MERCY BARAZA
Asheville,NC
Summary
Dedicated, compassionate and experienced registered nurse with progressive career history of 18 years in direct patients care in various departments like medical surgical,telemetry and various fast paced environments and home care facilities in Kenya and the USA. Proven ability to remain calm even under pressure and skillfully handle patients as well as high stressful situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communications, respectful attitude and excellent customer services. I am passionate about my job, committed and result oriented. A team player, tactful, flexible and a critical thinker.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Floor Nurse
Stonecreek Health and Rehabilitation
Asheville, North Carolina
10.2024 - Current
- Document nursing assessments, treatments, medications and discharge instructions.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop optimal care plans, resulting in improved patient outcomes.
- Administered medication such as insulin and monitored patients' responses to detect problems.
- Administered basic patient care and treatments by dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas and performing catheterizations.
- Provided effective patient education, ensuring understanding of medical conditions and treatment protocols for better self management.
- Promoted a safe environment by consistently adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
- Collaborated with healthcare team members to assess, implement and evaluate nursing care plans.
RN, Telemetry
Mission Health
Asheville, North Carolina
06.2024 - Current
- Perform head to toe examination, collect data and interpret Gather both past and medical and surgical history of a patient.
- Take vital observation, record and interpret
- Monitor input and output as well as daily weight
- Specimen collection as required
- Document findings, interpret them and take action as required
- Able to clinically assess patients and check overall appearance of the wound
- Able to do wound dressings as per findings
- Perform blood transfusion and monitoring
- Do pain assessments to my patients and intervene accordingly
- Care of post operative patients
- Able to do procedures unsupervised i.e clip and staples removal
- Insertion and removal of nasogastric tube
- Insertion and removal of urinary catheter
- Use of feeding pumps and infusion pumps
- Collaboration with other healthcare team members in provision of wholistic care
- Optimized patient outcomes by regularly evaluating the effectiveness of care plans and making necessary adjustments in collaboration with healthcare providers.
- Elevated patient satisfaction scores through effective communication skills and active listening during bedside visits.
- Collaborated closely with case managers for seamless transitions from acute hospitalization to post-acute settings such as home health or skilled nursing facilities.
- Contributed to a safer hospital environment by adhering to infection control protocols and maintaining a clean, organized workspace.
- Fostered a supportive work environment by mentoring new telemetry nurses and providing guidance during their orientation process.
- Assisted in emergency situations by administering life-saving interventions such as CPR and defibrillation when necessary.
- Enhanced patient care by conducting thorough assessments and developing individualized care plans for each telemetry patient.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Administration and monitoring of patients on critical drips
Registered Staff Nurse, Medical-Surgical
M.P. Shah Hospital
04.2013 - 04.2024
- Perform head to toe examination, collect data and interpret Gather both past and medical and surgical history of a patient History taking of present complaints, medication use and allergies
- Perform physical examination
- Take vital observation, record and interpret
- Monitor input and output as well as daily weight
- Plan and implement nursing care plans
- Specimen collection as required
- Document findings, interpret them and take action as required
- Able to clinically assess patients and check overall appearance of the wound
- Able to do wound dressings as per findings
- Perform blood transfusion and monitoring
- Do pain assessments to my patients and intervene accordingly
- Care of post operative patients
- Able to do procedures unsupervised i.e clip and staples removal
- Insertion and removal of nasogastric tube
- Insertion and removal of urinary catheter
- Reduced medication errors through thorough double-checking of prescriptions and dosages.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
Med/surg
Nairobi Hospital
Nairobi, Kenya
12.2006 - 03.2013
- Perform head to toe examination, collect data and interpret Gather both past and medical and surgical history of a patient History taking of present complaints, medication use and allergies
- Perform physical examination
- Take vital observation, record and interpret
- Monitor input and output as well as daily weight
- Plan and implement nursing care plans
- Specimen collection as required
- Document findings, interpret them and take action as required
- Able to clinically assess patients and check overall appearance of the wound
- Able to do wound dressings as per findings
- Perform blood transfusion and monitoring
- Do pain assessments to my patients and intervene accordingly
- Care of post operative patients
- Able to do procedures unsupervised i.e clip and staples removal
- Insertion and removal of nasogastric tube
- Insertion and removal of urinary catheter
- Use of feeding pumps and infusion pumps
- Collaboration with other healthcare team members in provision of wholistic care
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Nairobi
Kenya12.2018
Diploma - Nursing
Cicely McDonnell School of Nursing
Kenya09.2006
Skills
- Patient care management
- Medication dosage calculation
- Infusion and feeding pumps use skills
- Skilled peripheral IV insertions and after care, as well as care of central lines, Drains and urinary devices
- Skills of mentorship, staff supervision and team leading
- Performing a head-to-toe assessment as well as focused assessments
- Interpreting lab values and taking necessary measures
- EKG use and interpretation as well as monitoring telemetry patients
- Proper documentation as per policy
- Chest tube management
- Tracheostomy care
- Cardiac monitoring
- BLS and Advanced cardiovascular life support
- Compassionate care
Certification
- ACLS Certified by America Heart Association
- BLS Certified by America Heart Association
- NHISS Stroke scale
Languages
English
Full Professional
Swahili
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
RN Floor Nurse
Stonecreek Health and Rehabilitation
10.2024 - Current
RN, Telemetry
Mission Health
06.2024 - Current
Registered Staff Nurse, Medical-Surgical
M.P. Shah Hospital
04.2013 - 04.2024
Med/surg
Nairobi Hospital
12.2006 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Nairobi
Diploma - Nursing
Cicely McDonnell School of Nursing
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