Cheryl Ronald
Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Educator
Sacramento,CA
Summary
Skilled and experienced Registered Nurse with more than 34 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality evidence-based practices of patient care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities. Adaptable and resilient with strong attention to detail, clinical expertise and emergency response experience. Experienced nursing professional with proven teaching expertise and devotion to building up new nurses with skills necessary to excel in today's healthcare settings. Top-notch clinical expertise, sound judgment and strengths in workflow optimization and strategic planning. Vigilant and conscientious about isolating and resolving concerns. Utilizes evidence-based practices to enhance student learning and professional development.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Educator III
Sutter Health - SHU -Clinical Pipeline Development
08.2024 - Current
- Utilize adult learning principles to adapt teaching methods according to individual learner needs, maximizing comprehension and retention of material presented.
- Assist in simulation exercises, enhancing hands-on learning experiences and improving clinical decision-making skills for clinical staff members.
- Kept current with emerging trends and evidence-based practices in healthcare education, incorporating new strategies into existing curricula for continuous program improvement.
- Enhance patient outcomes by developing and implementing evidence-based educational programs for clinical staff.
- Serve as a mentor for junior nursing staff, fostering a positive learning environment and promoting professional growth.
- Contribute educational and clinical expertise, give lectures, lead clinical skills stations and help run simulations to help optimize training courses and boost student learning for new nurses in the Transition to Labor and Delivery program, Transition to Post Partum program, and The Nurse Residence program.
RN Staff Nurse Labor & Delivery
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
10.2002 - 04.2024
- Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
- Assessed and cared for women during all stages of labor, delivery and recovery
- Pre op pt's for cesarean sections, multiple gestations, fetal demise, tubal ligations and D&C's
- Intra operative care of pt's in the circulator role, scribe, and baby nurse during cesarean sections, and emergent procedures I.e. hysterectomy and D&C's.
- PACU care of surgical pt's for 1-2 hrs post op.
- Closely monitored fetal heart rates using EFM and Internal FM
- Cared for pt's with Pre Eclampsia, Gestational HTN, CHTN, Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Multiple Gestations, Fetal Demise, emergent conditions - hemorrhage, Sepsis, crash cesarean section, Severe Pre Eclampsia requiring medication intervention or immediate delivery
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Started and maintained IV's, did vaginal exams, placed Foley & Intermittent catheters, placed IUPC's and FSE's, placed 3 lead EKG, leads, administered blood, plasma, platelets.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
RN Staff Nurse High Risk Maternity
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
09.1996 - 09.2002
- Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
- Cared for Antepartum and Postpartum pt's
- Closely monitored babies using EFM and Doppler
- Cared for pt's with Pre Eclampsia, Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, CHTN, Gestational HTN, Pre Term Labor, PPROM, PROM, bleeding during pregnancy, pt's having a long term hosp stay
- Reduced medication errors through meticulous administration and documentation of medications.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to develop comprehensive patient care plans, improving patient outcomes.
- Provided compassionate and empathetic support to patients and their families during difficult situations.
- Mentored new nursing staff, contributing to a more cohesive and efficient team environment.
- Maintained accurate and detailed records of patient assessments, treatments, and progress notes for seamless continuity of care.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
RN Staff Nurse Med Surg Unit
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
08.1990 - 08.1996
- Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
- Reduced medication errors through meticulous administration and documentation of medications.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to develop comprehensive patient care plans, improving patient outcomes.
- Cared for pt's with various medical conditions, those who had various surgical procedures, step down pt's from ICU, post op heart cath pt's, Asthmatic pt's needing meds, cystic fibrosis pt's, post op Gyn pt's, post op bladder reconstruction, heparin drips, and confused patients
- I was in the charge nurse role, covered LVN's and administered antibiotics
- I cared for pt's with Central lines, PICC lines and port caths. I drew labs from Central and PICC lines.
- Did dressing changes, packed wounds and incisions, placed GT tubes, suctioned tracks
- Provided compassionate and empathetic support to patients and their families during difficult situations.
- Proactively identified potential patient safety risks, taking corrective actions to prevent harm or injury.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Sacramento City College
Sacramento, CA06.1990
Secretarial Studies And Office Administration - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
Heald Business School
Sacramento, CA12.1984
High School Diploma -
Mira Loma High School
Sacramento, CA06.1983
Skills
- Direct Patient Care
- Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)
- CPR - BLS
- Advance Fetal Monitoring
- Diabetes management
- Clinical judgment
- OB Labor and Delivery Nursing
- Pre Op, Intra Op, PACU care of OB pt's
- Precepting new employees, students
- Patient Education
- Specimen Collection
- Starting and maintaining IV's, lab draws
- Staff Development
- Evidence-based Practice
- Simulation training
- Problem-solving abilities
- Reliability
- Educational leadership
- Adult learning principles
- Professional development
- Evidence-based practice
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Educator III
Sutter Health - SHU -Clinical Pipeline Development
08.2024 - Current
RN Staff Nurse Labor & Delivery
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
10.2002 - 04.2024
RN Staff Nurse High Risk Maternity
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
09.1996 - 09.2002
RN Staff Nurse Med Surg Unit
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento
08.1990 - 08.1996
Associate of Science - Nursing
Sacramento City College
Secretarial Studies And Office Administration - Secretarial Studies And Office Administration
Heald Business School
High School Diploma -
Mira Loma High School
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