ANGELA KUFUOR

**** ********* ***** • Grand Prairie TX, 75052 • Home 817-***-****, Cell 817-***-****

Email: ac2ukz@r.postjobfree.com, ac2ukz@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner seeking multitasking position that is geared towards the provision of essential health care to patients throughout the family life cycle.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Texas Health Resources- CSO

Staff Nurse- Progressive Care -Central Staffing Office August 2016 to Date

Serves as a resource nurse for the progressive, intermediate, telemetry and cardiac step-down units

Serves as resource specialist for THR Transfer Center

Parkland Health and Hospital Services

8 -Gynecology/Oncology unit– Staff Nurse March to December 2016

Coordinated the care and management of Gynecology patients, Oncology medical and surgical patients and gynecology surgical patients.

Served as secretary to the Unit based Committee and assisted the unit in developing goals for and action plans for the Unit.

Texas Health Resources-HEB

Cardiac Step Down Unit-Staff Nurse February 2013 to April 2016

Coordinate the management of patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions such as Coronary Artery Diseases, Myocardial Infarctions, and Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Telemetry patients.

Manages the care of post op patients with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts, Aortic Valve Replacements, Thoracotomies, Cardiac Catheterization and Stent placements among others.

Manages the comorbidities of moderately stable but critical patients who require intermittent nursing vigilance.

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana

Senior Health Services Administrator - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine

2003 - 2008

Developed all annual budget and work plans for the department in accordance with its vision for the fiscal year. Supervised the implementation of these plans

Organized the Department’s re-accreditation process that led to re-accreditation by the West African College of Physicians and Surgeons for post graduate medical training

Health Services Administrator - Department of Family Health (Polyclinic) 2001 - 2003

Prepared biannual performance reviews to highlight activities of each unit – a monitoring and evaluation tool designed to ensure that all the departments mission and objectives- which were geared to provide quality affordable health care- were being met

Presided over Departmental management meetings.

Secretary - KATH Board of Directors 2002 - 2008

Managed the Board’s Secretariat and staff

Organized and arranged monthly and emergency meetings of the Board

Generated all correspondence emanating from the Board

Ensured that all decisions of the Board were implemented

ACTIVITIES

Secretary-Parkland Hospital 8 Gyn/Onc Unit based Committee

Member- Texas Health HEB Cardiac Step-Down Unit Based Committee

Member – Panel Interviews for New Hires

Preceptor -Texas Health Resources HEB Versant program for new hires

Participant – AETC HIV Interprofessional Education Rotation (A Collaboration between Texas Womans University, UT Southwestern and Parkland Health and Hospital Services)

EDUCATION

Texas Woman’s University Dallas Texas 2017

Master of Science in Nursing (GPA 3.52)

Texas Woman’s University Dallas Texas 2012

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Overall GPA- 3.9, Nursing- GPA 3.8)

University of Ghana - Legon, Accra, Ghana

Master’s in Business Administration (Health Services Administration) 2001

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

B.A. Social Sciences (Economics and History) 1992

RELEVANT SKILLS

Eclipsys, Epic and Meditech Proficient

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Windows 10 and PowerPoint

CERTIFICATIONS

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support- ACLS (Expiring in May 2019)

CPR -BLS for Healthcare Providers (Expiring in February 2018)

Oncology Nursing Society- ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider Certification (Expiring in June 2018)

NIH Stroke Scale Certification (Expiring in January 2018)

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (American Association of Nurse Practitioners) (Expiring in July 2022)

Family Nurse Practitioner (Texas Board of Nursing) (Expiring May 2019)

AWARDS

Texas Woman’s University Nursing School Deans List: Spring, Fall 2011

Texas Woman’s University Chancellors List: Spring 2012

Texas Woman’s University: Summa cum Laude- December, 2012

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