engaged with the County to lobby for Family Planning, Pneumonia and Malaria commodity availability and report on the same.
- Trained health care workers on case management and Integrated Management of childhood illnesses, & Immunization.
- Strengthened family planning services uptake in health facilities and the community through outreaches using Magnet theatre and referral to link facilities.
- Created awareness among community members of the available options to family planning and its benefits.
- Supported health care workers and community health volunteers to improve the quality of services they offer in their respective facilities.
- Offered training to healthcare providers on prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT).
- Spearheaded application of information technology in healthcare to improve healthcare service delivery.
- Advocated for malaria prevention through distribution and correct use of mosquito nets.
- Helped communities combat HIV/AIDS by sensitizing facilities on the need for adequate coverage of pediatric testing points and antiretroviral therapy.
- Cases managed
- Severe pneumonia.
- Malaria
- Severe malnutrition
- HIV/AIDs in the pediatric population
- Family planning and contraception
Medical Surgical Nurse
2 Years 7 Months- Hospital Bed capacity: 420 beds
- Department: Medical surgical unit
- Unit bed capacity: 80 beds
- Nurse patient ratio: 1:7
- Roles and responsibilities
- Mentored staff Nurses on nursing matters pertaining the out-patient department.
- Administered prescribed medications; orally, subcutaneously, IV and IM.
- Monitored patients vital signs and ascertained if problematic.
- Pain control using the prescribed analgesia.
- Cleaning and dressing wounds.
- Managing patient emergencies to stabilize them and promptly referring them to the physician.
- Made sure the department inventory is taken daily.
- Ensured adherence to infection control protocols.
- Supervised out-patient department nursing team for quality service provision.
- Prepared and updated patients reports that are required to be submitted on time. This also included receiving post operative patients from theatre.
- Planned and organized for continuous briefing/supervision in the department.
- Cases managed
- Tuberculosis
- End stage renal disease
- STIs, HIV
- Cholera, Typhoid
- Food poisoning
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Cancer
- Asthma, COPD
- Hypertension
- Equipment handled
- Blood pressure monitors
- Pulse Oximeters
- Nebulizer
- Suction Machine
- Glucometer
- Weighing Machine
- ECG, EEG
- Thermometer
- Dialysis machine
Medical-Surgical Nurse
12 Years 7 Months- Hospital Bed capacity: 200 beds.
- Department: Medical-Surgical
- Unit Bed capacity: 100 beds
- Nurse patient ratio: 1:5
- Roles and responsibilities
- Developed treatment and patient care plans including assessment, evaluation, and nursing diagnoses.
- Ensured that the operation was done on the correct patient and the correct procedure was performed.
- Recorded patient’s vital signs and ascertaining if problematic.
- Coordinated patient care to ensure smooth running of multidisciplinary services. This included referrals back to the community
- Collaborated with patients to establish patient’s independence by setting patient care goals.
- Administered medications as prescribed; orally, subcutaneously, IM and IV.
- Managed patient emergencies and stabilization before promptly informing the physician.
- Catheterized patients (straight and Foley catheter).
- Inserted peripheral intravenous lines.
- Handled instruments and supplies used for the operation, passing them to the surgeon.
- Provided emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, their friends, and families.
- Conducted pre- and post-operative education.
- Cases managed
- Gastritis
- End stage renal disease
- Tuberculosis
- Ovarian torsion
- Appendicitis
- Cholera, Typhoid
- Food poisoning
- Raptured duodenal ulcers
- Gastric, colorectal cancers
- Hypertension
- Equipment handled
- Blood pressure monitors
- Thermometer
- Pulse Oximeters
- Dialysis machine
- Glucometer
- Weighing Machine
- ECG, EEG
- Infusion pump
- Suction Machine
- Syringe pump
Education
Diploma - Community Health Nursing
Certificate - Community Health Nursing
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education
Skills
Pre-and Post-operative care
Vital signs monitoring
Patient assessments
Medication administration
Peripheral IV insertion
Intravenous therapy
Urinary catheterization
Chart updating
Pressure ulcer prevention
Patient assessment
Discharge planning
Enteral feeding
Teamwork
Patient education
Wound care
Pain management
Interpersonal skills
Accurate Documentation
Accomplishments
Participated in various community-based programs, including support for orphans and vulnerable children, gender mainstreaming, and patient follow-ups at home for adherence to care, targeting those living with HIV.
Also conducted family counseling sessions to improve the care of newborns through the Kangaroo care program.
Further, I successfully coordinated a research project on a therapeutic efficacy study for Malaria Medicines in the malaria-endemic regions of Kenya,
Affiliations
National Nurses Association of Kenya
Certification
- Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)
- Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse.
- Registration number: KRCHN(24038)
- Valid until: 30th September 2026
- Country: Kenya
Languages
English
Professional Working
Timeline
Medical-Surgical Nurse
Bungoma County Referral Hospital
06.2017 - CurrentRead More
Nursing Officer
Bungoma County Referral Hospital
06.2012 - 05.2017Read More
Medical Surgical Nurse
Vihiga County Referral Hospital
05.2009 - 12.2011Read More
Medical-Surgical Nurse
Ngiya health centre
09.1996 - 04.2009Read More
Kenya Medical Training College
Diploma from Community Health Nursing
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St Elizabeth School of Nursing, Mukumu
Certificate from Community Health Nursing
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Kisumu Girls High School
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
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Ikumu Primary School
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education
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PROFESSIONAL COURSES
- May 2004
- Agape Counseling and Training Center.
- Certificate in general Psychological Counseling.
English
fluent speaker of the English Language