CURRICULUM VITAE
MAVIS OSEI MENSAH
PERSONAL SECTION:
TITLE: Mrs.
NAME:
Mavis Osei Mensah
DATE OF BIRTH:
9TH MAY,1985
NATIONALITY:
Ghanaian
GENDER:
Female
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
MOBILE:
+233545471289
E-MAIL:
oseimensahmavis1@gmail.com
HEALTHCARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
June,2015 – June,2017
BSc – General Nursing
Christian Service University
August,2008 – August,2011
Diploma in Nursing
Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Training College
INHOUSE COURSES:
2019:
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Assessment of Patient’s Oxygen Therapy
Documentation and Report writing
Errors in medication Administration
Understanding continuous professional development
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIPS:
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Nursing & Midwifery Council of Ghana
Reg. #11MO12455308 – valid until 31st December,2025
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1St April,2013 – Present:
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi-Ghana.
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is strategically positioned in the middle belt of Ghana which
serves about thirteen (13) out of sixteen (16) Regions in the country. It is a teaching hospital which trains
medical students, nursing students and other paramedics. The hospital currently has sixteen (16)
directorates. It is by far the second largest public multi-disciplinary institution in the area of health care
provision in the country, with over thousand two hundred (1200) bed capacity which covers all areas of
health care from prenatal to elderly.
I currently work full time at the emergency department which have about one hundred and twenty (120)
beds, as a nursing officer in the emergency unit.
2013-2014:
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Triage Unit (Duties) (Staff Nurse)
Receiving telephone calls from referral point.
Assessment of new patients reporting to the facility and sending them to the appropriate unit.
Vital signs monitoring.
Administration of O2(oxygen) for patients with issue of breathing difficulties.
Monitoring of blood glucose and correcting patients with low glucose level.
2014 – 2016:
Low Dependency Unit (Senior staff)
CASES:
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Abdominal pain
Moderate pain
Urine
Diabetes glucose over 17 mmol/L with no ketonuria
Persistent vomiting etc.
DUTIES:
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Vital signs monitoring
Administration of medications
Admissions of patients which requires further medical investigations
Infusion administration
Wound assessment and infection prevention
Pain assessment and control
Education of patient on disease condition etc.
TYPES OF EQUIPMENT:
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B/P Apparatus
Glucometer
Thermometer
Pulse Oximeter
Infusion pump
2017 - till date:
High Dependency Unit (Nursing Officer)
CASES
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CVA
Patients with reduced consciousness level
Difficulty breathing
Aggressive and confused patients
Chest pain
Poisoning
Diabetes glucose over 11mmol/L with ketonuria
Infectious Diseases (HIV, Tuberculosis and Covid-19)
DUTIES
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Admission of Patients
Monitoring of vital signs
Administration IV, IM and SC medications
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CPR
Oxygen therapy for patient with low O2 saturation
NG tube insertion and core
NG tube feeding
Nursing core for chronically and critically ill patient on cardiac monitor
Nebulization of asthmatic patient
Care of patients with blood gas issues
Care of CVA patients
Taking charge of the ward occasionally
Suctioning
Screening of patients with HIV
Screening of patients with tuberculosis
Registration of patients
Education on condition
Education of Drug compliance
TYPES OF EQUIPMENT
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Cardiac Monitor
Suctioning machine
Pulse oxymeter
BP apparatus
Infusion pump
Glucometer
First response
Oral Quick