DOROTHY NAA BOTCHWAY

AREAS WORDKED : Middlemore Hospital, Department of Corrections (ARWCF), Selwyn Village, Community Support Worker

• Facilitate personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation while observing and reporting specific changes
• Medication administration
• Document patient information and care activities in electronic health record.
• Supported needs of about 50 residents under long-term care.

• Managed a caseload of 10-15 postoperative patients daily, ensuring their safety and comfort throughout the recovery phase.
• Discuss patient care and treatment with care team members to optimize intervention plans and care delivery.
• Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions
• Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions
• Maximize staff and patient protections by enforcing optimal disease prevention.
• Collaborate with medical team on post-operative patient care and facilitating timely specialized interventions,
• Conduct thorough post-operative patient assessments to determine patient condition and readiness for discharge.
• Perform frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
• Facilitate therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping individuals regain or improve coping abilities.
• Evaluate patient pain, nausea, difficulty breathing and fear and agitation in recovery room and employed various nursing interventions to manage vulnerabilities.
• Monitor vital signs and levels of consciousness to verify sedation wore off properly and patient regained consciousness.

• Provide direct and quality care for patients including daily monitoring, recording, evaluation of medical conditions of up to 20 patients per a day
• Implement medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Use first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
• Perform various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Maintain records and reports of patient's medical histories treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behavior's, conditions, and collaborate with other medical teams' members to plan for patients' care.