LUCKYCIA APPIAH ADJEI
Saskatoon,SK
Summary
Hardworking and passionate nurse with progressive experience in giving care to patients and residents.To work in an institution as a nurse where I can utilize my full potential with the help of the health care team towards optimum patient care and also ready to undertake any developmental-oriented program to help the profitability and long-term growth of an instituition.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Personal Support Worker
Beyond Care Home Assisted Living
06.2023 - Current
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
Child Support Worker
Eden Care Communities
04.2023 - 05.2023
- Explained policies, procedures and instructions to parents.
- Performed case management tasks to enforce court-ordered child support obligations.
- Researched legal, financial and other records to obtain data needed to secure and enforce child support cases.
- Located parents for gaining child support and prepared records of payments.
- Evaluated income and expense data of non-custodial parents to determine support capability.
- Conducted outreach to families and other community partners to identify ways to address social, emotional and behavioral needs.
- Completed comprehensive assessments of families to identify needs and develop treatment plans.
- Intervened in crisis situations and counseled children experiencing emergencies and disruptive incidents.
- Worked with educational team to develop Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for students.
- Arranged medical and psychiatric tests to identify difficulties and indicate potential remedial approaches.
- Developed and implemented strategies to reduce and prevent family conflict.
Health Care Assistant
Southbridge Care Home
03.2022 - 03.2023
- Assisted with patient hygiene, physical comfort, eating, and drinking, and mobility while observing and reporting specific changes.
- Arranged bedding and cushions to enhance patient comfort in bed and chairs.
- Supported nursing staff with care of incontinent patients and promotion of continence care.
- Lifted patients using appropriate equipment in accordance with moving and handling policy.
- Observed patient skin conditions and reported findings to registered nurse.
- Delivered high standard of holistic care to patients to promote equality and dignity.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
- Reduced risks of patient infection and cross-contamination by cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
- Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information.
- Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
- Provided care to patients throughout lifespan with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and culture.
- Monitored patient specimen samples and test results to effectively alert supervisors of potentially unhealthy changes.
Registered Nurse
Ghana Health Service
02.2020 - 01.2021
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
- Reported findings to quality departments after conducting routine restraint audits and worked with team to devise corrective actions for deficiencies.
- Worked with healthcare team to develop new dialysis treatment flow sheet and other log forms, improving clinical documentation and accountability.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK08.2027
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Dunkwa Nursing And Midwifery Traning College
Ghana -Dunkwa On Offin10.2019
Skills
- Medication Organization
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Social Support
- Meal Preparation
- Client Relationship Management
- Behavior management
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Emotional support
- Multitasking and Organization
- Daily Living Assistance
- Relationship Building
Languages
English
Full Professional
Certification
- PCA - Personal Care Aide- Ontario
- Licensed registered nurse- Ghana
Timeline
Personal Support Worker
Beyond Care Home Assisted Living
06.2023 - Current
Child Support Worker
Eden Care Communities
04.2023 - 05.2023
Health Care Assistant
Southbridge Care Home
03.2022 - 03.2023
Registered Nurse
Ghana Health Service
02.2020 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
University of Saskatchewan
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Dunkwa Nursing And Midwifery Traning College
- PCA - Personal Care Aide- Ontario
- Licensed registered nurse- Ghana
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