Asfaw Woldie

To provide preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative nursing care in holistic approach through nursing process in response to actual and potential health needs of individualized patients irrespective of the persons category.

• Lifetime member at Ethiopian Midwives Association
• Ethiopian Public Health Association
• Ethiopian Pediatrics Society
• Ethiopian Nursing Association
• Lifetime member at Ethiopian Red Cross Society
• Lifetime member at Ethiopian Family Guidance Association

• Communication skills
• Verbal communication
• Written communication
• Positive nonverbal communication/body language
• Active listening ability
• Confidence
• Clarity
• Ability to give and receive feedback
• Respect
• Responsiveness
• Interpersonal skills
• Dependability
• Leadership
• Cooperation
• Patience
• Motivation
• Flexibility
• Responsibility
• Work ethic
• Teamwork skills
• Conflict resolution
• Listening
• Rapport-building
• Problem-solving
• Planning
• Reliability
• Influencing others
• Persuasion
• Tolerance
• Open-mindedness
• Empathy
• Emotional intelligence
• Compassion
• Listening skills
• Understanding
• Validation
• Critical thinking skills
• Analytical thinking
• Creative thinking
• Interview skills
• Attention to detail
• Observation
• Time management
• Organization
• Focus
• Communication
• Goal-setting
• Prioritization
• Stress management
• Delegation
• Adaptability
• Persistence
• Resilience
• Motivational skills
• Creativity
• Ethics and professionalism
• Collaboration
• Positive attitude
• Integrity
• Discipline
• Basic care techniques and knowledge
• Assessing patients
• Obtaining vital sign measurements
• Giving injections
• Assisting with exams and treatment
• Understanding medical terminology
• Emergency care
• Intensive care
• Adolescent care
• Neonatal care
• Prenatal care
• Pediatric care
• Surgical care
• Maternal care
• Geriatric care
• Home care
• Hospice care
• Rehabilitation
• Patient transport
• Explaining how to use crutches, wheelchairs, etc.
• Knowing how to use a wheelchair safely
• Moving hospital beds
• Moving the patient to a vehicle when discharged
• Patient and family education
• Explaining treatment
• Educating about disease, illness or trauma
• Explaining prescriptions and when to take medicine
• Alerting patient or caregiver to watch for infection or side-effects
• Sharing information about infection control
• Outlining pain management measures
• Patient safety
• Preventing falls
• Ensuring medication accuracy
• Offering physical assistance
• Explaining safety needed at home
• Preventing infection among others
• Technology skills
• Maintaining electronic health records
• Setting up and monitoring equipment
• Keeping records
• Maintaining databases
• Documenting patient history, assessment and treatment
• Knowing how to use health care software

• Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
• Comprehensive Abortion Care
• The Patients Bills of Rights
• BEmONC
• Covid-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus
• Comprehensive Family Planning Methods
• Helping Baby’s Breath
• Helping Mothers Survive
• Compassionate and Respectful Care
• Facility Waste Management
• Psychosocial Support
• Compassionate and Respectful Client/Patient Care
• Transcultural Nursing
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Nursing Process
• Microsoft Office & Application Software like SPSS, Epi Info
• Database Management
• Catchment Based Clinical Mentorship
• Basic Life Support Training
• Quality Improvement in Health Care System
• Effective Facilitation Skills
• Mid-level EPI Manager
• IMNCI

• Recording medical history and symptoms
• Administering medications and treatments
• Collaborating with teams for patient care
• Performing diagnostic tests
• Conducting physical examinations
• Monitoring patients' health
• Providing support and advice to patients
• Operating medical equipment
• Educating patients about how to manage an illness
• Advocating for the health and well-being of patients
• Providing basic bedside care
• Training and educating staff
• Maintaining inventory
• Taking patient vital signs, measurements and medical histories
• Asking about the patient's symptoms
• Performing physical examinations
• Drawing blood samples
• Requesting and conducting diagnostic tests
• Recommending care options to physicians
• Administering medication
• Maintaining accurate and detailed records
• Consulting with other health care providers
• Educating patients on how to manage their conditions
• Providing emotional support to patients and their families
• Implementing and assessing care plans
• Recommending sources of support for patients
• Sharing relevant patient information at shift change such as admissions, discharges and changes in patient's conditions
• Setting up treatment rooms
• Sanitizing and assembling medical equipment
• Checking and counting medication
• Completing patient assessments
• Administering wound care
• Changing dressings
• Line managing of the staff and Resource mobilization
• Networking with MOH, National health professional examination board, Board of principals of health teaching institutions, the national nursing and midwifery council & associations, the board of Governance of an institution, authorities, line directorates and other partners
• Conducting regular and urgent meetings for shared decision
• Development of various tools/checklists for theory and practical teaching
• Secretary of the academic; graduation, ethical and research and publication committee of the institution
• Provision of holistic care for mothers and their babies
• Intermediate translator for the foreign high and mid-level professionals in the processes of care
• Plan, organize, coordinate and facilitate trainings for trained traditional birth attendant and front-line Health workers
• Active member of management committee, internal quality assurance focal person, hygiene and sanitation committee, food and drink establishment committee in a hospital etc
• Initiate & following up the procurement process and delivery of essential drugs and medical supplies in each unit to ensure a required stock balance
• Actively engaged in the budgeting process of institutions and facilities