Herman Steven Ssozi

3010 John Patterson Rd, Des Moines IA, 50317 - ssoziherman@gmail.com ~ 716-207-0831

EXPERIENCE
Registered Nurse (Travel)
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (Aug 2022- Sept 2022) - Med Surg/Tele, Float Pool
- Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn, MI (Dec 2021- May 2022) - Med Surg/Tele
- St Joes Hospital, Pontiac MI, (Oct 2021-Dec 2021) – Med Surg/Tele, Covid Step-Down
- Rochester General Hospital, NY (Aug 2021- Oct 2021) - Med Surg/Tele, Ortho, Float
Registered Nurse (Float pool) - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo-NY ~ Sept 2019 – July 2021

Skills and Experience

⮚ Admissions and discharges, Transfers, Patient/family education, Comfort care
⮚ Head to toe assessments, pre-op and post-op patient care
⮚ Medication administration, blood sugar testing, Blood transfusion, EKGs, Doplers
⮚ Sample collection ~ Blood, Urine, Nasal swabs (COVID-19), Bladder scan, straight cath
⮚ Feeds, Corpaks, PEG, NG, Ostomies, IVs, PICC, Midlines, Hickmans, Foleys, wound Vacs.
⮚ Wound/ Skin care, Isolation precautions, Donning and doffing PPE, COVID-19 screening

Supplemental Instructor (Medical-Surgical Nursing) – Trocaire College, Buffalo NY ~ 2019

⮚ Reviewed Lecture material with third level nursing students.

⮚ Counseled and guided students on how to improve their grades.
⮚ Made review plans, tracked and evaluated student performance.

Medication Coordinator ~Mental Health & Assisted Living

Living Opportunities of Depaul, Buffalo-NY ~ 2015-2017
⮚ Managed medications for 80 clients by collaborating with doctors, pharmacies & Insurance.
⮚ Educated and supervised self-medicating clients and supervised 6 employees on my shift.
⮚ Admitted and discharged clients, set treatment goals with clients and wrote progress notes.
⮚ Managed Mental Health crisis situations by coordinating with staff, providers and law
enforcement as needed

Research Assistant/Laboratory Technologist ~ HIV Research

Case Western Reserve University (Center For Aids Research, Kampala-Uganda) ~2008-2013
⮚ Screened and enrolled 500 participants for HIV drug resistance research.
⮚ Reviewed charts, managed participants’ schedules and reimbursements.
⮚ Performed voluntary HIV Counseling/Testing & laboratory testing.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Daemen College, Amherst NY
Associate Degree in Nursing – Trocaire College, Buffalo NY
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Laboratory Technology – Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
BLS, ACLS, NIHSS