Binnu Kunnath Joseph
Summary
Skilled nursing professional with more than 14 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of behavioral and medical care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Staff Nurse
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
Singapore, Singapore
04.2016 - Current
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
- Promoted patient independence by teaching self-care skills.
- Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
- Assigned patient care to nurses based on skills and experience, contributing to higher standards of patient care and staff retention.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Coordinated patient discharge planning to provide post-discharge patient care, promoting healing and recovery.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply PDPA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
- Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
- Reported findings to quality departments after conducting routine restraint audits and worked with team to devise corrective actions for deficiencies.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Rajiv Collection of Nursing
India03.2007
Skills
- Nursing Staff Supervision
- Direct Patient Care
- Care Plan Implementation
- Medication Management
- Documentation
- Patient Admissions
- Incident Documentation
- Discharge Planning
- Total Patient Care
- Care Planning
- Specimen Collection
- Patient Education
- Tracheostomy Care
- Resource Allocation
- Family Education
- Vaccine Administration
- Patient Care
- Emergency Procedures
- EMR / EHR
- Patient Counseling
- Wound Care
- Medication and IV Administration
- Medication Administration
- Infection Control Measures
- Critical Care
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Intake and Discharge
- Patient Management
Accomplishments
- Achieved NHG Teaching Excellence award in year 2022 through effectively guiding and teaching with nursing students.
- Achieved Service Champion Award in 2018 through effectively helping with patients .
- Achieved Long service award in 2021
Certification
- BCLS
- IV cannulation and Venepuncture
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Timeline
Senior Staff Nurse
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
04.2016 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Rajiv Collection of Nursing