LEONCIE UZIKWAMBARA

Jan 24

PROFILE

Name: LEONCIE UZIKWAMBARA

Leoncie Uzikwambara is a registered nurse with a Master’s degree in Perioperative Nursing and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Sciences, currently serving as an operating theatre nurse at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda. She has extensive clinical experience, including seven years in the operating theatre and five years in other departments such as maternity, internal medicine, accident and emergency, and pediatrics.

Leoncie is a clinical mentor and educator, having served as an honorary lecturer at the University of Rwanda, where she taught perioperative master’s students and supervised research projects.

She is also appointed research nurse by the Global Surgery Research Hub, contributing to studies on surgical care, patient safety, and infection prevention, with publications in peer-reviewed journals. Leoncie has participated in numerous workshops on curriculum development, surgical education, and community health outreach.

Recognized for her leadership, mentorship, integrity, and teamwork, she is committed to advancing safe surgical interventions, empowering healthcare professionals, and promoting patient-centered care while fostering continuous learning in clinical practice.

professional background

Leoncie holds a master’s degree in peri operative nursing and Bachelor degree in Nursing Sciences, working as RN Nurse in operating theatre at King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda. Member of safety and health environment and risk management in operating theatre and appointed as research nurse in in theatre by Global surgery research Hub.

Vision:

To be a professional expert per operative nurse in health care provision and clinical education in region.

PERSONAL MISSION:

To contribute in development of health care services by empowering safe surgical interventions and respect of patient right and uphold human dignity at all times and empowering continuous education within the clinical staff and student who will be in clinical placement and conducting research through good communication with our partners in health.

WORKING EXPERIENCES

 Work as registered nurse in operating theatre at KING FAISAL HOSPITAL, KIGALI since

2016 up to date.

Clinical Responsibilities

 Nurse in theatre prepare, scrub and circulating for various surgeries, especially

Neurosurgery, cardio thoracic surgery and Gyneco - obstetric, maxillofacial, general surgery

including minimal invasive surgery ( laparoscopic surgery ),urology and orthopedic

surgeries (ORIF,THR and arthroscopy meniscectomy).

 Monitoring patient in recovery room and discharge them according to their condition.

 Participated in open heart surgery especially cat lab when team heart come.

Quality improvement

 Doing documentation audit, analysis and assist unit manager to do some monthly report.

 Attend IPC (infection prevention and control) meeting in the hospital in terms of COVID 19

prevention in hospital setting.

 Development of guideline for new staff and student orientation in operating theatre.

 Participated in quality assurance activities for accreditation process by doing some research

project in theatre.

 Physical and theoretical orientation of new staff , student or visitors.

 Mentoring student in clinical placement in operating theatre.

 Provide continuous in services training

Leadership experience

Assigned to be shift leader some times.

Responsibilities of the shift leader in theatre are:

 Managing theatre staff

 Following and monitoring the implementation of theatre activities including managing theatre list, organization of operating rooms and allocated team.

 Preparation of next day theatre schedule.

 Doing nurses duty roster sometimes as assigned by unity manager.

 Physical and theoretical orientation of new staff, student or visitors.

 Mentoring student in clinical placement in operating theatre.

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT(RESEARCH)DONE IN OPERATING

THEATER AT KFH

 Prepare and implement in service training by teaching theatre staff.

 Teaching new staff nurses during orientation period in the hole hospital about a specific topic.

 Conducted health hazard associated in theatre project at King Faisal Hospital in 2019

 Conduct preoperative patient preparation project at King Faisal Hospital in 2021

 Participate in peri operative patient satisfaction project in operating theatre at KFH in 2019

 Assigned to be a research nurse in cluster randomized trial of sterile gloves and instrument change at the time of wound closure to reduce surgical site infection in low and middle income countries by university of BIRMINGHAM through King Faisal hospital research committee.

WORKING IN SURGICAL WORD AS RN FROM 2015 TO 2016

Responsibilities was:

 Holistic patient care, including patient bed bath, bed making, feeding of patient with impaired self- care deficit pattern.

 Preparing and implement wound dressing and drug administration.

 Position changes every 2hrs for the patient with self- care deficit impairment at risk of pressure sore.

 Patient education and advocacy.

 Patient discharge home

 Allocated to the shift leader position day or night and follow and organize all ward activities,

 Infection control in the ward and waste management.

 Doing medication audit and analysis.

 Monitoring and nursing care of patient in post heart surgery.

 Mentoring of student from different universities in clinical placement.

WORK AS PHARMACY DISPENSER AT KFH SINCE 2014-2015

RESPOSABILITIES:

 Drug dispensing to the in patients and outpatients

 Drug storing and management

 Documentation in hospital system

 Charging given medication and following for payment in order to prevent hospital loss.

 Mixing some pediatric syrup under supervisor of pharmacist.

 Monitoring of pharmacy and fridge temperature.

 Doing monthly store inventory and stock taking and reporting to my supervisor any issues.

WORK AS HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT AT KFH at ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY

DEPATMENT SINCE 2013-2014

Responsibilities:

 Monitoring of patient by taking and recording vital signs

 Ensure availability of lab test container and take lab specimen to Labo

 Transport of patient in imaging for diagnosis.

 Ensure patient customer care while receiving them,

 Ensure patient bed cleanness and change bed sheet after every patient discharge.

 Wound dressing for patient

 Washing, disinfecting and ensure sterility of used instrument.

 Attending in-service training and meeting.

 Quality improvement project done: I have conducted a patient waiting time project to

evaluate cause of delay of patient at accident and emergency.

WORK AS A2 NURSE AT GAKOMA DISTRICT HOSPITAL SINCE 2007-2010

In pediatric word with the following responsabilities:

 Ensuring child care from admission to discharge.

 Monitoting vital signs

 Taking intravenous line and drug administration and monitoring drug effect.

 Parents education

 Documentation and reporting.

In internal medicine ward, responsibilities was:

 Admitting and following patient prognosis in word.

 Advocate for the patients.

 Drug administration and monitoring

 Documentation and reporting.

In maternity:

 Monitoring a mother in labor and conducting a normal delivery.

 Ensure new borne care.

 Prepare a mother and operating room for cesarien section if dystocia.

 Assist in cesarean section.

 Monitoring patient in post operative and drug administration and dressing change etc…..

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

 Basic Life support at King Faisal Hospital, Kigali By ( King Faisal hospital ,Kigali)

 Firefighting and prevention measures at KING Faisal Hospital By (King Faisal Hospital, Kigali.)

 Attended open heart surgery workshop with Team from USA ( catheterization) By (Ministry of Health)

 Attend minimal invasive surgery workshop held at KFH

 Antenatal care and obstetric emergencies management

 Management of maralia in pregnant woman

 Management of personal living with HIV

 Volontary councelling test and prevention of mother to child transmission by HIV

 Training of trainners about essential pain managment held at Solece ministries Kacyiru 21-22/7/2023

CONFERENCE ATTENDED

She attended the 2 nd international conference organized by CMHS as presenter of my research about medical waste management in operating theatre, theme was achievement of sustainable development goals for better and improved quality of life shifting perspectives and transforming care.

She has participate in 10 th annual scientific Conference for surgical society, theme was access to surgical care, challenges in moving towards sustainable development goals.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

David Ryamukuru, Joselyne Mukantwari, Lilian Omondi, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Leoncie Uzikwambara, Emmanuel Munyaneza, Eric Karera, Thierry Uwera, Felix Mbonera, Christian Ntakirutimana, Philip Humure Nzamurambaho, Jean Pierre Nsekambabaye, Odile Umuhoza, Eric Sindayigaya, Madeleine Mukeshimana, Donatilla Mukamana (2018). Clinical experiences of perioperative nursing Masters Students in selected Rwandan Referral Hospitals. Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 1(1) 34-38.

Andoh, A. B., , Francis, A. A., Abdulkarim A. A., Adesunkanmi, A. O., Salako, A. A., Soladoye A., Sheshe, A. A., Sani A., Lawal A. O., …..Uzikwambara L., et al. (2022). Routine sterile glove and instrument change at the time of abdominal wound closure to prevent surgical site infection (ChEETAh): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial in seven low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet (London, England), 400(10365), 1767–1776. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01884-0

 Knowledge and practice regarding Medical waste management among theatre staff in

operating theatre of three referral hospital in Kigali 2017 not yet published

 Health hazard associated in operating room at King Faisal hospital ,Kigali 2018-2019 .not yet

published

 Assessment of peri operative nursing care patient satisfaction at KING FAISAL HOSPTAL ,Kigali 2018-2019. not yet published

 Assessment of nursing preoperative patient preparation. not yet published

 Effect of pre operative education to decrease patient anxiety toward surgery. still on going.

WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Review of masters degree curriculum held at universities of Rwanda college of medicine and

health science in 2020

 Participate in associate nurses program test book development workshop 1st phase held at

Musanze Best View Hotel in September 2021.

 Participate in associate nurseprogram test book development workshop 2nd phase held at

Bugesera ,Lapalise Hotel in December 2021.

 Participate in associate nurseprogram test book development workshop3rd phase held at

Musanze ,Lapalme Hotel in from 15/5/-3/6/ 2022.

 Participate in outreach for screening prostate cancer and urethral structure at Ruhengeri referal hospital.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Honorary lecturer since 2019 up to date at University of Rwanda college of Medicine and health sciences, Mentoring nurses students in clinical placement.

Evaluation of nurses during practical examen of national council of nurses and midwifery Perform invigilation during national council of nurses and midwifery examination

Responsibilities

 Help as volunteer to teach in Masters program especially in perioperative track in essential of peri operative module.

 Participate in National council of nurse and midwives examination(invigilation and practice.

 Mentoring student and evaluating the student in clinical practice.

 Reporting to the school of nursing (CMHS)especially to track-leader.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

MS office Word

MS office Excel

MS office Power Point and Internet Explorer

Data entry in Red cap data base.

Use of SPSS in data analysis

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