Highlights:

Skills:Phlebotomy, Tracheostomy Care, Chest Drains.

Senior Staff Nurse 01/17/2017 - current
Royal Free London NHS Foundation, London, Brent United Kingdom
Industry: Healthcare
Working as a charge nurse with a work load of about 6-8 pts
Precepted and mentored new staff, graduate nurses and ancillary staff. Manage ward on a day to day basis in the absence of the ward manager. Maintain. right infection prevention protocols to prevent further spread of infection. Manage patient with laryngectomies and tracheostomies chest drains and IPCs on a daily basis. Manage medical emergencies such as Hyper/hypokalemia, Hyper/hypoglycaemia, DKA, HHS, seizures, Cardiac arrests etc. Managing medical conditions of a daily basis, hypertension, Diabetes, AKI, CKD. Interpretation of blood gases. Assessing and setting up patients on BIPAP and CPAP and High Flow Oxygen Therapy. Managing COVID positive patients on High Flow Oxygen Therapy. Phlebotomy and Cannulation. Medication administration via various routes. Managing of patients with acute and chronic respiratory conditions ash Asthma,COPD, Bronchiectasis, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Types 1 and 2 Respiratory Failure, etc. Maintaining aseptic techniques during procedures to precent infection. Adhering to infection prevention protocols. insertion of Urethral catheters, Nasogastric tubes and managing NJ tubes, gastronomies, Colostomies etc. Proper documentation.--

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY 10/2008 - 06/2012
ACCRA, , Ghana
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:NURSING
I trained as a nurse in Accra, Ghana between 2008 and 2012.

Sandra Odamtten Bruce
Sandra Odamtten Bruce RN