Mandy Thomson started her nursing career in Muncie, IN after graduating from Nursing school at Ball State University. Taking a travel nurse assignment, she moved to Colorado in 2002. She's worked in a variety of units including Progressive Care, Telemetry, and ICU. She has been in the ICU for the past 13 years as well as currently also in the role of Professional Development supervisor.
Mandy has proven herself to be an expert in the field of intensive care nursing by obtaining and maintaining certification in Critical Care. Today she is practicing in a general ICU but she has previous experience in Medical ICU taking care of patients including, but not limited to pulmonary, renal and liver disease at a large academic hospital.
Mandy took the role of Nurse educator in the Medical ICU for 5 years before transferring to start a new community-based sister-facility in the suburbs. This opportunity to start a nursing professional development team was beneficial in growing her knowledge base in regulatory requirements. The hospital opened with accreditation from The Joint Commission (TJC) without any citing which is, in part, due to the her leadership in Professional development.
Mandy has been involved in numerous quality improvement projects on subjects such as reducing Hospital- Acquired Pressure Injuries/Ulcers (HAPI), improving Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), and developing improved processes for prone positioning and GI Tamponade devices.
Mandy is married to Allen, her husband of 10 years. They share two beautiful girls, Olivia who is 9 and Emily who is 7.