Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
References
Hobbies and Interests
Languages
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Carol Kashita

Lusaka

Summary

Highly regarded Registered Nurse an expert in general nursing, with specialty in mother and child health care. Experienced nurse of over 14 years of hands on. Expert in monitoring and examining patients during and on discharge, providing health education, advice and developing individual care programs. Quite good at monitoring mothers before, during and after delivery. Empathetic and compassionate nurse who has successfully continued providing ongoing physical and emotional support to individual patients suffering from various illnesses, diseases and mental health disorders. Also, a goal driven nurse and function well in a multidisciplinary team as a player with very good communication and computer skills.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Midwife

Ministry of Health
Lusaka
01.2022 - Current
  • Provides full antenatal care
  • Identifies high-risk pregnancies
  • Monitors women and supports them
  • Teaches new and expectant mothers
  • Counsels antenatal mothers for HIV by providing information, assessing risk, offering emotional support, promoting safer practices
  • Enrolment of all newly identified HIV positive clients
  • Spearheads programs
  • Coordinates work groups and outreach activities
  • Visits homes to determine patient and family needs
  • Prevents illness by educating the public

General Nurse

Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital
Lusaka
12.2010 - 12.2020
  • Offered exceptional care and support to patients
  • Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction
  • Evaluated, implemented and designed tailored health care plans
  • Remained calm during high-stress
  • Assisted patients in performance of routine recovery and mobility exercises
  • Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures
  • Recognized and understood specific stages of dying process
  • Promoted patient and family comfort
  • Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions
  • Increased patient satisfaction by 20 percent
  • Improved patient outcome by 20% through timely interventions and comprehensive planning
  • Helped and calmed patients/clients during challenging times
  • Enhanced patients experience by 10 percent ensuring service provision was anti-discrimatory and culture sensitivity concerning race, age, religion and gender
  • Recognized risks and responded to emergency situations, resulting in 10% reduction in accidents
  • Increased efficiency by 20% by promoting the home’s image through excellent communication, appropriate behavior and professional appearance

Education

Advanced Diploma - Midwifery

Lusaka College of Nursing
Lusaka
12.2021

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Lusaka Apex Medical University
Lusaka
06.2018

Certificate - Nursing

Kabwe School of Nursing
Kabwe
06.2010

Skills

  • Compassionate
  • Empathetic
  • Analytical thinking
  • Professionalism
  • Patient support and advocacy
  • Personable and trustworthy
  • Patient Assessments
  • Home-based service
  • Risk management
  • Medical laboratory procedures
  • Computer skills

Accomplishments

  • Increased patient satisfaction by 20 percent.
  • Improved patient outcome by 20% through timely interventions and comprehensive planning.
  • Helped and calmed patients/clients during challenging times.
  • Enhanced patients experience by 10 percent ensuring service provision was anti-discriminatory and culture sensitive concerning race, age, religion and gender.
  • Recognized risks and responded to emergency situations, resulting in 10% reduction in accidents.
  • Increased efficiency by 20% by promoting the home’s image through excellent communication, appropriate behavior and professional appearance.

References

On request

Hobbies and Interests

  • Cooking
  • Gardening
  • Watching movies

Languages

  • English
  • Bemba
  • Nyanja

Personal Information

Title: Midwife

Timeline

Midwife

Ministry of Health
01.2022 - Current

General Nurse

Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital
12.2010 - 12.2020

Advanced Diploma - Midwifery

Lusaka College of Nursing

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Lusaka Apex Medical University

Certificate - Nursing

Kabwe School of Nursing
Carol Kashita