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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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UGOCHI UWAKWE

Manteca,CA

Summary

Compassionate, attentive, caring Registered Nursing Professional with proven strengths in Acute patient care, staff development, family advocacy and managing staff. Proficient in utilizing common sense and a holistic approach in working with patients. Responsive, accountable demeanor, strong people skills, a robust work ethic, and the ability to multitask, foster trust, and mitigate crises in the care of patients.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Charge Nurse

Guardian Care & Rehabilitation Center
02.2023 - Current
  • Leadership/ Delegation/ Physician rounds / Medication passes / Patient/family Education / Admissions / Discharge / Treatment Plans / Vital signs monitoring / Post transfusion monitoring / Immunization / Wound dressing changes / Assessment / Oxygen Administration / Follow up care / IV starts / Phlebotomy / G tube feeding / Nutritional support / Blood glucose monitoring / Alternative medicine. Communicates and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams regarding patients care. Directly supervises and delegates task to licensed and unlicensed nursing staff. Supervises and manages the facility in the absence of the managers. Assumes charge nurse’s responsibilities whenever necessary.

Standby Emergency Department

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
03.2024 - 03.2025
  • LEADERSHIP/ DELEGATION/ Physician rounds / Behavioral management/ Medication passes / Patient/family Education / Admissions / Discharge / Treatment Plans / Vital signs monitoring / Post transfusion monitoring / Immunization / Wound care Assessment / Oxygen Administration / Follow up care / IV starts / Phlebotomy / G tube feeding / Nutritional support / Blood glucose monitoring/TPN Administration / EKG / Collaborates with interdisciplinary team regarding patients care. Directly supervises and delegates task to licensed and unlicensed nursing staff. Supervises and manages the unit.

Registered Nurse Supervisor

Garden City Healthcare Center
07.2023 - 03.2024
  • Communicates and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams regarding patients care. Directly supervises and delegates task to licensed and unlicensed nursing staff. Supervises and manages the facility in the absence of the managers. Assumes charge nurse’s responsibilities whenever necessary.

Registered Nurse Supervisor

Wagner Heights Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
06.2021 - 07.2023
  • LEADERSHIP/ Delegation/ Physician rounds / Medication passes / Patient/family Education / Admissions / Discharge / Treatment Plans / Vital signs monitoring / Post transfusion monitoring / Immunization / Wound dressing changes / Assessment / Oxygen Administration / Follow up care / IV starts / Phlebotomy / G tube feeding / Nutritional support / Blood glucose monitoring / Alternative medicine.

Registered Nurse

Delta Star Home Care, LLC
04.2018 - 06.2021
  • Assess, plan, recommend, and document care for clients with developmental disabilities, relay the care plan to clients, care providers, and staff, and liaise with other consultants regarding client safety and care.
  • Instruct staff to observe and report health problem symptoms to the health care providers.
  • Direct Care Professional
  • Supported clients by providing guidance with development goals and daily living skills such as community participation, household budgeting, vocations, meal preparation, exercise, nutrition, personal hygiene, grooming, and bathing.
  • Assisted clients with medication administration and redirecting agitated or aggressive behavior.

Intensive Care Unit

Geoffrey Memorial Hospital
01.2016 - 03.2018
  • Performs assessment/Data collecting in an ongoing systemic manner. Implement care in a thorough, skillful consistent and continuous manner. Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them.
  • Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment and supplies. Provides/Coordinates care for patients/patients populations.
  • Conducted patient workups, monitored vitals and EKG readings, performed clinical examinations. Assessed treatment plans, researched, and reported unusual medical histories to physicians and staff. Evaluate and update patient progress, observe record and report changes and symptoms.

Labour and Delivery Unit

Holy Rosary Hospital
06.2014 - 03.2016
  • Assessed and monitored the health status of pregnant women during labor, ensuring timely interventions when necessary. Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians, monitoring patients for adverse reactions, Support patients during delivery, providing emotional support, collaborate with health care teams to develop individualized care plans for mothers and newborns. Educate patients and families on postpartum care, breastfeeding and newborn strategies. Document patient information accurately and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
  • Evaluate the health challenges of patients, performed diagnostic procedures, including injections, wound dressing changes, catheterization, enemas, and health education. Performed blood transfusion administration.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Holy Rosary College of Nursing
01.2014

Skills

  • Nursing/Medical Care
  • Healthcare Policies and Procedures
  • Patient Health Requirements
  • Assessments/Evaluations
  • Diagnostic Procedures
  • Clinical Examinations
  • Workups/Assessments
  • Patient Vitals/Monitoring
  • Physician Rounds
  • Medication Passes
  • Injections
  • Patient/Family Education
  • Admissions
  • Treatment Plans
  • Oxygen Administration
  • Surgical Support
  • Pre/Post-Op Care
  • Acute/Chronic Care
  • EKG Monitoring
  • Blood Glucose Monitoring
  • Enemas
  • IV Starts/Phlebotomy

Accomplishments

  • Supervises the facility in the absence of the managers during weekends and after hours.
  • Instrumental in saving many lives through quick response, attentive care, an empathetic approach, and utilizing technology to produce a heartbeat and restore breathing.
  • Employ abundant empathy, warmth, and availability to support patients suffering from an assortment of illnesses, bringing emotional benefit in the form of safety, reassurance, and a significantly improved state of wellbeing.

Certification

  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) | American Heart Association 2021
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) | American Heart Association 2021
  • Registered Nurse | Holy Rosary College of Nursing 2014
  • Direct Support Professional (DSP 1and 2) 2018
  • Stop the Bleed (EMRP) 2024
  • Sexual harassment and abusive Conduct Prevention 2024

Timeline

Standby Emergency Department

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
03.2024 - 03.2025

Registered Nurse Supervisor

Garden City Healthcare Center
07.2023 - 03.2024

Charge Nurse

Guardian Care & Rehabilitation Center
02.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse Supervisor

Wagner Heights Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
06.2021 - 07.2023

Registered Nurse

Delta Star Home Care, LLC
04.2018 - 06.2021

Intensive Care Unit

Geoffrey Memorial Hospital
01.2016 - 03.2018

Labour and Delivery Unit

Holy Rosary Hospital
06.2014 - 03.2016

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Holy Rosary College of Nursing

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