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Olwethu Nxumalo

Registered Nurse - ICU Experienced
Kwamashu

Summary

Seasoned Registered Nurse with extensive ICU experience at Lenmed Royal Hospital, adept in emergency response and compassionate patient care. Demonstrated leadership in managing critical care situations and providing holistic care across various departments. Skilled in medication administration and fostering empathy, significantly enhancing patient recovery and safety.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Registered Nurse - ICU Experienced

Lenmed Royal Hospital and Heart Centre
03.2023 - Current
  • Provide critical care & monitor diverse patients in 20 bed ICU unit.
  • Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
  • Provide basic and compassionate care to critical patients.
  • Assist in resuscitation and recovery of patients in life threatening situations
  • Educate families about patients conditions and provide support.
  • Observe behavior,conditions and symptoms change
  • Manage life supportive equipment & IV medications.
  • Prepare emergency trolley
  • Drug checks on shift change
  • Difficult incubation trolley
  • Line tray for insertion
  • Order drugs from the pharmacy and receiving of drugs
  • Doing observations hourly BP,Pulse,respiration,blood sugar monitoring 4hrly, checking all vitals and recording them hourly in the ICU charts including all interventions done on the patients.
  • Prepare for ward admission
  • Prepare patients going for diagnostics coronary angiogram
  • Looking after ventilated patients,including those who are different type of dialysis CVVHD

Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Madwaleni Hospital
01.2023 - 03.2023
  • Triage patients upon arrival.
  • Community health nursing
  • Prevention and management of communicable diseases.
  • Prescribing and dispensing medicines for patients who have minor ailments.
  • Suturing of minor wounds.
  • Ward routines

Registered Nurse -Maternity Ward

Madwaleni Hospital
09.2022 - 12.2022
  • Assess & monitor the mother and baby's wellbeing.
  • Assess mother's health status and her health need during labour.
  • Delivery and post natal care.
  • Prevention of mother to child transmission.
  • Monitor mother's first,second and third stage labour.
  • Collaborating with different members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive best care.
  • Ward routines.

Registered Nurse - Theatre & CSSD

Madwaleni Hospital
07.2022 - 08.2022
  • Intraoperative care.
  • Scrub nurse duties.
  • Circulating and anaesthetic nurse duties.
  • Post operative care.
  • Assess the patient's condition to ensure that it is safe to transfer them back to the ward.
  • packing of instruments for different procedures.


Registered Nurse - Com Serve

Madwaleni Hospital
04.2022 - 06.2022
  • Provide holistic patient care, quality nursing care and collaborate with different members of the disciplinary team to ensure effective care and service.
  • Render health education to patients about their conditions& matters concerning health.
  • Identify potential risk factor ,prevent risk to ensure patient safety.
  • Monitor patients health progression, vital signs trend to timely detect any changes in the patients condition.
  • Ensure a conducive environment for patients
  • Ward routine,counting of drugs,doctor's round.
  • Check emergency trolley
  • Carry doctor's order
  • Check medicines refrigerator temperature in order to maintain cold chain.
  • Filing up of stock using FIFO method.

Education

BCur Nursing Science

University of Zululand
05-2022

Nkosithandile Sec-National Senior Certificate
01-2017

Skills

    Wound care

    Patient management

    Care planning

    Medication and IV administration

    Emergency response

    Nursing staff leadership

    IV setup

    Chart updating

    Medical recordkeeping

    Proper catheter insertion/removal

    Compassion and empathy

    Cardiac care

Certification

NIMART

Timeline

Registered Nurse - ICU Experienced

Lenmed Royal Hospital and Heart Centre
03.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Madwaleni Hospital
01.2023 - 03.2023

Registered Nurse -Maternity Ward

Madwaleni Hospital
09.2022 - 12.2022

Registered Nurse - Theatre & CSSD

Madwaleni Hospital
07.2022 - 08.2022

Registered Nurse - Com Serve

Madwaleni Hospital
04.2022 - 06.2022

BCur Nursing Science

University of Zululand

Nkosithandile Sec-National Senior Certificate

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