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From May 2013 to continued at American Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates in NICU having 10 beds.

Involved in infection control as a LINK Nurse. senior nurse, Responsible for provision of comprehensive individualize care and for patients requiring care in complex and in unstable situations.

Attending neonatal resuscitation in high-risk labor and deliveries, caesarean section, practice of advanced life support and neonatal resuscitation as indicated.

Mentoring new staffs, shift coordinating - team leader as assigned. In-service education on relevant topics, Spot teaching to less experienced staff members and Shift coordinating, placing skill mixed assignments to staffs.

Phlebotomist in an emergency situation, and in difficult Intravenous cannulation in NICU, Nursery, pediatric ward, emergency department, urgent care unit, high risk post natal unit and as usual.

Assisting with all the procedures in regard to patient care, e.g insertion of chest tubes, central venous line, UAC, UVC, radial artery, Exchange blood transfusion, Intubation and extubation, Lumbar puncture and ventricular or ascites taps.

Care of babies with ventilation and High frequency oscillation/ventilation with nitric oxide and babies with tracheotomy. Care of chest and thoracotomy tubes, central lines UAC and UVC. Blood sampling from central lines, UAC, UVC, venue puncture and capillary heel prick. Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation.

Administration of medication via central lines UAC, UVC, peripheral lines, administration of blood and blood products, insulin drip, Narcotic drip, prostaglandin E1 drip, dopamine, dobutamine drip and intravenous nutritional fluid/TPN.

Assessment of nutritional fluid and calories requirement, system assessment like cardiac, respiratory, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, Integumentary and physical findings.

Minimal handling techniques, in bed scale, insertion of oral /naso gastric tubes/feed gastrostomy tube feed and care, care of colostomy/ileostomy.

Practice of nursing process. Involves assessment, decision making, planning, implementation and Evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies and Stabilization, transportation of critically ill infants by Air and Road.

Auditing clinical practices, supporting, guiding the less experienced staffs without criticism to implement the recommended best practice, and Parent teaching if appropriate.


Duration of position: from may 2013 to continued

Responsible for provision of comprehensive individualize care and for patients requiring care in complex and in unstable situations. Attending neonatal resuscitation in high-risk labor and deliveries, caesarean section, practice of advanced life support and neonatal resuscitation as indicated. Mentoring new staffs, student nurses, and shifts coordinating as assigned.Infection control LINK Nurse.

Assisting with all the procedures in regard to patient care, e.g insertion of chest tubes, central venous line, UAC, UVC, radial artery, Exchange blood transfusion, Intubation and extubation, Lumbar puncture and ventricular or ascites taps.

Care of babies with ventilation and High frequency oscillation/ventilation with nitric oxide and babies with tracheotomy. Care of chest and thoracotomy tubes, central lines UAC and UVC. Blood sampling from central lines, UAC, UVC, venue puncture and capillary heel prick. Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation.

Administration of medication via central lines UAC, UVC, peripheral lines, administration of blood and blood products, insulin drip, Narcotic drip, prostaglandin E1 drip, Digoxin, dopamine, dobutamine drip and intravenous nutritional fluid/TPN.

Assessment of nutritional fluid and calories requirement, system assessment like cardiac, respiratory, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, Integumentary and physical findings. Minimal handling techniques, in bed scale, insertion of oral /naso gastric tubes/feed gastrostomy tube feed and care, care of colostomy/ileostomy.

From Jan 2012 to April 2013 General medical and diabetics health care, Sri Vijaya Health care clinic, Nellithope, Pondicherry, India.

Brief description of hospital:
Sri Vijaya Health care clinic is a private hospital includes various out patients' clinics like cardiac, skin, gastroenterology, general medical and diabetics. 350 patients per day are seen in general medical and diabetics' clinic, with the assistance of one nurse including emergency and casualty.

Duties / Responsibilities:
As a Registered nurse and Registered midwife, responsible for total patient care, involves assessment planning, implementation and evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies, over all management In general medical and diabetics.
Working as a full time nurse 48 hours per week and reporting to the doctor responsible to the clinic. More knowledge gained about diabetes in adults.

Duration of position:

From Aug 2008 to October 2011, Registered nurse level 1 - in NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) at King Faisal specialist hospital & research centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Brief description of hospital:
No. of hospital beds: 894. This is a major teaching, referral, research centre and a tertiary hospital in the country. It has earned a reputation as an international centre of excellence in patient care. Ongoing works to achieve as one of the magnet hospital. It provides hospital, community and home based services including alcohol/drugs services covering their population and serves in- service educational programmes for hospital staffs.

Description of the unit:
No. of unit beds: 29. NICU 19 beds for high acquity level 3 babies and 10 beds for Step down babies. NICU can provide respiratory support with ventilator to19 actually ill babies. Population varies from extreme premature 23 weeks of gestations weighing 350 grams to term babies requiring numerous life support care. It provides Nitric oxide and High Frequency ventilation/HFOV through a highly trained staffs.


Duties / Responsibilities: Full time work 44 hours per week. Responsible for provision of comprehensive individualize care, nurse - patient ratio in NICU 1:2 on ventilator & Step down 1: 3 involves assessment, decision making, planning, implementation and evaluation. Maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies, giving in-service education on relevant topics, attending neonatal resuscitation in high-risk labor and deliveries, caesarean section and a member of the clinical quality outcome indicators.

Assist with all the procedures in regard to e.g insertion of chest tubes, central venous line, UAC, UVC, radial artery, Exchange blood transfusion, Intubation and extubation, Lumbar puncture and ascites taps.

Care of babies with ventilation and High frequency oscillation/ventilation with nitric oxide and with tracheotomy. Care of chest / thoracotomy tubes, central lines UAC and UVC. Blood sampling from Central lines, UAC, UVC, Venus puncture and capillary heel prick. Inserting and maintaining peripheral intravenous cannulation.

Medication administration via Central lines UAC, UVC and peripheral lines. Administration of blood and blood products, insulin drip, Narcotic drip e.g morphine, fentanyl and prostaglandin E1 drip, Digoxin, Dopamine, dobutamine drip and intravenous nutritional fluid/TPN.

Assessment of nutritional fluid and calories requirement, system assessment like cardiac, respiratory, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, Integumentary and physical findings. Minimal handling techniques, in bed scale insertion of oral/naso gastric tubes, gastrostomy tube feed and care, care of colostomy/ileostomy. Practice of advanced life support Neonatal Resuscitation as indicated and parent teaching if appropriate.

Cases Handled:
Respiratory problems: Respiratory distress syndrome, Birth asphyxia, Meconeum aspiration, diaphragmatic hernia, Transient Tachypnea, Pneumothorax, hydrops fetalis, pulmonary interstitial emphysema, Very low birth weight and low for gestational age 24-26 weeks infant, Intra uterine growth retardation, Tracheoesophageal fistula, Traceomalacia, Choanal atresia, apnea of prematurity, Pierre robin syndrome, down syndrome and with tracheotomy.

Cardiac problems: Multiple Congenital cardiac anomalies, ASD, VSD, pulmonary atresia, Patent ductal arteriosus. Pre and Post cardiac catheterization, Transposition of great vessels, Coarctation of the aorta, Truncus arteriosus, hypo plastic left heart syndrome, cyanotic heart disease, Persistent pulmonary hypertension, heart block, complex heart disease, bradycardia.

Gastro intestinal problems: Necrotizing enterocolitis, Hirshprung disease, Colostomy or ileostomy, pre and postoperative omphalocele/gastrochisis.

Hematology problems: Rh/ABO incompatibilities, Rh isoimmunisation with intra uterine transfusion, Hyperbilirubinemia, non immune hydrops fetalis, Cholestatic Jaundice, and thrombocytopenia.

Neurological problems: Perinatal asphyxia, Neonatal seizures, Hydrocephalus and post VP shunt, metabolic problems e.g hypo/hyperglycemia, Infants of diabetic mothers, inborn error of metabolism, hyperkalemia, meningomyelocel and imperforated anus.


Metabolic problems: Pyruvit cycle deficiency, Methyl syrup uric acid deficiency, Very long chain fatty acid deficiency, Lactic acid deficiency.

Genetic Problems: Trisomy 13 and 18
Orthopedic problems: Casts, Rickets.
Oncology problems: Cystic hygroma.
Other problems: Sepsis, fetal macrosomia, ascites, ambigus genitalia, cleft pallet/cleft lips

Duration of position:

September 2006 to April 2008. Registered General and obstetric nurse NICU& SCBU, Auckland District Health Board, Starship Children's Hospital and National women's Hospital, Research and Referral centre, Geneva health, Auckland, New Zealand.

Brief description of hospital:
No. of hospital beds: 340. This is the only specialised paediatric hospital in the country. It has earned a reputation as an international centre of excellence in paediatric care. It is a major postgraduate teaching, research, referral and a tertiary hospital. Child flight is New Zealand's dedicated paediatric transport service.

Duties/Responsibilities:
Full time work 40 hours per week. Responsible for total patient care involves assessment, decision making, planning, implementation and evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies. Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation, blood sampling from Venus puncture and capillary heel prick. Shift coordinating for the other 9 staff members on 12 hours night /day shifts and a resource nurse in pediatric wards and high risk post operative - postnatal wards. Nurse - patient ratio 1:4.

Cases handled: Rotated in neonatal unit and pediatrics, medical specialty, acute medical, PICU, cardiac, surgical, orthopedics, oncology, emergency department, child & family unit and women's health high-risk postoperative postnatal wards.
Duration of position:

June 2005 to Nov 2006. Registered, General and obstetric nurse in NICU and SCBU, Waitemata District Health Board, Waitakere hospital, Research and Referral centre, Auckland, New Zealand.

Brief description of hospital:
No of hospital bed: 188, with maximum comfort and central communication system. It is a District Health Board Hospital. It provides hospital, community and home based services including alcohol, drugs and school dental services.


Description of the unit:
No of unit bed: 12. The Neonatal unit has 12 beds; this unit is only a level 2 unit. Can Provides respiratory support with ventilator to 2 ill babies and Management of 28 weeks of gestation, critically ill infants are stabilized and transferred to level 3 units in Auckland.

Duties / Responsibilities:
Full time work 40 hours per week. Responsible for total patient care in NICU 1:2 babies on ventilator, SCBU 1:4 involves assessment, decision making, planning, implementation and evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies.

Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation, blood sampling from venue puncture, capillary heel prick, in-service education on relevant topics, spot teaching on relevant procedures to new and with less neonatal experienced staffs, mentoring new staffs, Resource nurse for neonatal and pediatric wards. Shift charge nurse for 6 Staffs on12 hrs day/night shifts.

Cases handled:
Respiratory problems: Respiratory distress syndrome, meconeum aspiration, transient tachypnoea, low birth weight, intra uterine growth retardation, Tracheoesophageal fistula and infants who are in need of intensive care are stabilized & transferred to level 3 units.

Cardiac problems: Congenital cardiac anomalies, Persistent pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary atresia are stabilized and transferred to level 3 unit.

Hematology problems: Rh/ABO incompatibilities, Rh isoimmunisation with intra uterine transfusion, Hyperbilirubinemia are stabilized and transferred to level 3 units.

Neurological problems: Infant of Diabetic Mother, hypo/hyperglycemia, Neonatal seizures,
Perinatal asphyxia, Hydrocephalus and post VP shunt.

Duration of position:

January 2003 to November 2004. Registered Nurse and registered midwife -Resource nurse at Mangala Hospital Banaswadi, Bangalore, India.

Brief description of hospital: No of hospital beds: 150, is a private hospital.

Duties / Responsibilities:
Full time work 48 hours per week. Responsible for total patient care in the wards of acute medical, surgical, emergency and orthopedics mainly on pediatrics ward involves assessment,
decision making, planning, implementation and evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies.


Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation, blood sampling from venue puncture, capillary heel prick. In-service education on relevant topics and Shift charge nurse for 8 hrs day/ night shifts for 5 other staffs.

Duration of position:

April 98 to Dec 2002. Registered General and obstetric nurse at Auckland Health Care, Starship Children's Hospital Education, research and referral centre, Auckland, New Zealand.

Brief description of hospital:
No of hospital beds: 340, this is the only specialised paediatric hospital in the country for children. It has earned a reputation as an international centre of excellence in paediatric
It is a major postgraduate teaching, research, referral and a tertiary hospital. Child flight is New Zealand's dedicated pediatric transport service.

Duties / Responsibilities:
Full time work 40 hours per week. Responsible for total patient care involves assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies.

Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation, blood samples from Venus puncture, capillary heel prick. Nurse - patient ratio 1:4. Spot teaching for less experience nurses.

Resource nurse in medical specialty, acute medical, Surgical, orthopaedic, emergency department and oncology departments of paediatrics, Mentoring new staffs, in-service education on relevant topics, Shift charge nurse for 12 hrs day/ night shifts for 9 other staffs.

Duration of position:

September 96 to April 1998, Registered General and obstetric nurse - NICU, Auckland Health Care, National women's Hospital, Education, research and referral centre, Auckland, New Zealand.

Brief description of hospital:
No of hospital beds: 320, is an education, research and referral centre and a district health board in Auckland, New Zealand.

Description of the unit:
No of unit beds: 48, the Neonatal unit has 39 beds in 2 divisions. NICU can provide respiratory support with ventilator to 13 actually ill babies and management of extreme premature
28 weeks of gestation, pre and postoperative congenital cardiac diseases. It provides Nitric oxide and High Frequency ventilation through a highly trained staffs.


Duties / Rresponsibilities:
Full time work 40 hours per week. Responsible for total patient care 1:2 babies on ventilator, SCBU 1:4, involves assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies, Assist with all the procedures in regard to patient care, In-service education on relevant topics. Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation, blood sampling from venue puncture capillary heel prick and parent teaching if appropriate. Spot teaching for less experience nurses.

Cases handled:
Respiratory problems: Respiratory distress syndrome, meconeum aspiration, transient Tachypnea, pneumothorax, Very low birth weight, intra uterine growth retardation, tracheoesophageal fistula and diaphragmatic hernia.

Cardiac problems: Persistent pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary atresia, Patent ductal arteriosus, congenital cardiac anomalies, Pre and post cardiac catheterization

Gastro intestinal problems: Necrotizing enterocolitis, Colostomy or ileostomy, pre and postoperative omphalocele.

Hematology problems: Rh/ABO incompatibilities, Rh isoimmunisation with intra uterine transfusion, Hyperbilirubinemia, Cholestatic Jaundice and thrombocytopenia.

Neurological problems: Perinatal asphyxia, neonatal seizures, imperforated anus, meningomyelocel, metabolic problems hypo hyperglycemia, Infants of diabetic mothers.

Duration of position:

April 1992 to July 1996. Registered Nurse level 3 - NICU, Hamad Medical Corporation, Women's Hospital education and referral Centre DOHA, QATAR.

Brief description of hospital: No of beds: 550, is a teaching and referral government hospital. It has earned a reputation as an international centre of excellence in patient care. It provides hospital, community and home based services covering their population and serves in- service educational programmes for hospital staffs.

Description of the unit: No of unit beds: 54, the Neonatal unit has 54 beds in 2 divisions. NICU can provide respiratory support with ventilator to 19 actually ill babies. Extreme premature 28 weeks of gestations and management of pre and postoperative congenital cardiac disease. It provides High Frequency ventilation through a highly trained staffs.

Duties/Responsibilities: Full time work 48 hours per week. Responsible for total patient care in NICU 1:2 on ventilator and SCBU 1: 4 rotation, involves assessment, decision making, planning, implementation and


Evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all times within legislation guidelines and policies, in-service education on relevant topics. Mentoring new staffs, and attending neonatal resuscitation in high-risk labor and deliveries, caesarean section. Spot teaching for less experience nurses and Shift charge nurse for day /night 8 hours shift for 9 other staff members.

Assist with all the procedures in regard to e.g insertion of chest tubes, central venous line, UAC, UVC, radial artery, Exchange blood transfusion, Intubation and extubation, Lumbar puncture and ventricular or ascites taps.

Care of babies with ventilation and High frequency oscillation/ventilation. Care of chest and thoracotomy tubes, central lines UAC and UVC. Blood samples from central lines - UAC, UVC, venue puncture and capillary heel prick. Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation.

Medication administration via central lines UAC, UVC and peripheral lines, Blood and blood products, Narcotic drip, prostaglandin E1 drip, Digoxin, Dopamine, dobutamine drip and intravenous nutritional fluid/TPN.

Assessment of nutritional fluid and calories requirement, system assessment like cardiac, respiratory, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, Integumentary, physical findings and

Practice of advanced life support- Neonatal Resuscitation as indicated. Minimal handling techniques, in bed scale insertion of oral/naso gastric tubes, gastrostomy tube feed and care, care of colostomy/ileostomy and parent teaching if appropriate.

Cases Handled:
Respiratory problems: Respiratory distress syndrome, birth asphyxia, meconeum aspiration, diaphragmatic hernia, transient Tachypnea, pneumothorax, hydrops fetalis, pulmonary interstitial emphysema, very low birth weight, low for gestational age 28 weeks, intra uterine growth retardation, Tracheoesophageal fistula, Traceomalacia, Choanal atresia, apnea of prematurity, Pierre robin syndrome and down syndrome

Gastro intestinal problems: Necrotizing enterocolitis, Imperforated anus, Hirshprung disease, Colostomy or ileostomy, pre and postoperative omphalocele/gastrochisis.

Cardiac problems: Multiple Congenital cardiac anomalies, ASD, VSD, pulmonary atresia, Patent ductal arteriosus. Pre and Post cardiac catheterization, pre and postoperative congenital cardiac disease, transposition of great vessels, coarctation of the aorta, cyanotic heart disease, heart block, Truncus arteriosus, hypo plastic left heart syndrome, persistent pulmonary hypertension and bradycardia.

Hematology problems: Rh/ABO incompatibilities, Rh isoimmunisation with intra uterine transfusion, Hyperbilirubinemia, non immune hydrops fetalis, Cholestatic Jaundice, sepsis and thrombocytopenia.

Neurological problems: Neonatal seizures, Perinatal asphyxia, hydrocephalus-Post V.P shunt, metabolic problems hypo/hyperglycemia, Infants of diabetic mothers, metabolic acidosis and inborn error of metabolism.

Renal problems: Hydrocele/hydronephrosis. Orthopedic problems: Casts, Rickets


Duration of position:

June 1990 to Feb 1992. Registered nurse senior - NICU and SCBU, Bombay Hospital, Postgraduate medical Nursing education and Referral centre.

Duties/Responsibilities:
Full time work 48 hours per week. Responsible for total patient care in NICU 1:2 on ventilator, SCBU 1: 4 rotation, involves assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, maintaining patient safety at all time practice within the legislation, guidelines and policies. Inserting and maintaining intravenous cannulation. Spot teaching to less experience nurses. Mentoring new staffs, student nurses and 8 hrs shift charge Nurse for another 6 staffs.

Duration of position:

Sept 1979 to Feb 1980. Post Graduate Diploma training in Midwifery, Nowraj Wadia postgraduate maternity Hospital, and Bombay. India.