Tameka Matthews-Riley
Houston,Jamaica
Summary
Registered nurse with associate of arts in health and wellness, supported safe and timely care for students and patients through school health and bedside experience. Provided first aid response, staff training, and infection prevention. Coordinated confidential documentation and follow-up care with families and healthcare teams.
Overview
1
1
Certification
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
School Nurse
Claude McKay High School
09.2020 - 08.2023
- Minimize risk of infection by maintaining medical instruments, utilizing sterilization and infection control techniques
- Provided front line medical care to students and staff with medical conditions and minor incidents.
- Improved medical emergency response by delivering quarterly staff training in first aid, asthma and epilepsy
- Ensure continuity of care, maintaining accurate and confidential records on all students.
- Enhanced health outcomes by collaborating with healthcare providers, educational staff, and parents while developing and updating health-related policies.
- Cultivated culture of compliance through accurate incident record-keeping in log books.
Registered Nurse
SHRA- Lionel Town Hospital
03.2017 - 08.2020
- Insert NG tube.
- Insert urinary catheter.
- Regularly checked intravenous lines for proper flow and signs of complications.
- Neurological assessment and monitoring.
- Medicate patients with oral and injectable medications.
- Applied sterile dressings to patient wounds to promote healing.
- Monitor vital signs including blood glucose level.
- Educate patients based on their individual condition
- Monitor patients getting blood transfusions Established compassionate relationships with patients, delivering emotional support throughout care
- Assessed and evaluated patient needs to facilitate accurate diagnosis and effective care planning
- Administered medication in line with drug administration regulations
- Work closely with fellow nurses, doctors and clinicians for consistent communication and continued best practice
- Ensure safe legal medicine handling and substance control in line with medicine act
- Collaborated with ward nurse to assess, devise, and implement tailored care plans for patients
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, carrying out and reporting regular observations
- Worked in diverse medical departments including Medicine, Pediatrics, and Emergency Care.
Education
Associate of Arts - Health And Wellness
Lone Star College
Houston, TX05-2026
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of the West Indies
MONA01-2016
Skills
- Nursing experience
- Health record management
- Health education
- Patient advocacy
- Detail-oriented and able to multitask efficiently
- Time management
- Analytical thinking
- Team collaboration
- Interpersonal communication
- Culturally competent
- Work under pressure
Personal Information
Title: Registered Nurse
Certification
- REGISTERED NURSE Jamaica and the CARICOM Region
- RN - Texas Board Of Nursing
- Health & Wellness (AA)
Timeline
School Nurse
Claude McKay High School
09.2020 - 08.2023
Registered Nurse
SHRA- Lionel Town Hospital
03.2017 - 08.2020
Associate of Arts - Health And Wellness
Lone Star College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of the West Indies