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Portrait of Herbert Eluma

Honor Society® member

Herbert Eluma

Staff Nurse at Dept. of Veteran's Affairs

  • Indiana State University
  • Nursing
  • Class of 2015
  • Lawrenceville, Ga

Member since May 2015

About

An employee of the Dept. of the Department of Veterans' affairs as a staff nurse, from January, 2011 till present. Provided safe nursing care to veterans. Performed complete head to toe assessment, administering medications, through IV, IM, Subcutaneous, Topical, Oral routes. Administer medications through PCA, Piggyback. Performs dressing changes, heparin drip, transfusion of bloods and blood products. During my MSN-FNP program, completed more than 720 clinical rotation hours; provided safe examinations, assessments, tests, and Pap smear on patients during their annual and routine visits. In collaboration and with guidance of my preceptors diagnosed patients with some acute and chronic illnesses. Refer patients that needed further medical evaluations to specialists and to the hospitals.

Education

  • Indiana State University

    Nursing (Will graduate with MSN-FNP)

    2012 – 2015

Goals and interests

Career goal

To work as a primary care provider.

Graduate school interests

Will graduate with Master's of Science in Nursing and as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

Outside the classroom

Soccer, Badminton, and Tennis

Experience

  • Staff Nurse

    Dept. of Veteran's Affairs

    Feb 2011 – May 2015

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced