Cheryl Seufert
Wantage,NJ
Summary
Experienced and dedicated nursing professional with over 20 years of expertise spanning direct patient care and nurse education. Committed to upholding PRIDE values while fostering a culture of safety, learning, and compassion. Recognized for delivering high-quality care, mentoring clinical staff, and enhancing patient outcomes through evidenced-based practices. A proactive and solutions-oriented leader skilled in balancing multiple priorities, driving process improvements, and motivating the team to exceed performance goals. Delivers exceptional communication, strategic organization, and collaboration to deliver high quality, individualized patient care.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Educator
Kahn 5 Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ
01.2025 - Current
- Evaluated clinical staff performance, identifying areas of improvement and providing constructive feedback to drive continuous growth.
- Utilized adult learning principles to adapt teaching methods according to individual learner needs, maximizing comprehension and retention of material presented.
- Encouraged continuing education and obtaining certification connecting nurses with relevant resources to advance their expertise within their respective fields.
- Increased staff retention by providing ongoing support and an active resource for new and experienced nurses at the bedside.
- Enhanced patient outcomes by developing and implementing evidence-based projects such as Comfort Care Items to Increase Quality of Life for patients with cognitive barriers.
- Promoted patient safety by leading quality improvement initiatives within the nursing department and by being an active safety coach and HRO representative.
- Improved patient satisfaction scores through the development and implementation of targeted staff education on patient-centered care practices.
- Assessed competency levels among nursing staff, identifying areas of improvement for targeted interventions.
- Established a supportive learning environment by providing guidance and mentorship to nursing staff.
- Remained up to date on clinical protocols, procedures and developments within specialty to serve as informational resource to nurses on unit.
Registered Nurse
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ
08.2006 - 01.2025
- ACLS certified
- BSN
- CMSRN
- RN PACT
- Seizure and Epilepsy Certificate from American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
- Nominated for Ben Lobel award 2019
- Nominated for Neuro Nurse of the Year
- Sodhani Award Nomination for Nursing Best Practice Award 2023
- Daisy Award Award nomination 2023
- Employee of the month multiple occasions (last award for Employee of the Month May 2025)
- Pride in Action Award and significant amount of Celebrate recognitions
- Preceptor to hire learners and new staff nurses
- Consistently Charge RN communicating with leadership
- Have been recognized by leadership and infection prevention for hospital top hand hygiene
- Superuser for many new roll outs including new IV pumps, PCA pumps, Rover super user, Safe Patient Handling Super User
- Top score for timely documentation
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documentation for JCAHO stroke readiness
Education
BSN - Nursing
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN04.2017
Diploma - Nursing
Mountainside School of Nursing
Montclair, NJ06.2006
Associates - Nursing
Sussex County Community College
Newton, NJ01.2004
Skills
- NIH and stroke assessment proficient
- Ensuring all stroke core measures are met
- Onboarding hire learners and new hires
- Audits: Stroke core measures, telemetry active orders, Medication Barcode Scanning, 2 RN Skin Check Compliance, hand hygiene in Huron Rounding, leadership rounds
- Swipe Sense: notifying team members in real time their scores (posting scores weekly, emailing team members below 80% and educating one on one to help reach goal of greater than 90% hand hygiene compliance), strengthening hand hygiene accountability and education to enhance infection prevention
- Pressure injury education: minimizing diaper usage and implementing pressure injury prevention bundle for patients with Braden Scale less than 18
- Member of Shared Governance, HCAHPS, HRO to promote patient safety, Quiet at Night, Medication Management, Night Council, Med Ambassador
- Staff Eduction and Engagement Tools: designed innovative educational games to improve staff knowledge and engagement
- Quality Improvement: Quiet at Night initiative: Developed and implemented a comprehensive action plan including staff education, Sleep menus added to patient rooms and electronic Huddle Board, use of Microsoft forms for ongoing auditing, promotion of sound machine in UPCARE to support restful environments and patient recovery
- Participated in Hackathon
- Initiated a Culture and Diversity Focus Group on Kahn 5 to promote inclusivity, awareness, and culturally sensitive care
- Grant Awards: applied and received mini grant funding for Music and Massage Therapy and Comfort Care Items (robotic pets, baby dolls, and fidget boards)
- EBP: Integrating Comfort Care Items to Enhance Quality of Life: Targeting geriatric neurology patients to reduce delirium, confusion, and anxiety while promoting engagement and quality of life
- Presentations and Research Dissemination: poster presentation at NICHE conference 2025 “Integrating Comfort Care Items to Enhance Quality of Life”
- Abstract accepted for Annual Nursing Research Conference (September 19, 2025) for EBP project on Comfort Care Items
- Policy and Procedure Development: authored the Pedal Support Device Policy and Procedure which is a therapeutic aid to enhance lower limb exercise in patients with neurological or motor impairments (stroke, Parkinson’s, MS, TBI) focusing on safety, stability, and enhancing mobility
- Bed placement for direct admits, transfers, and admissions onto unit
- Patient and family education regarding testing, medication use and side effects, diagnosis and prevention of complications
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Educator
Kahn 5 Morristown Medical Center
01.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse
Morristown Medical Center
08.2006 - 01.2025
BSN - Nursing
Walden University
Diploma - Nursing
Mountainside School of Nursing
Associates - Nursing
Sussex County Community College