Personal information

Nationality Ghanaian

Marital status Single

Do you have a valid travel document (passport or ID card)? Yes

Do you have a clean certificate of good conduct? Yes

Dorcas Essel
Registered General Nurse
+233246649412
essel.dorcasusa@gmail.com

Summary
As a good and energetic young woman who have worked as a Registered General Nurse for over 11 years, I provide good nursing care to patients and all people who need my help. I apply to your noble health care institution to give out my acquired skills and experiences from both my school training and within these 11 years of field work to help bring out the highest standard of nursing care at your facility.

Work Experience
23/05/2014 to
Current Greater Accra Regional Hospital
Registered Nurse
Full - time permanent
- Nurse and manage a patient on Mechanical Ventilator as well as patient
receiving oxygen through endotracheal tube
- Nurse an unconscious patient who receives feeding through NG tube
- Suctioning of intubated patient
- Oxygen administration
- IV fluid and parenteral nutrition administration
- Urethral catheterization
- Personal hygiene maintenance
- Fluid intake and output observation
- Monitoring of vital signs and taking immediate intervention when any of the
vital signs increase above or decrease below normal range.
- Management of hemorrhagic shock
- Wound dressing
- Management of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia
- Drug administration
- Maintenance of patient's personal hygiene
- Assisting patients in early ambulation


08/08/2022 to
07/09/2024. Ridge Medical Center
Registered Nurse
Part - time temporal

- Assess the care needs of patients and implement nursing care plans accordingly.
- Ensure that items needed for effective nursing care are provided by the hospital
- Assign tasks to staff at the hospital and ensure it is accomplished diligently.
- Attends to the emergency cases at the emergency unit/OPD
- Wash and sterilize theater instruments

Skills
- Have a good interpersonal relationship with patients and staff.
- Have a good verbal communication skill - Ability to work independently
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good in documentations.
- Smart, good looking, energetic and very observant.

Education
2007 - 2010.
Tertiary Institution - Diploma
Nursing and Midwifery Training College
Korle-Bu, Accra - Ghana

2003-2005.
T.I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School
Gomoa Potsin
Central Region, Ghana


REFEREES

Sophia Seddoh
Principal Nursing Officer
Greater Accra Regional Hospital
+233245222432
veronicaseddph40@gmail.com

Dr Emmanuel Amankwa
CEO of Ridge Medical Center
+233277069359
egamankwa@gmail.com