Justine Nakyazze

• Telemetry float pool nurse
• Providing direct patient care to transplant patients, post-surgical patients, cancer patients, post heart catheterization and cardiac intervention patients, colorectal patients, Covid patients, Patients in the step down, Evaluation and treatment center (ETC), and Acute Rehabilitation Center (ARU) using the nursing process
• Efficiently communicating any changes in patients’ condition to Clinicians.
• Providing safe patient care through team nursing by working hand in hand with other members of the healthcare team
• Maintaining and protecting patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
• Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
• Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.

· Provide care and support to patients who are undergoing hospice.

· Supervising other healthcare providers

· Maintaining and providing privacy and confidentiality while at the same time providing support and comfort to both patients and their family members.

• Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.
• Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.

• Staff nurse on a Med-Surg/Telemetry/Respiratory Unit
• Providing direct patient care to patient diagnosed with Covid-19 in a Covid-19 specialized unit, working with patients on high-flow oxygen, BiPAP and CPAP.
• Providing direct patient care using the nursing process
• Providing safe patient care through team nursing by working hand in hand with other members of the healthcare team
• Maintaining and protecting patient privacy and confidentiality while efficiently communicating any changes in patients’ condition to Clinicians.Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.

• Created and oversaw training programs for the hospital.

· Assessment of training needs for new and existing employees; nursing students and interns; and other students in different fields.

· Identifying internal and external training programs to address competency gaps

· Partner with internal and external stakeholders to meet specific training needs for staff

· Coordinating with representatives from other institutions like the University of Warwick, American Cancer Society to develop the very first Oncology Nursing Curriculum in Uganda.

· Developing training materials like manuals and handbooks

· Communicating to employees about training opportunities

Designing and applying assessment tools used to measure training effectiveness; and tracking and reporting training outcomes.

Developed and executed performance management programs to increase employee engagement and productivity.

• Provided coaching and mentoring to employees.

. Worked on the Aids Clinical Trial Group (ACTG)study under the Division of Aids (DAIDS)

. Conducting Quality reviews for study and providing findings to the program officer every two months

· Reviewing 25% of the source document, Case Report Forms (CRFs), Regulatory binders, Pharmacy records monthly and working with different healthcare providers including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and records department to correct findings.

· Re-enforcing adherence to the Clinical Quality Management Plan (CQMP) by the staff

· Developing, updating, and maintain quality Control/Quality assurance (QC/QA) tools.

· Preparing and presenting monthly quality assurance reports to the study leadership and team

· Preparing an annual evaluation of the CQMP for submission to the Principal investigator and Division of AIDS (DAIDS) programs officer.

· Developing and re-enforcing guidelines for chemotherapy administration

· Supervising the Quality Control coordinator

Backup study nurse; providing direct care to study participants

. Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.

• Scheduled appointments and conducted follow-up calls to clients.
• Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes.
• Organizing, communicating, and calling meetings and capturing minutes for the meetings working as liaison between the committee, management, and the Project Management Unit (PMU)
• Drafting and circulating scholarship adverts for both internal and external candidates
• Receiving scholarship applications, reviewing them, and sorting applications before presenting them to the training committee
• Communicating with awardees and keeping their records up to date to ensure success of both the program and the awardees
• Drafting and submitting funding requests for the awardees
• Maintaining proper documentation and records for the project
• Acting as liaison between the awardees and the administration
• Coordinating conferences and meetings
• Coordinating the scholarship application and vetting process, and, Communicating the results of the vetting process to applicants
• Submitting funding requests on the behalf of the awardees
• Entered data into system and updated customer contacts with information to keep records current.
• Maintained daily report documents, memos and invoices.
• Updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze, and report on performance

Travel nurse

• Working on Med/Surg, oncology, telemetry, Neurology, spine, orthopedics, and rehabilitation units in different hospitals around the United States like Providence hospital in Spokane, Washington; Providence Hospital in Medford, Oregon; and John Miur hospital, Concord, California
• Providing direct patient care in different hospitals and units on short term contracts
• Assisting when hospitals were transitioning their Electronic Medical Records to EPIC through teaching nurses and students how to chart using EPIC
• Precepting students and new graduate nurses
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
• Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
• Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.

• Staff nurse on a Med-Surg/Surgical/Oncology/Telemetry Unit
• Providing direct patient care using the nursing process
• Efficiently communicating any changes in patients’ condition to Clinicians
• Working as relief charge nurse on weekends, holidays, and as needed
• Administering chemotherapy and assessing patients' reactions and effects to therapy
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Precepting nursing students, interns, and orienting newly hired nurses to the unit
• Unit’s resource person or champion for Oncology, Heart failure, Epic charting, wound care, diabetes, and infection control.
• Providing safe patient care through team nursing by working hand in hand with other members of the healthcare team
• Co-leader on the Unit Based Team (UBT), a team which was formed to improve the unit’s performance and implement methods to help improve patient satisfaction while promoting patient, family, and healthcare provider safety.
• Maintaining and protecting patient privacy and confidentiality