Michele Mongillo has been the Senior Clinical Director for First Quality Products for the past 19 years.  

She has over 30 years of nursing experience in a variety of settings including acute care, head/spinal cord injury rehabilitation, home care and post-acute care.  Her nursing roles have included direct patient care, unit management, administration and corporate senior leadership. She has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing and a frequent guest lecturer at the Pennsylvania College of Technology Nursing and Health Sciences.

She is the co-author of “Prevailing with Incontinence:  A Nurses Guide”,  a publication written to help nursing students understand the impact of incontinence on the patient.

Why have you dedicated your career to healthcare:

I have been working in a healthcare setting since I was 16 years old! 

My mother was the Director of Nursing of our community hospital, so I had an early introduction to healthcare working  in multiple departments.

I am thankful that I chose nursing as my career.  There is no greater feeling of accomplishment when you can help a patient or their family navigate a health concern.  Through my nursing career, I have had amazing professional growth opportunities, made lifelong friends, worked in multiple settings and have had a direct impact on numerous patients and their families. Nursing has enriched my life in ways I didn’t know possible!

Quote:

“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.”  Viktor Frankl