ELEANOR AFUA AGYAKOMA DARKWA

• Household Management: Performing light housekeeping duties such as cleaning and laundry
• Preparing meals and assisting with meal planning as per dietary requirements
• Washing, dressing, patient transfers, vital signs, toileting, mouth care, meal set up, feeding, catheter care, charting, physical assessment, pain assessment

• As a clinical extern in RVH, I rotated on various wards gaining experience in Canadian nursing and bridging the different practices between nursing in Ghana and Canada
• I performed supervised duties such as catheter removal, IV removal, wound dressing, ostomy change, removal of sutures.
• I performed individual skills such as washing clients, dressing, patient transfers, vital signs, toileting, mouth care, meal set up, feeding, catheter care, charting, physical assessment, pain assessment, Braden and fall assessment

All activities were supervised by PC

Medication

Wound care

Physical assesment

Preparation for pre-procedures and pre-op.

Documentation

Physical Assessment

Grooming

Pericare etc

• At Coleman Care Centre I worked as a personal support worker I assisted clients with washing, dressing, patient transfers, vital signs, toileting, mouth care, meal set up, feeding, catheter care, charting, physical assessment, pain assessment

• At Kushions Group Care Home I assisted in providing individual and group counseling to children and youth
• Assisting in the development and implementation of treatment plans and intervention strategies
• Implementing behavioral management techniques to support positive behavior
• I performed other duties such as cooking, housekeeping, escorting and monitoring clients to events and planning fun activities

• I worked at the oncology department for eleven years from June 2012 till December 2023
• In my last five years I was a principal nursing officer and the deputy head of unit
• I assisted the head of unit in nursing management I was responsible for scheduling, performance appraisal, staff training, student education, assignment, facilitating promotions etc
• Other duties I performed within my eleven years were female and male brachytherapy, iodine therapy, chemotherapy, patient education and counselling prior to chemotherapy
• General Nursing Care

• I provided general nursing care, pediatric care, fertility support care and pre and post operative care.

• We provided palliative, supportive care, general nursing care to clients home.

• Psychiatric Nursing