Agnes Gathungu

Position:  Clinical Nurse.

Key Achievements:

• Engaged in evidence-based practice programs that improved patient care.
• Health education of mothers and guardians at the well-baby clinic.

Responsibilities:

• Managing patients with life threatening emergency and trauma conditions.
• Monitoring patients to detect change in their condition.
• Provide professional nursing care to assigned patients.
• Record patient histories.
• Perform various diagnostic tests e,g E.C.G.
• Administer medications and work with physicians during major procedures.
• Health promotion activities include the education of patients on various aspects of health.

Position:  Staff Nurse (Medical and Surgical Department).

Key Achievements:

• Saved the life of a five-year-old child who had choked.
• Proficiency at managing effectively in fast-paced and frequently stressful environments.
• Excellent ability to act as a clinical and theoretical role model.

Responsibilities:

• Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan,implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support proper treatments
• Operate and insert foley catheters and nasogastric feeding tubes while monitoring intake and output.
• Discharge of patients within agreed policies protocols and guidelines

Position:  Nursing Officer

Key Achievements:

• Playing a critical role in management of patients during the covid 19 pandemic.
• Mentored and coached entry level junior staff and nursing students.

Responsibilities:

• Providing nursing care to post operative patients.
• Monitor and manage pregnant mothers during labor and childbirth and ensure timely intervention incase of emergencies.
• Identify obstetric complications and institute appropriate and timely interventions.
• Provide comprehensive client counselling e.g reproductive health, Hiv,vaccination and papsmear.
• Completing pre and post operative procedures.
• Administer medications while monitoring recovery progress.
• Preparing patients for procedures.
• Notified significant changes in patients condition and potential implications and took remedial action as appropriate.
• Prepared and ensured completion of patients charts.

• April 2019-Aug 2020: School nurse at Riara Group Of Schools.
• Aug 2018 - Apr 2019: Key Population Clinical Nurse at National Organization of Peer Educators. 
• Jan 2017 - Aug 2018: Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse, (Pool Basis), at Aga Khan University Hospital.     
• Jun 2016 - Jan 2017: Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse at Machakos County Government (Mutitu Dispensary).
• Apr 2014 - May 2016: Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse (Ccc/Tb Centre) at AIC Kijabe Hospital. Participated in a research study to identify the reasons for poor uptake of ART by newly enrolled breastfeeding mothers.