Riya James
Kottayam
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
MGM Hospital
07.2021 - Current
- Worked in Surgical Ward
Registered Nurse
Ministry of Health
07.2013 - 04.2018
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Registered Nurse
Caritas Hospital
05.2011 - 05.2013
- Worked in Surgical Ward
- Streamlined medication administration processes for increased safety and accuracy during busy shifts.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
Registered Nurse
Unity Hospital
02.2010 - 01.2011
- Worked in Medical Surgical Ward
- Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.
- Skillfully managed challenging patient situations using de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention strategies, and therapeutic communication skills.
Skills
- Admission and discharge procedure
- Management of Hypo or hypertension, hypothyroidism, Anemia, COPD, CVA, Seizure Disorders
- Critically ill patient for observation
- Monitored, assessed, documented, and reported symptoms and changes in patient's condition
- Administer medication including controlled drugs, initiating IV therapy, blood transfusion and other treatments prescribed by physician, according to policies and procedures of the organization
- Perform nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applying aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensuring infection control, monitoring nutritional intake and conducting specimen collection
- Maintaining therapeutic relationship with patients and relatives
- Collecting, labeling and dispatching of specimens
- Handing over and taking charge of shift
- Keeping the ward clean and tidy
- Participation in staff education and staff meeting
- Participation of professional activities
- Demonstration of guidance to student nurses and domestic staff
Education
- B.Sc. Nurse, Unity College of Nursing, 2010
- Plus Two, Emmanuel's Higher Secondary School, Kothanalloor, 2005
- S.S.L.C., Emmanuel's Higher Secondary School, Kothanalloor, 2003
Sex
Female
Contact Details
+91 7558885779
English Skills - Oet Results
- 07/22/2022, 07/22/2024
- 04/09/2022, 04/09/2024
- 11/20/2021, 11/20/2023
Professional Duties Responsibilities
- Assessment of Assigned Patients.
- Marking an admission assessment on each patient.
- Frequent assessment throughout the shift to see current status & to detect changes in condition.
- Plan Patient Care.
- Initials & Updates of Nursing Care Plan.
- Contribute the Discharge Planning Process.
- Participate in Team Conference.
- Implement Patient care by performing nursing functions as indicated by patient needs including but not limited to the following.
- Personal hygiene.
- Patient and family teaching.
- Medication administration.
- Collection of blood samples including ABG.
- Insertion of peripheral line & intravenous therapy.
- Catheterization.
- Blood transfusion according to the hospital protocol.
- Tracheotomy care
- Wound dressing & Suture care.
- Ryle's tube insertion & feeding.
- Cardio-Respiratory Monitoring.
- CVP & ABP Monitoring.
- To give advanced basic life support.
- Infection control.
- Specific procedure and treatment as ordered by physician.
- Emotional support of the patient & family.
- Evaluates patient care given and record.
- Report information concerning the patient's condition to the head nurse and physician.
- Reaction to therapeutic measures and any significant incidents.
- Assists physician when performing procedures in ward rounds and carrying out their instructions.
- Attend in service education and participated conference in unit management.
- Serve as professional role model to other staff members.
- Participate in overall functioning of the unit including maintenance of supplies and equipment, inventory checking and contributing to the total neatness and appearance of the unit.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Registration History
Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council, 22703, 07/21/2026
Age
35
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 06/08/1987
- Nationality: Indian
References
- Manju Shaji, Nursing Superiendent, MGM Hospital, Kothamangalam, +918943717529
- Mr. Oqab Khadran Al Otaibi, RN, Nursing Director, Sajir General Hospital, KSA, aalgadbani@moh.gov.sa
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the statement made in the above are correct the best of my knowledge and belief Kottayam
Timeline
Registered Nurse
MGM Hospital
07.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse
Ministry of Health
07.2013 - 04.2018
Registered Nurse
Caritas Hospital
05.2011 - 05.2013
Registered Nurse
Unity Hospital
02.2010 - 01.2011
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