ELIZABETH MENSAH
ST. MICHAEL
Summary
Experienced professional with a strong background in general and critical care nursing practices, with over a decade of expertise in emergency management, critical care management, pain management, and community outreach. Proven track record in roles such as Unit Manager, Quality Improvement Focal Person, Member of Hospital Rapid Response Team, and Critical Care Nurse. Recognized for exceptional contributions to policy-making, facility-based research, revamping standard tools in pain management, staff capacity building, team leadership, and community training. Skilled in general nursing care, critical care standards, critical thinking approach, post-operative pain management, emergency care, patient and family-centered nursing, and mortality auditing. Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly, work effectively in teams, and organize resources efficiently while committed to improving productivity and advancing sustainable practices through innovative solutions and dedicated services.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sessional Nurse/Post Operative Care Unit
Premiere Surgical Center
02.2025 - Current
- Sessional Nurse professionally trained and skilled for 4 bed capacity Recovery Room.
- Manages the recovery of 6 post operative patients daily, ensuring a 95% inpatients satisfaction and 98%-99% outpatient satisfaction.
- Manages airway by suctioning, proper positioning of patients and administering oxygen when needed.
- Ensures efficient care and adherence to post operative care protocols.
- Manages and prevents post operative complication like bleeding, nausea and vomiting, and respiratory distress.
- Implements a new post operative pain management protocol, reducing patient pain level by 20% before transferring to ward and by 5% before discharging home.
- Ensures adherence to infection prevention and control policy.
- Administers medications via all routes and report reaction.
- Restocks logistics and supplies.
- Proper documentation by using Mac practice system.
Registered Nurse/ Post Operative Care Unit/Surgical Intensive Care Unit
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
10.2022 - Current
- Registered Nurse professionally trained and skilled for busy 6 bed capacity Recovery Room/ Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- Manages airway by suctioning, inserting Oropharyngeal and Nasopharyngeal airways and properly positioning patients
- Manages the recovery of approximately 4 postoperative patients daily, ensuring a 90% inpatients satisfaction and 95% outpatient satisfaction
- Ensures efficient care and adherence to post operative care protocols. Implements a new post operative pain management protocol, reducing patient pain level by 20% before transferring to ward and by 5% before discharging home.
- Manages and prevents post operative complication like bleeding, nausea and vomiting, and respiratory distress.
- Ensures adherence to infection prevention and control policy by using VAP bundle when managing intubated or tracheostomized patients.
- Prepares and assists in Invasive non- Invasive procedures.
- Administers medications via all routes and report reaction
- Stabilizes or optimizes patients before transferring to the operating theatre, high dependency unit or wards.
- Participates as a team leader or team player in code situation using BLS, ACLS Protocol.
- Carry out continuous monitoring of patients including vital signs and notifying physicians when needed.
- Maintain accurate confidentiality of patient records using documentation standard.
- Participate in online and in person training sessions to enhance skills and knowledge in the latest surgical and recovery techniques.
- Requests and restocks logistics and supplies.
Nursing Officer, Critical Care/ Post Operative Care Unit/Accident and Emergency
Atebubu Municipal Hospital
11.2015 - 09.2022
- Performs direct bedside nursing care in busy 15 bed capacity Accident and Emergent unit and 4 bed capacity PACU
- Carry out immediate initial patient assessment.
- Supervise a team of 10 PACU staff, ensuring efficient care and adherence to PACU protocol.
- Designed communication flow for the staff in managing patients and family.
- Conduct monthly training sessions for staff, enhancing skills and knowledge.
- Conduct quarterly simulation for staff on the use of medical equipment and response to code, enhancing skills and knowledge in the latest surgical, recovery and emergency techniques.
- Participates in ward rounds and contributes when necessary.
- Coordinates with doctors and anesthetist in the management in the admission and discharge process of patients.
- Organize and participate in mortality audits and implement standard protocols.
- Lead in infection control audits, resulting in 30% decrease in post operative rates over two years.
- Conducts triaging effectively and acts accordingly.
- Setting of IV lines and giving fluid re during emergency periods.
- Carry out minor suturing and removal of suturing.
- Administers medication via all routes and reports any reactions.
- Performs nebulization and suctioning.
- Participates unit managers monthly meetings.
- Performs proper documentation electronically using HAMS.
- Restocks logistics and supplies.
Registered Nurse, Unit manager/Accident and Emergency
Sene West Government Hospital
07.2013 - 10.2015
- Performs direct bedside nursing care in busy 8 bed capacity Accident and Emergent unit.
- Carry out immediate initial patient assessment.
- Supervise a team of 12 staff, ensuring efficient care and adherence protocol.
- Conducts triaging effectively and acts accordingly.
- Setting of IV lines and giving fluid re during emergency periods.
- Carry out minor suturing and removal of suturing.
- Administers medication via all routes and reports any reactions.
- Performs nebulization and suctioning.
- Participates unit managers monthly meetings.
- Performs proper documentation.
- Restocks logistics and supplies.
- Conduct monthly training sessions for staff, enhancing skills and knowledge.
- Conduct quarterly simulation for staff on the use of medical equipment and response to code, enhancing skills and knowledge in the latest surgical, recovery and emergency techniques.
- Participates in ward rounds and contributes when needed.
- Performs wound dressing adhering to infection prevention protocol.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Critical Care Nursing
Perioperative and Critical care Nursing School
01.2020
Diploma - General Nursing
Nursing and Midwifery Training School, Sunyani
01.2011
SSCE Certificate -
Technology Secondary School, Kumasi
01.2005
Skills
- Effective communication
- Rapid response to emergency
- Teamwork
- Organizational skills
- Medication administration
- Monitoring of vital signs
- Ventilatory support
- Central and peripheral lines care
- Admission and Discharge coordination
- Medication and IV administration
- Infection prevention and control
- Direct patient and family care and management
- Logistics and resource procurement and restocking
- Wound care and pain management
- Minor suturing and sutures removal
- Patient physical assessment
- Immediate post operative patient assessments
- Proper documentation by using Electronic Health Record (EHR) system
- Direct patient care
- Patient care
- Emergency care
Accomplishments
- Led the Quality improvement Team to win the best Research Topic for 2022/2023 in Bono East Region
- Led the Quality improvement Team to merge the 2nd Runner best QI facility 2022/2023 in Bono East Region
- Coordinated in setting up and equipping Post Anaesthesia Care Unit/ Intensive Care Unit in 2020 in Atebubu hospital
- Assisted in coordinating in setting up of facility Creche in 2016 in Atebubu Hospital
- Coordinated in setting up and equipping Emergency unit in 2015 in Atebubu hospital
Projects Participated
- Regional Peer Review Assessment
- District Peer Review Assessment
- Regional Quality Assurance and Improvement Assessment
- Assessment of District Best Nurse and Midwife
- Coordinated in setting up Facility Creche for babies of staff
- Coordinated in setting up Emergency and Recovery Room
Personal Information
Nationality: Ghanaian
Professional Registration
- Nursing and Midwifery council, Ghana
- Barbados Nursing Council
- Massachusetts Board of Nursing
Hobbies and Interests
- Love watching medical and gospel videos
- Listening to news and music
- Love to disseminate information by teaching
Training
- Basic Life Support
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Basic ECG and Interpretation
- Charter for the Rights of Patients
- Training and Education in Sexual and Domestic Violence in Compliance with Chapter 260
- Malaria Training
- Acute Coronary Syndrome with Global Anesthesia and Critical Care
- Sepsis and Septic Shock with Global Anesthesia and Critical Care
- Capnography in the Non- Intubated Patient
Additional Information
REFERENCE
Miss Joe-Ann Wilkinson
Nursing Officer
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
Jcwilkinson82@gmail.com
Mrs Faustina Excel Adipa
Principal,
School of Perioperative and Critical Care Nursing,Korle- Bu, Ghana
tinaexcel@hotmail.com
Dr. Cornelius Atsu Gligui
Medical Superintendent
Nkoranza government Hospital, Bono East- Ghana
coagligui@gmail.com
Timeline
Sessional Nurse/Post Operative Care Unit
Premiere Surgical Center
02.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse/ Post Operative Care Unit/Surgical Intensive Care Unit
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
10.2022 - Current
Nursing Officer, Critical Care/ Post Operative Care Unit/Accident and Emergency
Atebubu Municipal Hospital
11.2015 - 09.2022
Registered Nurse, Unit manager/Accident and Emergency
Sene West Government Hospital
07.2013 - 10.2015
Diploma - General Nursing
Nursing and Midwifery Training School, Sunyani
SSCE Certificate -
Technology Secondary School, Kumasi
Bachelor of Science - Critical Care Nursing
Perioperative and Critical care Nursing School
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