ISOBEL FLORA RUFARO NDUDZO

• I have acute care skills and currently work in a mainly medical high acuity ward and provide nursing care as follows
• Conduct thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Attending to medical emergencies when they arise
• Following up on Doctors and Ensuring appropriate treatment is implemented for patients care
• Perform frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
• Prevent the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
• Assist in the training and mentorship of new nursing staff members, contributing to a positive work environment and high-quality patient care.
• Performing and maintaining standards of nursing care, assessing and implementing appropriate care at each stage of contact with patients to provide personalized and holistic nursing care to ensure the best outcomes for the patient
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
• Ensuring all the prescribed treatment is delivered to the patient.
• Administer medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention. Maintaining awareness for administration of time critical medications
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Participate in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices in nursing care and emerging trends in healthcare delivery.
• Contribute to interdisciplinary team meetings by presenting relevant clinical data about patients'' progress toward reaching established goals of care.
• Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
• Provided support for patients'' families during difficult medical decisions or end-of-life care, serving as a liaison between the healthcare team and loved ones.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans for complex cases.
• Promote a culture of safety within the healthcare facility by participating in quality improvement initiatives, identifying potential hazards, and advocating for best practices in nursing care delivery.

I can work as an effective team leader.

• I have experience working as a care coordinator/ Team leader in both aged care and hospital environments
• Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
• Experience in nursing paediatric medical and surgical.
• I also work causal agency work, with Your Nursing Care (YNA). I worked with HCA for over 6 years and worked casual shifts. I have worked in prisons,Mental health facilities through the agency
• Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
• Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviours and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.

• Delivering quality coordinated care to the residents through the application of nursing skills and knowledge using evidence-based approaches
• Ensuring assigned resident care is performed in accordance with helping hand care standard philosophy, policies and procedures
• Team leading and supervision of staff - effective management of care settings including coordinating and allocating workloads according to residents’ needs and staff skills and experience
• Medication administration and management
• Wound care, diabetic care and Management
• Acute and chronic care disease management
• Escalations to the Doctor as required
• Assisting Clinical Nurse in ensuring that all relevant legislative requirements pertaining to care delivery are always complied and ensures staff awareness of those requirements
• Contributing to the development and promotion of policies and procedures
• Recording accurate documentation relating to the care of residents and supporting residential classification scale in order to initialize and evaluate categories to ensure ongoing validation
• Assist clinical nurses to ensure cost-effective service delivery through effective use and control of organizational resources
• Responsible and accountable for taking steps to ensure personal health and safety at work and that of staff under my supervision
• Participating in the activities aimed at continuous improvement of services
• Participating in research and policy development
• Achievements: Gained experience in doing care assessments and ensuring that they were accurate in reflecting the needs of the client
• Supervising many clients under one roof 99 residents Vs 1 RN whilst relying on enrolled nurses’ knowledge and ability in each of their areas to communicate any anomalies observed or problems identified

• This is a coronary care unit that gives preference to patients with coronary conditions such as myocardial infarction, ischemic heart diseases Angina but also admitted patients needing high care or close monitoring with Telemetry
• Giving and receiving handover reports and delegation of duties
• Checking the emergency trolley
• Attending to 12 lead ECG requests and other investigations
• Taking blood samples if required and following up results from the laboratory
• Drug administering, monitoring of patients with continuous drug infusion for example inotropes and central infusion and epidural catheters
• Ordering of required drugs and sundries
• Care and control of dangerous drugs and substances
• Bathing of patients, Pressure area care, passive physio, oral and catheter care
• Suctioning of intubated patients and those with tracheostomies
• Nasogastric tube feeds
• Care of wounds, assisting doctors’ procedures and cleaning equipment after use and sending faulty equipment for repair
• Doctors round and carrying out procedures as prescribed, also liaising with M.O on treatment
• Continuous documentation of patients’ progress reports aiming for the continuation of accurate care
• Psychological support to patients and relatives
• Educational support to students on their ward attachments
• Assisting the ward manager in the drafting of ward duties, allocation of duties to ensure the ward is covered 24hours daily
• Keeping records of leave, hospital policy procedures, memorandums, ward meeting minutes and making sure all the records and observation charts are maintained in good order
• Most importantly consulting and communicating effectively with other health professionals
• Achievements: Being an active member of such a highly experienced team as a young professional and acquiring skills to work in a very busy unit with at times limited resources
• Being a team leader gave me an understanding of accountability and the importance of working as a team with effective communication
• Also gained knowledge in the management of some coronary diseases and high care monitoring

• This is a paediatric casualty that caters to children under the age of 12 years
• My specific role was to screen patients according to severity after a clinical assessment
• Taking observations and giving Stat medications as prescribed, continuous monitoring of patients before and after being seen by the Paediatrician
• Transferring of patients to the main wards
• Admission and management of mainly mild gastroenteritis and pneumonia for only 22-48 hours prior to reassessment by the Paediatrician
• Keeping and storage of vaccines whilst maintaining the cold chain
• Achievements: I managed to cope with the large numbers of cases that came in most of the days, identifying and triaging those requiring urgent attention and prioritizing them
• I was able to nurse children yet also provide psychological support, allaying anxiety, fears, to their parents within my scope
• I also participated in the education, prevention and dealing with Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV and AIDS) provides health education talks and encourages the use of methods to prevent infection
• I participated in bringing equipment and toys for use in the department for children to reality, a big achievement in a developing world Hospital