Abosede Sholanke
NURSE
Lagos
Summary
An ethical Mental Health Professional with clinical leading role, offering over 10 years of experience providing mental health nursing, care and support to diverse populations in in-patient settings, including Acute and PICU environments. Certified in both general nursing, mental nursing and support. An organised, compassionate and seasoned professional, skillful in developing individualised plans of care and conducting audits. I am committed to delivering continuous improvement in clinical service provision while focusing on patient recovery and risk management. With strong leadership skills, I have successfully led change initiatives mentored, empowered and motivated teams to achieve high standards of care, I possess problem solving and critical thinking skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Principal Nursing Officer
Lagos General Hospital
02.2026 - Current
- Help in planning, monitoring and evaluating patient from admission to discharge, classifying and triage for the proper diagnosis and treatments of patients.
- Making sure to oversee administration of medication, physical monitoring , of patient and escalating any deterioration or deviation of any patient condition swiftly to the medical team.
- Involvement in training , mentoring and evaluating nursing students and personally ensuring staff coverage and scheduling of shifts.
- Engagement with team while liaising with Doctors and other medical professionals in various departments to help improve delivery of patient care.
Senior Mental Health Support Worker
Cygnet Health Hospital Godden Green
11.2022 - 09.2025
- As a senior mental health Support worker,I help assist with daily tasks of personal care, assisting and encouraging good eating habit, emotional wellbeing and general physical cleanliness .
- I encouraged and helped and assist patient in developing , implementing an individualized care and treatment plan
- Actively leading or facilitating group activity session and community engagement of patients.
- Liaising with social workers, healthcare professionals, families and carers for patient outmost welfare.
- Monitoring any escalating behaviors, violence, aggression and keeping patient safe within inpatient ward and community.
- Documentation of incidents that occur during patient to ensure duty of care to all involved.
- Ensuring safety of patients and staffs by making use of the appropriate safeguarding techniques.
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
State Hospital Management Board
04.2013 - 11.2022
- Administered medication and treatments to patients to observe and record responses.
- Ensured optimal treatment results by guaranteeing correct administration of medications.
- Prevented violent situations by using de-escalation skills to manage aggressive patients.
- Optimised patient outcomes by acting as a liaison in interactions with psychiatrists and physicians.
- Completed accurate, detailed patient records to carefully monitor progress and improvements.
- Follow up on discharged patient.
- Provided direct quality care to patients by monitoring, recording and evaluating psychiatric conditions.
- Performed patient assessments to monitor expected response to medications and altering treatment plans.
- Responded to numerous volatile situations and violent outbreaks to restore safety of patients and staff.
Staff Nurse
Usman Dan Fodio Teaching Hospital
06.2009 - 11.2010
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Assisted physicians with diagnostic procedures, ensuring accurate results for optimal treatment planning.
- Possessing an in-depth Knowledge of principles methods and procedure for diagnosis and treatment on physical health related issues.
- Dedication to safe guarding and improving the well -being of clients , respect of patients right, and understanding of needs and concern of different patients.
- Ability to multi task efficiently and proactively, and flexibility to adapt easily to change of environment and work schedules.
- Maintain critical thinking skills essential to providing competent care.
- Management plans including assessing and planning nursing care requirement, organising workloads and conducting patient assessment to accurately diagnose health , emotional and mental health disorders.
- Safely operated hoists, wheel chairs and transfer equipment to securely maneuver patients.
- Preparing patients for surgery by following strict hygiene and fasting procedure.
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Kware, Sokoto-State
06.2007 - 04.2009
- Medication management , administration and monitoring of side effects.
- Offering ideas and innovation to promote optimal care delivery.
- Responsible for care plan triangulation and ensuring compliance.
- Ensured proper Documentation and report writing as evidence of care and events that happened during shift.
- Built good inter-personal relationship with client to foster trust and ensuring their needs were listened to and met promptly.
- Helped patients to manage their emotions through the use of coping mechanism and de-escalation techniques.
Education
Higher National Diploma - Mental Health Nursing
Federal School of Post Basic Psychiatric Nursing
Sokoto 04.2001 -
Diploma Of Higher Education - Nursing
Nursing Ogun State School of Nursing, Ijebu Ode
Ogun State 04.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Agunbiade Victory High School, Magbon.
Ogun State 04.2001 -
No Degree -
Excellence Primary School
Abeokuta, Ogun State. 04.2001 -
Skills
- Work coordination
- Microsoft Office
- Time Management
- Risk Management
- Task Delegation
- Team collaboration
- Report writing
- De-escalation Techniques
- Administration of Medication
- Flexibility
- Problem Solving
- Active Listening
- Strong Communication
Certification
Level 2 Safeguarding Adults
Timeline
Level 2 Safeguarding Adults
03-2026
Training On Restraint Awareness
03-2026
Nursing Practice Communication Skills
03-2026
Principal Nursing Officer
Lagos General Hospital
02.2026 - Current
Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression
10-2025
Manual Handling
10-2025
Senior Mental Health Support Worker
Cygnet Health Hospital Godden Green
11.2022 - 09.2025
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
State Hospital Management Board
04.2013 - 11.2022
Staff Nurse
Usman Dan Fodio Teaching Hospital
06.2009 - 11.2010
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Kware, Sokoto-State
06.2007 - 04.2009
Higher National Diploma - Mental Health Nursing
Federal School of Post Basic Psychiatric Nursing
04.2001 -
Diploma Of Higher Education - Nursing
Nursing Ogun State School of Nursing, Ijebu Ode
04.2001 -
High School Diploma -
Agunbiade Victory High School, Magbon.
04.2001 -
No Degree -
Excellence Primary School
04.2001 -