Abhanya Dasan

• Kept work areas clean, organized, and safe to promote efficiency and team safety.
• Enhanced team collaboration by fostering a positive work environment and promoting open communication among staff members.
• Participated in team-building activities to foster teamwork and collaboration.
• Collaborated with colleagues on various projects, sharing knowledge and expertise while working together towards common objectives.
• Provided guidance and support to junior staff members in achieving performance goals.
• Developed strong relationships with clients through consistent communication and attentive customer service, resulting in increased overall satisfaction.
• Responded sensitively and competently to service customers with diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Implemented innovative problem-solving techniques during challenging situations, resulting in swift resolution of issues without compromising quality standards.
• Liaised with management and other departments to maintain smooth operations.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Performed accurate documentation of patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes in compliance with regulatory standards.

Summary of the Unit

28 Bedded Unit specialising in Acute Medicine for the Elderly and Stroke which offers services ranging from Acute medical intervention to rehabilitation and end of life care. It is under the clinical governance of Stroke Team Consultant and offers full MDT input including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, nutrition and dietetics, speech and language therapy.
Occasional admissions of surgical patients under demanding circumstances mainly patients awaiting for procedures like endoscopic investigations, appendectomy, cholecystectomy etc.

• Stroke Unit including Care of Elderly, Working as a Nurse Lead for the shift to coordinate comprehensive patient care. Patient allocation ratio (1:5/1:7), overseeing five nurses/ three HCAs during the day, three nurses/two HCAs at night.
• Providing comprehensive nursing care including full assessment of the patients with Stroke.
• Care of patients with stroke mainly during window period, post thrombolysis phase and Rehabilitation phase.
• Perform swallow screening.
• Attending the ADL's of the patients.
• Attending ward rounds with medical team.
• Supervising students and acting as a preceptor by helping students to attain their learning objectives by demonstrating procedures, assisting while giving care to patients, obtaining feedback along with clinical practice coordinator etc.
• Working as a team leader among the group to facilitate team work.
• To act as an advocate for the patients and liaise with MDT (PT/OT/SLT/MSW/CNS/ANP) to promote safety and restoration of health.
• To initiate rehabilitation phase at the earliest and maintain activities in order to prevent disabilities and restoration of functions.
• Attending team meeting involving patient's family in decision making about the patient care plan.
• Taking care of patients with disease conditions such as Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Metastatic Cancer disease, behaviour problems, COPD, Osteo-Arthritis, LRTI, patients on BIPAP, Bronchial Asthma, Respiratory failure, Acute and Chronic Renal failure, Metabolic disorders, Diabetes Mellitus, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Transient Ischaemic attacks and terminally ill patients.
• Care of Covid19 patients including assessment, infection prevention & control and use of AIRVO,BIPAP & CPAP machines as required.
• Equipment Handling: AED, Heparin and Insulin syringe pumps, Morphine pumps, BIPAP & CPAP machine etc.
• End of Life care for palliative patients.
• Pressure Ulcer Champion/ Stroke Link Nurse.
• Actively involving in safe guarding procedures and clinical governance by participating in auditing and evaluation on a regular basis under the guidance of clinical nurse manager.

• Attending and conducting nursing rounds
• Assisting the residents with activities of daily living
• Attending Doctor's rounds
• Attending wound care
• Arranging and organizing recreational activities for the residents
• Supervising Care Assistants
• Providing education for Care assistance staff as needed
• Acting as an advocate for the patients
• Liase between multidisciplinary team working in the nursing home like recreational activist, Physio and medical team.
• Communicated with employees on individual cases to resolve patient issues and provide effective solutions.

• In Labour room, Maternity ward and Neonatal ICN
• Conducting and assisting with deliveries
• Intrapartum monitoring
• Care of Patient with APH and PPH
• Pre-operation and post-operation care of patients undergoing CS
• Pre-operation and post-operation care of patients with Hysterectomy
• Immediate care of new born
• Full assessment of antenatal and postnatal care
• Ward administrative duties and staff delegation
• Demonstration of procedure to student nurses
• Assisting surgical procedures carrying out pap smear, pessary introduction etc
• Care of patients with antenatal ailments
• Care of patients with complications associated with pregnancy and childbirth
• Maternity ward Duties:
• Care of antenatal mothers with HTN, DM, DFMC, operative care of CS etc
• Care of postnatal mothers
• Pre-operative and post-operation care of CS/hysterectomy D&C etc
• Demonstration of procedures to students
• Newborn ICN
• Caring new born with jaundice, respiratory distress syndrome, diaphragmatic hernia, pneumonia, convulsion, hypothermia, prematurely etc.