MERCY THOMAS

• Team leading, assisting with the admission and discharges of about 40 to 50 patients daily. , Preoperative and postoperative patient care, assessing and evaluating patients' clinical status and escalating accordingly, clinical judgement and decision making, mentoring and coaching nursing students and new graduates
• Continence Nurse Specialist, attending the referrals from wards, consulting patients with different continence issues in the outpatient clinic and helping them with continence aids support and developing treatment plans.
• Restorative unit ward duties and responsibilities include team leader, allocating staff, conducting multidisciplinary team meetings, maintaining and monitoring AROC and rehabilitation assessment nurse; responsibilities include receiving referrals, assessing patients for rehab suitability, and admitting patients according to hospital policy and criteria.
• Monitored patients, evaluated results, and recommended further courses of treatment to improve patient outcomes quickly.
• Developed strong rapport with patients and families, promoting open communication channels for effective collaboration in treatment plans.
• Mentored new nursing staff, fostering professional growth and team building within the unit.
• Utilized advanced assessment skills to identify early indications of deterioration in a patient's condition, enabling prompt intervention when needed.
• Demonstrated knowledge of technical procedures and proper equipment use.
• Acted as a clinical resource for colleagues seeking guidance on best practices or challenging cases, contributing to a supportive learning environment within the unit.

Patients I have looked after a patient load of 1:4, which includes brain hemorrhage, craniotomy, Tracheostomy, multiple fractures, Traumatic Brain Injury (T.B.I.), and rehab post-traumatic brain injury.

• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

• This is a 243-bed hospital.
• I have worked in acute medical rehab, stroke unit, surgical short stay unit, and surgical ward.
• Surgical ward cases include Pancreatitis, post-op appendectomy, abdominal surgeries, stoma formation, bowel obstruction, laparotomy, cellulitis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
• Day surgery unit's cases include Endoscopy procedures such as Colonoscopy, bronchoscopy and Day surgery procedures like Cholecystectomy, Hernia repair, E.U.A., biopsies, and patients attending f, Iron infusion, Blood transfusion and Urea breath test and collection of Blood sample.
• Medical ward patients are different types of strokes, Dementia, Alzheimer's diseases, delirium, alcohol abuse, various geriatric medical issues, and End of Life Care.
• Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
• Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.