Kesiena Jefia-Yalaju
Wicklow
Summary
A Registered Nurse With 14 years experience of proven track record. I have excelled in patient, assessment and medication administration, underpinned by deep compassion and teamwork. My leadership in coordinating care plans and enhancing patient outcomes showcases my commitment to healthcare excellence and continuous professional development. With background in medical surgical, obstetrics,gynecology accident and emergency, geriatrics, covid and learning disabilities. I can perform my duties with minimal or no supervision.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Nurse
Blainroe Lodge Nursing Home
Wicklow
06.2024 - Current
- Monitored readings and maintained electronic medical records
- Educated residents and their families on disease management, self-care, and treatment options
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families during difficult times.
- Coordinated with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop and implement patient care plan
- Planned discharge of residents immediately on admission and ensured follow up care.
- Cared for Residents that suffered from cardiovascular conditions.
Healthcare Assistant
Superior Nursing Service
Kent
11.2022 - 09.2023
- Supported residents with activities of daily living, bathing, incontinence, grooming, getting dressed and feeding
- Moved and handled service users with specialized equipment in safe lifting, transferring and repositioning
- Mentored New to care employees on a 1-1 basis
- Encouraged service users to participate in social and recreational activities
- Documented every care given in an electronic device detailing all care provided
Lead Nurse/Nurse Manager
Kencrest Private Hospital
Asaba
09.2021 - 10.2022
- Supervised a team of healthcare professionals such as nurses, healthcare assistants and other clinicians
- Lead team meetings via zoom and skype to address operational issues and sharing information for development and setting standard goals to develop a professional network
- Lead antenatal and postnatal lectures with expectant mothers and post-natal mothers via zoom
- Ordered and purchased hospital supplies online and ensured on time delivery
- Ensured that all patients data are adequately and securely stored
Nursing Officer II
Asaba Specialist Hospital
Asaba
05.2021 - 02.2022
- Received patients from paramedics and took over their care and attended to them using triage
- Conducted preliminary examinations to ascertain the patients conditions and referred them together with multidisciplinary team to other departments
- Performed range of emergency procedures like resuscitation, administration of emergency medications, suturing, venepuncture and application and removal of oropharyngeal airway
- Provided basic life support and advance cardiovascular life support interventions
- Managed critical injuries with standard practice
Lead Nurse/Nurse Manager
Xtra Care Hospital
Asaba
01.2019 - 04.2021
- Exhibited excellent communication skills with diplomacy and objectivity when dealing with patients and staff
- Maintained appropriate nursing competencies in line with relevant authorities
- Maintained a healthy collaborative environment for the team of professionals
- Briefed and allocated duties and responsibilities to team members
- Ensured adequate documentation and maintained patients confidentiality in line with Hospital policies
Staff Nurse
Pepcare Hospital
Warri
01.2017 - 12.2018
- Ensured the adherence to infection control policies and protocols of medicine storage and administration and substance control and regulations
- Prepared, administered and recorded prescribed medications
- Monitored patients vital signs and reported deterioration signs
- Educated patients on the necessary lifestyle changes after major surgeries like the use of walking aides
- Changed dressing, inserted urinary catheter, started IVs, and venepuncture
Staff Nurse
Divine Charity Clinic
Warri, Nigeria
01.2011 - 12.2016
- Managed emergency cardiovascular emergencies.
- Monitored readings on cardiology equipment, maintained electronic medical records, monitored gas levels, and noted signs of deterioration.
- Educated patients and their families on disease management, self-care, and treatment options.
- Coordinated with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop and implement a patient care plan.
- Performed diagnostic tests, like ECG and stress test.
- Planned discharge of patients immediately upon admission, and ensured follow-up care.
- Cared for patients who suffered from cardiovascular conditions.
Education
B.Sc. Hons - Nursing
University of Suffolk
true07-2025
Diploma in Nursing -
State School of Nursing
Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria01.2010
High School -
Our Lady's High School
Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria01.1995
Skills
- Compassion and Empathy
- Attention to Detail
- Professionalism
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Patient Advocacy
- Physical Stamina
- Continual Learning
- Cultural Competence
- Medical Knowledge
- Medication Administration
- Patient Assessment
- Technical Nursing Procedures
- Diagnostic Testing
- Infection Control
- Equipment Operation
- Electronic Health Records
- Critical Thinking and Decision-Making
- Time Management
- Communication Skills
Accomplishments
- Basic Life Support (BLS), 05/11/24
- Advance Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), 01/01/23
- Airway Management Certification, Society of Airway Management (SAM) NIGERIA, 01/01/21
- Wound Management
- Care Plans for older people
- Gerontological nursing
- Infection and prevention for residential care
- Pronouncement of death by the Registered nurse
Hobbies and Interests
.Reading
Traveling
Cooking
Languages
Urhobo
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Staff Nurse
Blainroe Lodge Nursing Home
06.2024 - Current
Healthcare Assistant
Superior Nursing Service
11.2022 - 09.2023
Lead Nurse/Nurse Manager
Kencrest Private Hospital
09.2021 - 10.2022
Nursing Officer II
Asaba Specialist Hospital
05.2021 - 02.2022
Lead Nurse/Nurse Manager
Xtra Care Hospital
01.2019 - 04.2021
Staff Nurse
Pepcare Hospital
01.2017 - 12.2018
Staff Nurse
Divine Charity Clinic
01.2011 - 12.2016
B.Sc. Hons - Nursing
University of Suffolk
Diploma in Nursing -
State School of Nursing
High School -
Our Lady's High School
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