Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
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Grace MHango

Colorado Springs,Colorado

Summary

Skilled Registered Nurse with a strong background in nursing education, care of higher acuity patients, and nursing leadership. Ability to give an expert review of patient care in relation to health condition. Great assessment skills and extensive nursing knowledge, including nursing leadership, memory loss/dementia care, emergency room care, surgical nursing, med-surg care, end of life care, Quality Management, and nurse education

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Services

Colorado Department of Corrections
01.2022 - Current
  • Currently manage Quality Management program at the Department of Corrections and oversee the process for reviewing quality reports, incident report analysis, root cause analysis, and help give guidance in developing solutions that help improve patient-centered care. Ensuring clinical audits and study review processes are done. Responsible for supervising the Quality team in conducting the peer review processes for the clinical team, coordinating with the Department of Health, CDOC facilities, and other clinical team members to address infectious disease management.

RN/Charge Nurse

Mount St Francis Nursing Center
01.2020 - 01.2022

Worked as an RN/Charge Nurse on a dementia unit. Providing care for people experiencing the effects of dementia, including memory loss and physical limitations. Providing supervision to staff members in the care of patients, monitoring unit workflow, and giving assistance when complex cases arose. Addressing all urgent or emergency cases.

Home Health Nurse

Pinnacle Home Health Services
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Providing evaluation and continuity of care for patients recently discharged from the hospital, and also patients with chronic health conditions needing nursing care and health education

Emergency Room

UFHealth
01.2018 - 01.2019

Role included the ability to promptly assess patients' conditions, triage and treat patients according to priority based on the severity of their condition. Performing stabilization and lifesaving measures. Continuous assessment and monitoring of the patient, treatment, and administration of medication. This role required collaboration with the clinical team and the patient.

Registered Nurse

UFHealth
01.2014 - 01.2018

Registered nurse on a GI medical-surgical unit. Gained experience in the assessment and treatment of different GI surgical conditions, including surgeries related to colorectal cancer, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer ( WHIPPLE), bariatric surgeries, and breast mastectomies, and different types of GI chronic and acute conditions.

Quality Control/Education/Nurse

Beit Cure International Hospital
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • My work involved orienting and evaluating new nurses, continual education for all nursing staff.

Unit Registered Nurse

Beit Cure International Hospital
01.2010 - 08.2011

Worked as a nurse on the neuro and orthopedic units. The role included the ability to perform neurological and orthopedic assessments, monitoring, intracranial pressure (ICP), manage seizures, including applying seizure precautions, and medication management, and administering and monitoring neuro-specific medications like anticonvulsants, thrombolytics, and anti-spasmodics. Assisted in emergencies and acquired advanced life support certification. Managed post operative Care of patients

Registered Nurse

Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida
01.2008 - 01.2009
  • Worked as a registered nurse on a Kidney-Liver transplant unit. Tasks included management of end-stage kidney/liver diseases and overseeing the client's journey through the transplant process. Caring for the living during the transplant process. The transplant nurse's role required knowledge of special medication and the ability to recognize important signs and symptoms specific to the transplanted organ

Education

Associate of Science degree - Nursing

Santa Fe Community College
01-2008

MSN - Education

Chamberlain College of Nursing
01-2018

BSN - undefined

Chamberlain College of Nursing
01-2015

Associate of Arts degree - undefined

Santa Fe Community College
01-2008

Skills

  • Ability to supervise under pressure
  • Great patient assessment skills
  • Multiple high-level patient-centered nursing skills, including wound care, advanced life support
  • Extensive patient care knowledge
  • Ability to create a team spirit in a work environment
  • Ability to plan and implement goals successfully

Accomplishments

  • Lead the QMP team to clear the backlog of quality reports that were from 2017 in CDOC- All quality reports are now current
  • Lead the QMP team to clear all death reviews that were backlogged from 2019 to the current status
  • Resumed auditing of Medical, Quarterly CQI facility meetings, which were not done for about a year prior to getting into the position of QMP Administrator
  • Set up the first new nurse orientation program at Beit Cure International Hospital
  • Part of the team that recommended and set up the first intensive care unit at Beit Cure International Hospital
  • Part of the team that set up the current charting and documentation system at Beit Cure International Hospital

Affiliations

Student ambassador at Santa Fe College, 2004-2005

Timeline

Clinical Services

Colorado Department of Corrections
01.2022 - Current

RN/Charge Nurse

Mount St Francis Nursing Center
01.2020 - 01.2022

Home Health Nurse

Pinnacle Home Health Services
01.2019 - 01.2020

Emergency Room

UFHealth
01.2018 - 01.2019

Registered Nurse

UFHealth
01.2014 - 01.2018

Quality Control/Education/Nurse

Beit Cure International Hospital
01.2011 - 01.2014

Unit Registered Nurse

Beit Cure International Hospital
01.2010 - 08.2011

Registered Nurse

Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida
01.2008 - 01.2009

MSN - Education

Chamberlain College of Nursing

BSN - undefined

Chamberlain College of Nursing

Associate of Arts degree - undefined

Santa Fe Community College

Associate of Science degree - Nursing

Santa Fe Community College
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