SAMANTHA MAKIWA

Experienced nursing professional bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities. I uphold the values of nursing; care, compassion and commitment. In addition, I am passionate about innovation and quality improvement. Having worked in various healthcare settings for over two decades, I have progressed professionally as a nurse and nurse leader, gaining remarkable skills in nursing practice, leadership, mentoring, coaching and academia. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Furthermore, I have a professional approach to my work with the ability to establish good working relationships with people at all levels, fostering a healthy working environment, characterized by dignity, respect and positive outcomes.

• Customer Care, Public Service Commission Zimbabwe, 2004
• HIV/AIDS Counseling, Matabeleland AIDS Council, 2008
• Grooming and Deportment, Placements Plus, 2013
• Application and Removal of NASG, University of Zimbabwe in collaboration with University of California, 2014
• Professional Boundaries, BMS Services, Dublin, Ireland, 2018
• Report Writing, BMS Services, Dublin, Ireland, 2018
• Children First, HSE Land, Ireland, 2018
• Fire Safety, AMEC Safety Training, Dublin, Ireland, 2018
• Manual Handling, AMEC Safety Training, Dublin, Ireland, 2018
• Emergency First Aid and CPR, AMEC Safety Training, Dublin, Ireland, 2018
• Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (MAPA), Dublin, Ireland, 2018
• Keeping Adults Safe, Dublin, Ireland, 2018
• Suicide Alertness, Dublin, Ireland, 2018
• Effective use of professional supervision, Professional Practice Development, Dublin, Ireland, 2019
• Hand Hygiene, HSE Land, Ireland, 2019
• Wound management, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland
• Fire Marshal certificate, 2021
• Anaphylaxis certificate, HSE Land, Ireland, 2021
• Influenza Peer Vaccination, HSE Land, Ireland, 2020
• Putting on and removal of PPE, HSE Land, Ireland, 2020
• Infection Prevention and Control Link Practitioner, Health Service Executive (HSE), 2022

• Zimbabwe Nurses Council, Harare, Zimbabwe
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Fellow in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (FFNMRCSI), Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2023

• Strategies for coping with work related stress amid COVID-19: Literature review, 2020
• Challenges experienced by General Nurses working within the Addiction Services: Systemic review, 2023

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• English
• Ndebele
• Shona

• Reading
• Traveling
• Cooking
• Events management