Michael Sagoe
Bunbury,Oxfordshire
Summary
Resourceful, dedicated and hardworking registered nurse with seven years of experience caring for patients and working closely with other healthcare staff. Well-rounded individual skillful in providing emotional support to patients and families, performing various diagnostic tests and administering medication. In-depth knowledge of emergency care and nursing care techniques and methods.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Nurse
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Banbury, Oxfordshire
09.2020 - Current
- Receiving patients from ambulance crew members into the department.
- Carrying out a rapid nurse assessment on all such patients who present to the department.
- Streaming patient visiting the department into different areas according to their presentations.
- Ensured patient confidentiality, comfort, privacy and dignity, and considered their preferences at all time.
- Escalating patient according to their conditions.
- Checking Vital signs, taking blood samples for lab test, performing ECGs, Urine dips, bladder scans, catheterization, Blood glucose, VBGs, ABGs, c-spine immobilization, putting patients on cardiac monitors and oxygen monitors.
- Administering oral, IV, IM, rectal and nebulizing medications, and oxygen for adults in ED cubicles.
- Managing patients presenting with minor injuries both children and adults, performing wound dressings, using steristrips and medical glue, giving crutches to patients, applying cricked pad splints, futuro splints, buddy strapping, Miami J collar, applying casts/PoP to support fractures, applying collar and cuffs, broad and high arm slings, and boots.
- Referring patients presenting with minor injuries for x-rays.
- For children coming into the department, weighing and checking vital signs for all age groups, starting them on oral fluid challenge, performing nasal swabs, giving them medications.
- Using equipments like ECG machine, AIRVO, Alaris pump, BBraun pumps, Syring pump, AED, Bare hugger, BM machines, VBG and ABG machine, Oxylog, Lucas, Philips monitors, SEND machines, Bladder scanner, Trauma and repose mattresses, sliding sheets, Pat Slides.
- Assisting Doctors and Anesthetics with intubation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Immobilizing necks of patients with cervical spine injuries.
- Supported junior colleagues in every way
- Attended clinical meetings to contribute to quality improvement and development.
Staff Nurse
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
Cape Coast, Central Region
05.2019 - 09.2020
- Assessed all patient using the TEWS score to know patients who are deteriorating and need urgent attention.
- Administered prescribed medication to patients including injectables and orals as well as suppositories and topical, monitoring for adverse reactions and managing it when they occur.
- Provided cardiopulmonary resuscitation in cases of emergency using the BLS and ACLS skills.
- Ensured infection prevention by properly utilizing the PPEs, effective handwashing, proper disposing used and sharps.
- Managed patients having acute to chronic health problems like cardiac arrest, cancers, hypertension, hernias, fractures, obstructions, ulcers, inflammations, diabetes, altered mental status, foreign objects in body, road traffic accidents, Stephen Johnson’s disease, animal bites, gastrointestinal problems, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, skin infections, unconsciousness, head injuries and brain injuries and bleeding, spine injuries, bleeding, seizures, meningitis, tetanus, cerebro vascular accidents, anemia, leukemia, complicated malaria, collapse, cholera, rabies among others.
- Assessed patients before, during and after transfusion with blood.
- Routinely assessed patients at the unit, working together with multi-disciplinary team members to ensure safe and effective health services to the patients and their relatives.
- Safely and properly handled and used of equipment including Electrocardiogram machine, manual sphygmomanometer, electronic blood pressure machine, thermometer, glucometer, pulse oximeter, stethoscope, weighing scale, ambu bags, cardiac monitor, and Automated External Defibrillator, suction machine, drip stand, autoclave, suturing sets, nebulizer, wheel chairs and stretchers.
- Educated patients about their medication, providing them with information, supplementing their treatment with good lifestyle advice.
Rotation Nurse
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
Cape Coast, Central Region
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Provided medical care to people who had medical conditions like pneumonia, anemia, sickle cell, meningitis, gastritis, enteritis, enteric fever, malaria, bronchitis, asthma, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory tract infections, cellulitis, kidney diseases, palpitations, chest pains, common cold, sore throat, indigestion, laryngitis, pharyngitis, chronic cough, headaches, migraine, heart failure, hepatitis, malnutrition, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, constipation, cystitis acne, typhoid fever, nosebleeds, leukemia, pancreatitis, epilepsy, food poisoning, anaphylaxis, arthritis, spondylitis, peptic and stomach ulcers, CVA, sudden collapse, deep vein thrombosis, diarrhea, dizziness, vomiting, cholera, hypertension, diabetes and many more at the medical unit
- Provided surgical care to people who suffered from surgical conditions like hernia, intestinal obstruction, cholecystitis, ovarian cyst, tonsillitis, rectal prolapse, aneurysms, brain tumor, fibroid, gall stones, GERD, typhoid perforations, prostate enlargements, appendicitis, hemorrhoids, cancers and many more at the surgical unit.
- Safely and effectively used equipment like sphygmomanometer, thermometer, glucometer, stethoscope, bedpans, weighing scale, wheelchairs, stretchers, drip stand, oxygen cylinder, suction machine.
- Assessed, monitored and provided acute care to adult patients who were in critical conditions at the intensive care unit {ICU}
- Provided debridement, wound dressing and wound education to patients who had various kinds of wounds at the treatment unit.
- Provided acute care to patients who presented at the emergency unit with acute to chronic health problems.
- Provided eye, ear, nose and throat care to patients who presented at the Eye and ENT clinics.
- Assessed and educated patients who presented at the diabetic unit with type 1 and 2 diabetes on their medications, and good lifestyle to supplement their treatment
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Practice
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, England, United Kingdom05.2023
Diploma - Registered General Nursing
Nursing And Midwifery Training College, Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana08.2016
Postgraduate Certificate - Minor Injuries And Illness Mangement
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, England, United Kingdom Skills
- Immediate life support
- Advanced life support
- Pediatric immediate life support
- Pediatric advanced life support
- Patient advocate
- Safeguarding children and adult
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Leadership
- Patient Education
- Specimen Collection
- Resource Allocation
- Tracheostomy Care
- Family Education
- Care Planning
- Medication Administration
- Patient Counseling
- Wound Care
- Patient Care
- Direct Patient Care
- Emergency Procedures
- VTE prevention
Accomplishments
Awarded a candidate for 'delivery'.
Best graduating registered general nurse.
Languages
English
Professional
Afrikaans
Native/ Bilingual
Certification
Nursing and Midwifery Council of UK - 31st December, 2020
Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana - 1st December, 2016.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Staff Nurse
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
09.2020 - Current
Staff Nurse
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
05.2019 - 09.2020
Rotation Nurse
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
04.2017 - 04.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Practice
Oxford Brookes University
Diploma - Registered General Nursing
Nursing And Midwifery Training College, Cape Coast
Postgraduate Certificate - Minor Injuries And Illness Mangement
Oxford Brookes University
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