MARY WANGECHI NDERITU

• Understand all systems, policies and procedures.
• Ensure all government regulations are followed in treatment of patients.
• Taking charge of the whole hospital nursing staff.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities as required.
• Ensure all patients are treated with respect despite of their status or religious believes.
• Ensure safe and clean environment.
• Ensure all staff report on duty on time and are in full uniform.
• Recognize the staff achievements and their needs and act accordingly.
• Coach and mentor new team members to build high-performing team for optimum productivity.

• Led staff to improve patient care through valuable coaching, teaching and mentoring.
• Documented and evaluated effectiveness of care plans and interventions.
• Encouraged learning appropriate learning opportunities for staff members, promoting best practices for high-quality patient care.
• Handled annual appraisals for employees and facilitated personal development plans in compliance with mandatory training.
• Provided excellent care with focus on patient safety, comfort and dignity.
• Did hospital coverage on some weekends and some public holidays.
• Compiled of departmental reports and statistics.
• Participated in repair of broken instrument.
• Ensured smooth running of the department.

MATERNITY :

• Emergency preparedness.
• Dealing with obstetric emergencies
• Admission of patients.
• Communicating with the consultants and giving them reports on the progress of their patients.
• Pre and post operative management.
• Monitoring of labor and conducting deliveries.
• Noting of abnormal labor.
• Taking action and decision making in order to promote safe mother hood as per the 4th and 5th motional millennium goals.
• Maintenance of delivery instruments.
• Supervising junior staff and motivating them.
• Acting in charge in the absence of the sister-in-in charge.
• Taking the consultants for rounds.
• Drug administration Counseling of the mother PMCTCT of HIV/AIDS
• Compiling of report and handing over Data collection and statistics

NURSERY :

• Care of premature and sick babies.
• Ensuring ingestions control Care of low birth weight babies.
• Maintenance of cold chain.
• Ordering of vaccines.
• Immunizations.

MCH/FP CLINIC :

• Care of antenatal mothers and advising them on signs of labor.
• Promoting safe motherhood to meet the national millennium goals.
• Compiling monthly reports and statistics analysis.

MED/SURG :

• Care of the patients in the medical and surgical wards.
• Pre and post operative care of surgical patients.

• Emergency preparedness.
• Dealing with obstetric emergencies antenatal/ postnatal care of patients.
• Pre operative/post operative care.
• Monitoring of labor and conducting deliveries .
• Bedside vital observations .
• Drug administration .
• Infection control/decontamination .
• Health education.
• Compiling of report and handing over .
• Immunization of the new born.
• Supervising of junior staff
• Taking doctors for rounds.
• Obstetric scan to confirm gestational age and fetal viability.
• Documentation .
• Nursery- care of premature and sick babies.
• Maintaining of feeds- NGT feeding .
• Infection control & Drug administration.

• Worked closely with fellow nurses, doctors and clinicians for consistent communication and continued best care practices.
• Monitored and recorded patient condition, carrying out and reporting regular observations.
• Established positive rapport with patients and families through active listening and compassionate care.
• Delivered life support with updated first aid and CPR training.
• Stayed up-to-date on the latest nursing developments to provide best patient care.
• Clinical diagnosis and treating of students.
• Ordering of drugs and maintenance of ledger.

MATERNITY :

• Emergency preparedness.
• Dealt with obstetric Emergencies.
• Admission of patients.
• Decision making.
• Pre-operative and post –operative management of caesarean section mothers.
• Antenatal and postnatal care.
• Close monitoring of labor and conducting of deliveries.
• Control/decontamination.
• Drug administration, eg.. giving 1st immunizations, BCG / polio.
• Evaluated and compiled of reports.
• Took care of sick and pre-mature babies(low birth weight).

OPD/MCH CLINIC :

• Clinical diagnosis and treating.
• Health education, Immunization and maintenance of cold chain.
• Care of antenatal mothers, Advised mothers on family planning.

MED/SURG :

• Ensured patients needs were met promptly.
• Managed admissions.
• Ensured patients safety in a clean environment.
• Educated patients on identified specific needs.
• Ensured patient got all drugs required and gave them correctly at the right time.
• Gave good care to the bedridden patients by offering bed bath.
• Ensured proper disposal of medical waste.
• Ensures medical equipment are disinfected before and after use