STELLA WABWILE
Columbia,USA
Summary
Medical professional with solid foundation in Medical-Surgical care, including psychiatric and mental conditions,known for high standards and results-driven approach. Proven ability to enhance patient outcomes through effective care planning and intervention. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, with reliable adaptability to changing needs.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN, Medical-Surgical
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
09.2024 - Current
- Administered medication and monitored patient responses in fast-paced medical-surgical unit.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized patient care plans.
- Educated patients and families on post-operative care, ensuring understanding of discharge instructions.
- Assisted in the coordination of patient admissions and discharges, enhancing workflow efficiency.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments, documenting vital signs and changes in patient conditions promptly.
- Utilized Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems for accurate patient documentation and data management.
- Implemented infection control protocols, contributing to a safe environment for patients and staff.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives, identifying areas for enhanced patient care delivery.
- Prioritized critical thinking skills in assessing patient conditions, leading to timely interventions that prevented complications or deterioration of health status.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and attentive care to a diverse population of patients.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to recognize early signs of complications, allowing for timely interventions and preventing adverse outcomes.
- Conducted comprehensive patient assessments, identifying pertinent data that informed care plan development and intervention implementation.
- Demonstrated adaptability when reassigned to different units or working with diverse populations while maintaining high levels of quality care provision.
Senior nursing officer
Kitale county referral hospital
09.2015 - 05.2024
- Company Overview: The Kitale County referral hospital is a government tertiary facility of 250 bed capacity.placed at the medical surgical unit with capacity of 100 beds and nurse to patient ratio of 1:6
- Perform routine nursing care including Pain assessment and intervention, Catheter care, Mouth care, Tracheotomy care, chest-tube care, pressure area care, Oral and tracheal suctioning
- Perform nursing procedures at bedside: female urinary catheterization, peripheral line insertion for IV treatment and IV therapy, bladder irrigation, Drug administration IV, IM, SC, ORAL, and nebulizers.
- Assist physician in chest tube insertion, lumbar puncture, central line insertion, insertion for haemodialysis
- Preoperative and post operative care of different surgeries e.g. Laparoscopic surgeries (lap choler), laparotomy, craniotomy, ORIF, TURP, hysterectomy etc.
- Participate in doctor’s rounds and giving an update of the patient and taking relevant instructions.
- Prevention of complications from hospitalization: Skin care and proper skin assessment, fall risk assessment and prevention of falls.
- Full physical examination of patients every shift
- Prepare patients for different diagnostic tests e.g. x-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, ultrasounds, mammogram, and radiotherapy
- Performs Nutritional assessment; feeding patients via NGT, PEG.
- Shift-leading and ensuring proper skill mix among staff
- Assist in arterial blood collection for blood gasses and interpretation
- Transfusion of blood and its products e.g. platelets, packed cells, whole blood, fresh frozen plasma.
- Pressure area care; screening and prevention.
- Provide emergency care and educate teammates on what to do in case of a cardiac arrest
- Provide patient education on rights and responsibilities
- Champion and educate team on infection control measures with emphasis on hand washing.
- Cases Treated:
- ORIF
- Hemicolectomy
- Hemorridectomy
- Fissureectomy
- Umbilical and inguinal herniorraphy
- Craniotomy
- Burr Hole surgery
- TURP
- Post-op colostomy and ileostomy
- HIV/AIDS
- Diabetes mellitus
- CVA
- Renal failure
- CANCERS(BREAST, OESOPHAGEAL, PROSTATE, LIVER, COLON, RECTUM, LUNGS, STOMACH)
- Malaria
- Appendectomy
- Ulcerative colitis
Research Assistant/data clerk
DR Irene Chege, Doctorate student
05.2013 - 08.2015
- Duties and responsibilities
- Study title-evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of plants used in the management of type 2 diabetes.
- I am involved in screening patients, collecting data by conducting interviews and filling questioners
- Withdrawal of blood from patients and taking samples to the laboratory, do random blood sugars, take weight, height, pressure, calculate BMI, do nutritional counselling, give results to the patients and Dispensing herbal drugs.
- Doing follow-up for the patients.
- Giving timely reports to the principal investigator.
Nursing Officer I
Kiambu District Hospital
05.2014 - 05.2015
- Clinical Nursing In:
- Maternity (Ante Natal Ward, Labour Ward, Maternity Theatre, Post Natal Ward and New Born Unit)
- Medical Wards (General Medicine including paediatrics and Psychiatry)
- Surgical Wards (General Surgery, Main Theatre, Orthopaedic and Gynaecology)
- Out Patient, Casualty (accidents and Emergency)
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
- Maternal Child Health and Family Planning (MCH/FP)
- Community Health Nursing (district experience and outreach services)
- Duties and responsibilities:
- Management of the hospital and the staff, including allocation of duties and resources.
- Organizing and conducting staff development activity(seminar/workshops)
- Demonstrate skills in infection prevention at all levels.
- Management of pregnant women from the first antenatal visit until delivery
- Paediatric management of patients using the Kenyan paediatric protocol
- Community health care, community diagnosis and primary health care.
- Prepare/Participate in disaster management.
- Provide PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission) services.
- Provision of pre and postnatal services, family planning services and child welfare clinic services.
- Management of various conditions of patients in medical and surgical wards including surgical theatres and coordinating some nursing services.
- Participated in continuous medical education (CME) at the hospital
- Accomplishment:
- Intern leader and representative responsible for making master rotation plan for all interns for the whole year and represented them in administrative meetings within the hospital.
- Training and supervision of colleagues and students in various departments on: writing skills and utilizing nursing care plans, emergency care management, and proper and professional duty allocation.
- Suggested to the hospital health management team on the need to categorize patients according to their needs, staff training on the same and documentation of care plans in duplicates which ensured optimum continuity of care.
Consulting Research Assistant
African Mental Health Foundation
09.2014 - 10.2014
- Study title -psychosis in youths. Target group was high school students in Machakos County which is an area prone to different psychotic conditions due to high drug use in the area. The study involved use of different tools in collecting data screening for psychotic conditions and rating the severity of the condition.
Consulting Nursing Officer
Mayfair home based services
01.2014 - 02.2014
- Duties and responsibilities:
- Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.
- Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients
- Advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management
- Give health education to the family of the sick patient on how to provide health care to the ailing patient.
- Participated in medical camps where we offered preventive medical services such as HIV testing counselling, prostate cancer screening, cervical cancer screening and other life style diseases
- Medical attendant, where I was to accompany patients to different countries such as India for further medical management.
Education
Bachelor Degree - Nursing
University of Nairobi
12.2013
Computer Operation Certificate - undefined
Rural Aid Kenya Training Institute
08.2008
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education (KCSE) -
St Brigids Girls High School
01.2007
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) - undefined
All Saints Academy
01.2003
Skills
- Basic life support
- Seizure precautions
- Direct patient care
- Team collaboration
- Organizational skills
- Dementia care
- Fall prevention
- Clinical judgment
- Problem-solving abilities
- Critical thinking
- Safety protocols
- Medication administration
LANGUAGES
English – fluent
Certification
- basic life support - 6/2/2025-6/30/2027
Nurse of the month unit recognition
I received nurse of the month (march)recognition for my exemplary care to the patients .
Timeline
RN, Medical-Surgical
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
09.2024 - Current
Senior nursing officer
Kitale county referral hospital
09.2015 - 05.2024
Consulting Research Assistant
African Mental Health Foundation
09.2014 - 10.2014
Nursing Officer I
Kiambu District Hospital
05.2014 - 05.2015
Consulting Nursing Officer
Mayfair home based services
01.2014 - 02.2014
Research Assistant/data clerk
DR Irene Chege, Doctorate student
05.2013 - 08.2015
Computer Operation Certificate - undefined
Rural Aid Kenya Training Institute
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) - undefined
All Saints Academy
Bachelor Degree - Nursing
University of Nairobi
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education (KCSE) -
St Brigids Girls High School
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