Biji Poulose
Abuhalifa
Summary
Experienced operating room nurse with 14 years of experience. Skilled in crisis management, triage strategies, and hospital workflow. Dedicated to providing high-quality care and support to patients for the best possible outcomes.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Operating Room Nurse
Ministry of Health, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait
12.2021 - Current
- Assist surgeon in selecting and handling instruments, controlling bleeding, and suturing incisions.
- Respond to surgical emergency requirements such as cardiac, pulmonary, and respiratory failure and haemorrhage.
- Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
- Kept count of all surgical instruments and sponges used during operations and procedures.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Assessed team members' workloads and pitched in to help in areas where need was most evident.
- Assisted surgeons with cutting of tissue, clamping and suturing during operational procedures.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
Operating Room Nurse
Al-Adan Hospital, Under Al Bahar Company, Ministry of Health
10.2014 - 10.2021
- Assist patients with healing and recovery after surgery.
- Provide necessary health education training for patients.
- Monitor, record, and communicate patient's condition before, during, and after operation
- Performed pre-operative assessments to prepare patients for surgery.
- Utilized sterile techniques and infection-control guidelines to maintain clean and safe environment.
- Provided direct support to surgical team during procedures.
- Sanitized, selected and organizing instruments, equipment and supplies according to surgeon preferences.
- Coordinated with surgeons and staff to deliver safe patient care during operations.
Operating Room Nurse
Fortis Hospital
06.2010 - 07.2012
- Perform all tasks with patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of process treatments insertion.
- Collect, interpret, record, and communicate pertinent data relevant to the patient's care in surgery.
- Determine medical or psychiatric emergency need and provide intervention.
- Organize and coordinate schedules based on changes to patient status, the environment and procedures being administered.
- Provided high level of individualized care to adult patients across multiple medical specialties.
- Communicated with patient and his or her family regarding postoperative and wound care.
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
- Assisted physicians in operating room by providing necessary supplies and equipment.
- Collected, labeled, and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing.
- Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
- Prepped operating rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards.
- Kept count of all surgical instruments and sponges used during operations and procedures.
Operating Room Nurse
St. Joseph's Hospital
04.2009 - 03.2010
- Achieve developmental goals and objectives by instituting new processes and standards for in-patient care.
- Conduct preoperative and postoperative visits.
- Performed preoperative assessments on patients and evaluated overall health.
- Educated patients and families on illnesses, medications and treatment plans.
- Provided direct support to surgical team during procedures.
- Prepped operating rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards.
- Kept count of all surgical instruments and sponges used during operations and procedures.
Education
POST BASIC BSC NURSING -
Rastogi college of Nursing
Raipur, Chhattisgargh01.2015
Diploma in General Nursing And Midwifery - undefined
School of Nursing
Choondal, Thrissur01.2009
Higher Secondary Examination - undefined
Soccorso Convent Girls Higher Secondary School
Mala, Kerala01.2005
SSLC - undefined
St mary's High School
Vynthala, Kerala01.2003
Skills
- Surgical patient care
- Vital signs
- Sterile technique
- Surgical assistance
- Instrument passing
- Preoperative checklists
- Patient positioning
- Patient safety
- Teamwork and collaboration
Timeline
Operating Room Nurse
Ministry of Health, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait
12.2021 - Current
Operating Room Nurse
Al-Adan Hospital, Under Al Bahar Company, Ministry of Health
10.2014 - 10.2021
Operating Room Nurse
Fortis Hospital
06.2010 - 07.2012
Operating Room Nurse
St. Joseph's Hospital
04.2009 - 03.2010
Diploma in General Nursing And Midwifery - undefined
School of Nursing
Higher Secondary Examination - undefined
Soccorso Convent Girls Higher Secondary School
SSLC - undefined
St mary's High School
POST BASIC BSC NURSING -
Rastogi college of Nursing
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