Simonica 'Monica' Dragu

Acute Medical Nursing
Bariatric Nursing
Bladder Management
Brain Injury
Care Expert
Care Home Nursing
Care of the Older Person
Complex Healthcare
Learning Disabilities
Continence & Bowel Management
Continuing Healthcare
Dementia
Deprivation of Liberty (DoLs)
Diabetes Monitoring & Management
Elderley Care
Employment & Sickness Management
End of Life Care
Enteral Feeding
Falls
General Adult Nursing (Personal Hygiene, Hydration, Nutrition)
Health & Safety
Incident Reporting & Management
Incontinence (Faecal)
Incontinence (Urinary)
Infection Prevention & Control
Long Term/Chronic/Life Limiting Conditions
Manual Handling
Medicines Management
Nursing Home Nursing
Nutrition & Hydration
Pain Management
Palliative/End of Life Care
Parkinson's Disease
Private Healthcare Nursing
Return to Work
Risk Management
Safeguarding Adults
Sensory Impairment
Stoma Care
Stroke
Swallowing Disorders
Tissue Viability
Wound Care (not pressure ulcers)

Monica is a highly experienced Registered General Nurse with over 16 years of progressive leadership within elderly residential, nursing and dementia care services. She has extensive experience as a Home Manager, Clinical Manager, Commissioning Clinical Services Manager and Registered Nurse across both corporate and independent care providers.

Monica possesses expert knowledge of nursing standards, safeguarding, clinical governance, CQC regulations, medication management, infection prevention, risk assessment, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), care planning and quality assurance.

She is experienced in investigating incidents, reviewing clinical documentation, analysing care delivery, supporting regulatory compliance and implementing service improvements. Able to provide balanced, evidence-based opinions based upon professional standards, national guidance and accepted nursing practice.