Iddi Mpuuga
Kampala
Summary
Compassionate Clinical Nurse known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in patient assessment, emergency care, and critical illness management. Excellent in communication, teamwork, and adaptability, ensuring seamless coordination with healthcare professionals to provide optimal patient care.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Nurse
IOM Migration Health Assessment Center (UN Migration)
Kampala
11.2022 - Current
- Performing health assessment, pre-departure medical evaluation, and infectious diseases surveillance.
- Triaging clients due for health assessment, and verifying client identities before medical procedures.
- Assessing client conditions and monitoring vital signs to determine appropriate care plans.
- Assessing for anemia, shortness of breath, and measuring oxygen saturation among clients with cardiac or respiratory conditions.
- Assessing for signs and symptoms suggestive of TB and TB management for active cases.
- Administering medications, treatments, and therapies in accordance with physician orders.
- Screening for pregnancy in women of child-bearing age before vaccination and carrying out vaccinations.
- Assessing and informing physicians about any abnormalities in nutritional status indicators among children.
- Offering nursing care to ill beneficiaries.
- Documenting and electronically entering the data of all findings and procedures performed.
Critical Care Nurse
Mulago National Referral Hospital
Kampala
07.2021 - 06.2022
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to critically ill COVID-19 patients.
- Assessed and monitored vital signs, laboratory results, clinical data, and patient responses to treatments.
- Actively participated in daily rounds with physicians providing feedback regarding patients' status and progress towards goals of care plan.
- Administered oxygen therapy and monitored patients on mechanical ventilation.
- Administered drugs and fed patients through a nasogastric tube.
- Inserted urethral catheters, and monitored fluid input and output.
- Regularly turned patients to prevent pressure sores.
- Maintained a safe environment by following infection control protocols, including proper handwashing techniques, and properly disposing of medical waste.
Critical Care Nurse
Medipal International Hospital
Kampala
06.2021 - 07.2021
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to critically ill COVID-19 patients.
- Assessed and monitored vital signs, laboratory results, clinical data, and patient responses to treatments.
- Actively participated in daily rounds with physicians providing feedback regarding patients' status and progress towards goals of care plan.
- Administered oxygen therapy and monitored patients on mechanical ventilation.
- Administered drugs and fed patients through a nasogastric tube.
- Inserted urethral catheters, and monitored fluid input and output.
- Maintained a safe environment by following infection control protocols, including proper handwashing techniques, and properly disposing of medical waste
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to ensure appropriate delivery of care services across the continuum of care.
Critical Care Nurse
International Hospital Kampala
Kampala
12.2017 - 09.2019
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to high-dependency and critically ill patients.
- Developed individualized care plans for each patient based on assessment of physical and psychosocial needs.
- Assessed and monitored vital signs, laboratory results, clinical data, and patient responses to treatments.
- Actively participated in daily rounds with physicians providing feedback regarding patients' status and progress towards goals of care plan.
- Administered oxygen therapy, monitored and cared for patients on mechanical ventilation.
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives related to critical care nursing practice standards as the focal person in charge of Infection Prevention and Control in the ICU.
- Inserted urethral catheters, and monitored fluid input and output.
- Regularly turned patients to prevent pressure sores.
- Maintained a safe environment by following infection control protocols, including proper handwashing techniques, and properly disposing of medical waste.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to ensure appropriate delivery of care services across the continuum of care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Mbarara University of Science And Technology
Mbarara, Uganda01-2017
Skills
- Immediate Life Support
- Basic Life Support
- Patient Examination
- Care Planning
- Phlebotomy
- Medication Administration
- English Fluency
- Computer Literacy
Certification
- Licensed RN - College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA); 10/2024 - 09/2025
- Licensed Nursing Officer - Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council; 02/2021 - 12/2024
- Immediate Life Support (ILS) for Healthcare Providers - European Resuscitation Council; 03/2021 - 03/2025
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers - European Resuscitation Council; 03/2021 - 03/2025
- Leadership and Management in Health - University of Washington
- Clinical management of patients with COVID-19 investigations and care for mild, moderate and severe disease - World Health Organization
- Alive Sepsis Course - European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Timeline
Clinical Nurse
IOM Migration Health Assessment Center (UN Migration)
11.2022 - Current
Critical Care Nurse
Mulago National Referral Hospital
07.2021 - 06.2022
Critical Care Nurse
Medipal International Hospital
06.2021 - 07.2021
Critical Care Nurse
International Hospital Kampala
12.2017 - 09.2019
- College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA)
- Immediate Life Support (ILS) for Healthcare Providers - European Resuscitation Council
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers - European Resuscitation Council
- Leadership and Management in Health - University of Washington
- Clinical management of patients with COVID-19 investigations and care for mild, moderate and severe disease - World Health Organization
- Alive Sepsis Course - European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Mbarara University of Science And Technology
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