Anna Cherry
Port Hueneme,CA
Summary
Accomplished Registered Nurse with a proven track record at the University of Maryland Medical Center, delivering high-quality emergency care and earning the 2023 Daisy Award. Expert in IV therapy and crisis management, with exceptional skills in team leadership and patient advocacy. Holds multiple certifications including ACLS and BLS, showcasing a commitment to excellence in patient outcomes.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
University Of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
03.2022 - 01.2024
- Provided emergency medical care to patients of various acuity in a 34 bed Adult Emergency Department/ Comprehensive Stroke & STEMI Center/ Shock Trauma Center/ VAD Center/ Sickle Cell Center.
- Successfully completed one year long Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program and collaborated with a team of nurse graduated to create an EBP on increasing awareness of patient's with implanted devices in the Emergency Department setting.
- Mastered therapeutic procedures such as IV therapy, laboratory testing, and medication administration.
- Obtained ultrasound guided peripheral IV access certification.
- Was a member of the peripheral IV access committee.
- Acquired wide range of emergency care skill set from caring for complex medical cases such as LVAD patients, gunshot victims, sickle cell patients, cancer patients, and a large variety of critical care patients.
- Granted 2023 hospital wide Daisy Award.
- Demonstrated leadership by training/ precepting nursing students, new graduate nurses, and travel nurses on hospital's policies, practices, and procedures.
- Successfully trained in moderate sedation, interpreting cardiac arrhythmias, LVAD care, iSTAT, triage, and MTE protocol/ administration.
- Managed patient's on ventilator as well as BiPAP and CPAP.
- Collaborated with physicians and residents to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Special Needs Ministry Assistant
Chapelgate Presbyterian Church
Marriottsville, MD
05.2020 - 08.2020
- Visited homes of families within program provide individualized 1:1 respite for over 20 children with special needs including Down Syndrome, autism, and behavioral disorders.
- Communicated using spectrum appropriate interpersonal skills to build relationships with children and families.
- Created spectrum appropriate activities for children to engage in.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA12.2021
Skills
- RN- Registered Nurse, MD, License #R252620
- RN- Registered Nurse, CA, License #4725105
- ACLS- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support- American Heart Association
- BLS- Basic Life Support- American Heart Association
- NIHSS- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Certification
- NCLEX- National Council Licensure Exam
- CPI- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certification
- CERC-Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication
- SOAR- National Human Trafficking Assistance Center
- Stop the Bleed Certified
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
University Of Maryland Medical Center
03.2022 - 01.2024
Special Needs Ministry Assistant
Chapelgate Presbyterian Church
05.2020 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Liberty University