Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Powerlifting, reading, travelling, running
Languages
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Uchinami Mathangwane

Summary

Compassionate, hardworking and Adult Health Nurse specialist in patient care, passionate on education development with experience in progressive care across in all levels of health settings (primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary) and both private and public sector as well as mining industry. Competent nurse with vast knowledge in patient care (pre-hospital, emergency, critical, community care and management). Currently enrolled in Masters in Health Economics and Policy. Proven leadership focused in improved evidence based nursing care and satisfaction evidenced by currently pursuing further studies. I have also proven to remain calm under pressure and also eager to learn.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Acting Quality Officer

Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital
12.2023 - Current
  • Performs onsite audits and reviews regarding quality issues
  • Documents, and investigates complaints, review administrative data, gathers and compiles quality improvements and develops data outcome reports
  • Assists in development of processes and procedures to ensure quality patient services and compliance of professional standards
  • Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
  • Assist in enquiries by outside agencies during audits or reviews
  • Analyze and monitor performance data to determine trends to reduce costs and improve patient services
  • Maintain confidential reports and records of nursing and medical staff
  • Take part in updating hospital's standard of operating procedures
  • Performs any other duties relevant to profession

Registered Nurse

Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital
03.2023 - Current

Internal medicine

  • Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administer medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Provide direct patient care, stabilize patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Manage care from admission to discharge.
  • Implement medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
  • Update patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
  • Evaluate healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connect to optimal providers and care.
  • Organize and manage care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
  • Advocate for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
  • Confer with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
  • Monitor patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
  • Maintain quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
  • Provide exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
  • Oversee delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians, and unit clerks.
  • Participate in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
  • Audit charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
  • Manage quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.

Registered Nurse

Debswana Diamond Company
12.2021 - 03.2023

General responsibilities at Debswana Orapa Mine Hospital Covid contact tracing Covid contact tracing documentation, compiling reports and submitting to relevant authorizes Covid swabbing Administering Covid vaccine Managing Covid patients in isolation wards Performing general nursing duties for both male and female general in

  • 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.
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Managed care from admission to discharge.
  • Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
  • Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
  • Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.

Nursing Officer I

Ministry Of Health And Wellness Botswana
06.2021 - 11.2021

Princess Marina Hospital- Intensive Care Unit

  • Deliver regular updates to doctors, patients and their family members
  • Begin treatment and monitor doses
  • Respond to a medical emergency and alert the appropriate Doctors as needed
  • Care for patient needs throughout their recovery in the ICU unit
  • Complete all necessary paperwork before transferring a patient
  • Maintain patient records
  • Create and implement effective care plans
  • Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
  • Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
  • Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.
  • Completed diagnostic tests and patient assessments to evaluate treatment progress.

Nursing Officer I

Ministry Of Health And Wellness Botswana
11.2017 - 05.2021

Female medical ward

  • Started intravenous fluids, administered medications and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
  • Managed caseload of 15 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy and wound care.
  • Used IPMS to document patient plan of care by taking into account nursing interventions, diagnosis and expected patient outcomes.
  • Recorded and measured patients' weight, temperature, respiration and blood pressure.
  • Managed pre-op and post-operative patient care by stocking medical supplies and preparing operating rooms.
  • Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens and pain management techniques.
  • Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions.

Assistant Nursing Officer

Ministry Of Health Of Botswana
10.2014 - 11.2017

Kgari Health Post

  • On call; consult patients in the emergency department as a registered nurse with first contact with patients. Managing of patient records Involved with counseling patients and patient relatives. Performs some procedures such as suturing of open wounds
  • Offer health education to people within the community as well as in the facility Run the facility on timely basis Takes care of the facility's inventory such as ordering medications, stationery Supervises some of the subordinates Prescribes and dispenses some medications Runs and supervises the child welfare clinic Administer vaccinations for both children and adults Do some home visits within the community Offer and perform routine HIV testing Screen for TB and collect sputum Manage TB consult prescribe (including initiation of treatment) monitor and care for TB patients. Familiar with patient referral system Appreciate multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.

Education

Master of Science - Nursing

University of Botswana
Gaborone
09.2023

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Botswana
Gaborone
05.2014

Masters In Public Health-Health Economics & Policy - Public Health

James Lind Institute
Switzerland
12.2024

Skills

  • Immunizations and Vaccinations
  • Clear Patient Communication
  • Medical Supply Management
  • Monitoring Vital Signs
  • Quality Improvement Activities

Accomplishments

  • Nurse specialists in Adult Health
  • Basic Life Support Certificate
  • HIV/AIDS and TB training
  • Routine HIV TESTING
  • Sexual Transmitted Infections training

Certification

-Sexual transmitted Infections under Ministry of Health (Botswana) course June 2015 (week)
- Routine HIV testing course under Ministry of Health and Wellness (Botswana) February 2016 (week)
- TB, TB/HIV and Leprosy training for health workers under Ministry of Health Botswana(week)

-Basic Life Support certificate
-Option B plus under Ministry of Health and Wellness Botswana-2017 (week)
- Malaria and IMCI under Ministry of Health and Wellness Botswana-2017 (week)
-COVID-19 training under Ministry of Health and Wellness-March 2020 (2 days)
- Strengthening Inter-Professional Education Training the trainers workshop by Botswana University of Maryland- November 2019(2 days)

COMMITTIES

-Quality and assurance focal person in internal medicine at Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital

Powerlifting, reading, travelling, running

I love running marathons, ran 2 full marathons and one ultra. Passionate about powerlifting and also travelling and meeting new

also love reading published articles to gain more knowledge

Languages

Tswana, kalanga
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Acting Quality Officer

Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital
12.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse

Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital
03.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse

Debswana Diamond Company
12.2021 - 03.2023

Nursing Officer I

Ministry Of Health And Wellness Botswana
06.2021 - 11.2021

Nursing Officer I

Ministry Of Health And Wellness Botswana
11.2017 - 05.2021

Assistant Nursing Officer

Ministry Of Health Of Botswana
10.2014 - 11.2017

Master of Science - Nursing

University of Botswana

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Botswana

Masters In Public Health-Health Economics & Policy - Public Health

James Lind Institute

-Sexual transmitted Infections under Ministry of Health (Botswana) course June 2015 (week)
- Routine HIV testing course under Ministry of Health and Wellness (Botswana) February 2016 (week)
- TB, TB/HIV and Leprosy training for health workers under Ministry of Health Botswana(week)

-Basic Life Support certificate
-Option B plus under Ministry of Health and Wellness Botswana-2017 (week)
- Malaria and IMCI under Ministry of Health and Wellness Botswana-2017 (week)
-COVID-19 training under Ministry of Health and Wellness-March 2020 (2 days)
- Strengthening Inter-Professional Education Training the trainers workshop by Botswana University of Maryland- November 2019(2 days)

COMMITTIES

-Quality and assurance focal person in internal medicine at Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital

Uchinami Mathangwane