Michelle Lindiwe Zemba
Professional Nurse/midwife
East London,SA
Summary
Personal Details: 1990/04/28 South African Female Single Patient-centric and dedicated Nursing profesional, persuing post graduate diploma in Public Health from University of Pretoria. Dedicated to providing evidence-based patient care across dynamic healthcare settings. Qualifications Summary: Possess strong educational credentials and expertise in providing dependable and compassionate care to patients in both medical and critical care settings across large hospital environments. Adept at training and guiding students/staff, delivering direct patient care, and meeting patient and families’ emotional and physical needs as per assessment. Excel at managing medical procedures, maintaining electronic health records, and leading emergency department and infusion clinic activities. Ability to build robust relationships with patients, family members, physicians, clients, and health care professionals. Proficient in driving best patient experience via face-to-face contact and collaborating with teams to exceed highest standards of professionalism.
Diligent nursing professional with demonstrated success in emergency patient care. Agile and responsive to dynamic patient needs and environmental conditions. Team-oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgment.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Nurse/Midwife
Paediatrics and Haematology and Oncology, Frere Provincial Hospital
East London, Eastern Cape
04.2020 - 05.2022
- Deliver exceptional assistance in admissions of patients to HMS2 after doctor consultations in accordance with outpatient data base
- Nurture and promote relationship of trust with guardians by communicating follow ups dates of child
- Provide in-service training and guidance to colleagues and ensure compliance with hospital set policies
- Deliver unique value proposition by stabilizing injury and following plan of care until discharge
- Lead processes involved with ordering of scheduled drugs and collection of sputum and blood samples as per doctors’ orders
- Consistently strive to improve performance by preparing and assisting procedures with doctors, surgeons, and laboratory technicians
- Administering portal and portal line care to maintain functionality of chemo ports as per institutional policy
- Oversee process involved with chemotherapy and confirm evaluation of safe practices, including managing cytotoxic spills and minor ailments; reporting side effects and reactions of chemotherapy in patients
- Aided in seamless operations by regularly checking defibrillators, code carts, resuscitation and procedure rooms
- Facilitated treatment adherence in ART and TB clinic through in-depth knowledge and reinforcement of health education
- Provided top-notch services to patients by analyzing medical history, performing physical examination, diagnosing, conducting treatment, and comforting/counselling.
Professional Nurse
St Dominic’s Hospital
East London , Eastern Cape
06.2022 - Current
- Anaesthetics and Recovery
- Provide holistic care within a theatre environment according to the WHO surgical principles
- Assisting the Anaesthetic doctor in all duties as per institutional protocols and doctor’s preferences
- Ensure all stock in anaesthetic trolley is readily available
- Ensure anaesthetic machine is in good working condition and all gases are refilled as required
- Ensure all equipment in the recovery rooms is functional
- Promote and adhere to aseptic technique principles
- Infection control and prevention
- Maintaining patient airway post operatively and rendering evidence-based post operative care
- Ensuring patient safety
- Proper billing as per institutional policy
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
- Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds and thoracic trauma.
- Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
- Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Coordinated with physicians to perform bedside procedures such as intravenous injections, vascular line insertions and bronchoscopies.
- Vaccinated patients to protect individuals from measles, pneumonia, influenza and other illnesses of concern.
- Assessed medical status of patients pre- and post-operation by checking vital parameters and supervising food intake.
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic and cognitive status of patients.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Administered different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
- Strengthened training and nursing knowledge by taking part in continuing education programs and Type workshops.
- Worked with healthcare team to develop new dialysis treatment flow sheet and other log forms, improving clinical documentation and accountability.
- Administered medications to Number patients and monitored response to medications.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
Professional Nurse/Midwife
Frere Provincial Hospital
East London , Eastern Cape
03.2019 - 04.2020
- Administered activities associated with oral, intravenous medications, and scheduled drugs
- Receive, triage and render immediate lifesaving care alongside multidisciplinary team
- Adequately assessed patients and treated symptomatically
- Receive and stabilize patients with fractures
- Maintained and led activities associated with reliability and accuracy of electronic health records of patients
- Practiced and deployed functions surrounding disaster management
- Provided immediate care of patients and assured stabilization of patients in life threatening conditions alongside the doctors
- Ensured compliance with infection control and isolation practices while nursing infectious patients, such as TB and Covid-19
- Provide in-service training sessions for colleagues and student nurses
- Management of patients with acute psychosis within an emergency unit
Community Service Professional Nurse and Midwife
SAWAS Memorial Hospital
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Led overall activities, including assessment, diagnose, treatment plans preparation, and prescribing medications to patients
- Devised culturally sensitive, evidence-based treatment plans in regard with patient health promotion, guidance, disease prevention, efficacy, safety, cost, and patient acceptability
- Demonstrated consistently distinguished performance by ordering, reviewing, and interpreting data and other diagnostic test
- Promote and maintain the safety of mother and neonate through safe delivery practices as per institutional procedures and as per scope of practice
- Additional Experience
- First Aider (Level 3)
- IBS Medical
Education
Post graduate diploma - Public Health (Ongoing
University of Pretoria
BCUR (Baccalaureus - undefined
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
GCSE & A-Levels - undefined
Fort Hill Integrated College
Skills
Records maintenance professional
undefinedTimeline
Professional Nurse
St Dominic’s Hospital
06.2022 - Current
Professional Nurse/Midwife
Paediatrics and Haematology and Oncology, Frere Provincial Hospital
04.2020 - 05.2022
Professional Nurse/Midwife
Frere Provincial Hospital
03.2019 - 04.2020
Community Service Professional Nurse and Midwife
SAWAS Memorial Hospital
01.2016 - 01.2017
Post graduate diploma - Public Health (Ongoing
University of Pretoria
BCUR (Baccalaureus - undefined
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
GCSE & A-Levels - undefined
Fort Hill Integrated College
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