Nirmala.C
E-mail :nbmadhuri2009 AT gmail.com

PROFILE :
Bachelor of Nursing M. A . Chidambaram college of nursing, (1997– 2002).
Dr M.G.R The Tamil Nadu medical university, Chennai.
Master in Nursing ( CHILD HEALTH NURSING) (2010 – 2012)
Apollo college of nursing, DR M.G.R The Tamil Nadu medical university, Chennai.

ACADEMIC PROFILE :
Designation Institution Area of work Period :
Staff Nurse Apollo hospitals Colombo Srilanka Pediatric cardiac ward. Dec2002-Dec 2004 Nursing tutor
Nursing tutor Miranda college of nursing, Bangalore Yelahanka
K.J school of Nursing Chennai.
Sri Narayani College of Nursing vellore. Fundamentals of nursing and medical surgical nursing .
Fundamentals of nursing and medical surgical nsg department
Fundamentals of nursing and medical surgical nursingdepartment . Sep 2005- Nov 2006 Dec 2006-Nov 2007 June 2008- June 2009

ACADEMIC PROJECTS :
1. A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Clinical Pathway for Acute gastro enteritis in children upon the Knowledge and Practice of Nurses and children’s Outcome at Apollo Hospital, Chennai.
2. .A study to assess the knowledge and practice of prevention of needle stick injury among nurses working at kanchi kamakoti child trust hospital., Chennai.
3. A comparative study to assess the prevalence of internet addiction among adolescents in selected rural and urban schools at Chennai

CORE COMPETENCIES :
- Admission / Transfer in & out, discharge procedures
- Patient assessment and history collection
- Beside in patient nursing(Personal care, providing comfort devices, bed making & care of unit)
- Care of pre & Post operative patients, vital signs, ECG and SpO2 monitoring,
- Collection and reporting of specimens for investigations. (Blood, Urine, Motion, Sputum, CSF, pleural fluid etc.). serving food, feeding helpless patients, giving medications and treatment as per order.
- Pre – Operative teaching on surgical procedure & cath Procedures.
- Preparing the patients for open heart surgery
- Shifting the patient to OT and cath lab.
- Monitoring the patients with temporary pacemakers, kidney biopsy and transplant.
- Receiving patients from OT and monitoring for hemodynamic stability.
- Assisting in dressing
- Resuscitating of the patient .
- Care of death and dying patients.

HANDLING OF EQUIPMENTS :
- MONITORS & TOOLS
Suction apparatus, sphygmomanometer, Glucometer, Ambu bag, pulse oxymeter, NG tubes, IV cannula, weighing machines, oxygen flow meter, syringe and needles, catheters, nebulizer kit, NIBP, ECG monitors, syringe pump, infusion Pump,

- SKILLS ACQUIRED :
Bedside nursing Care, Care of pre & Postoperative patients.

TUTOR :
- Teaching about Basic needs, disease conditions nursing management and basic and special procedures in fundamentals and medical surgical nursing .
- Demonstrating the Basic and special procedures in lab and clinical setting.
- Evaluating the students by using an evaluation tools in clinical settings.
- Organizing and conducting extracurricular activities for the students.
- Orienting the students for various observational visits.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION :
1. Trained in Basic life Support.
2. Advanced life support (ALS).
3. Lean six sigma green belt coiour.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP :
- Trained Nurses Association of India
- Tamil Nadu State Nursing Council- Registered Nurse –Registered Midwife.

CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ATTENDED :
S.No MONTH & YEAR TOPIC VENUE :
1 Jan 2006 Work shop on safe Injection practices. Indragandhi Institute of child Health , Bangalore
2 OCT 2008 Workshop on Healthy aging Christian medical College, Vellore.
3 JAN 2009 Workshop on personal crisis : prevention and management of youth suicide . Indian Red Cross Society, Karnataka State Branch, Bangalore.
4 JUNE 2010 Health economics Fulcrum of Holistic Nursing practice Saveetha College of Nursing, Chennai
5 July 2010 Seminar Nursing Education – Cutting Edge Teaching Learning Strategy. MMC College of Nursing, Chennai.
6 Aug 2010 Debate – Breast Feeding Week Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
8 Nov 2010 Basic Pediatric skills WORK SHOP ( PALS) KKCTH HOSPITAL
9 NOV 2010 National Nursing Conference on Emerging Trends in cardio vascular Nursing- The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai-37
10 Dec 2010 Quality Assurance in Nursing Moving Towards Excellence Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
11 Feb 2011 Lean Six Sigma Certification Course Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
12 Feb 2011 Workshop on Contemporary Teaching Methods Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
13 SEP 2011 Harnessing the skills of hemodynamic monitoring. Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
14 Dec 2011 National Nursing Conference on Palliative Care Landscape & Challenges. Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.

PERSONAL : :
Date of Birth : 20.11.1979
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Single
Proficiency : English, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu.

DECLARATION :
I here by declare that all the above information furnished is true to the best of my knowledge .

Date :
Place : Chennai

Yours Faithfully
Nirmala.C