Deborah Herr MSN, RN, CCRC
Summary
Dedicated Family Nurse Practitioner Student committed to becoming an effective provider in delivering better health care services. Offering extensive nursing training and familiarity with essential medical tools and terminology in endocrinology, cardiology and geriatrics. Proficient in providing and recording patient histories, physical exams, and educational needs and entering patients' medical information into the EMR.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Educator
Living Branches
03.2021 - Current
- Responsible for orientation of new staff: Nurses and CNAs for personal care and skilled nursing
- Program Coordinator for the Dock Woods and Souderton Mennonite Homes CNA programs
- Responsible for Med Tech education and training
- Dementia Specialist and taught Dementia Capable Care seminars
- Provided ongoing clinical education and ran annual skills fair for staff.
Research Supervisor
Lehigh Valley Health Network
12.2018 - 05.2020
- Responsible for Advanced Specialties Research staff, including assigning study responsibilities, team building, annual reviews, disciplinary action, conducting staff meetings, providing staff education, interviewing and hiring new employees
- Conducted pre-study visits with sponsors, approved department feasibility for studies, complete Site Qualification Questionnaires for sponsors
- Implemented Florence eBinders for the Research department
- Maintained relationships with multiple sponsor organizations
- Responsible to organize and manage the Research Lecture Series.
Registered Nurse LVPG Diabetes & Endocrinology
Lehigh Valley Health Network
11.2014 - 12.2018
- Responsible for patient rooming, insulin pump downloads, performing POC glucose monitoring
- Managed patient flow through the office.
Nurse Coordinator, Endocrine Testing
Lehigh Valley Health Network
01.1995 - 12.2018
- Responsible for patient teaching, planning, coordinating and performing a wide variety of endocrine tests
- Responsible for the care of pediatric and adult patients
- Developed new protocols for implementation in Endocrine testing
- Developed EPIC smartsets for Endocrine testing protocols
- Developed Excel spreadsheets for tracking patient testing volumes.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Lehigh Valley Health Network
10.1997 - 01.2007
- Responsible for the implementation and coordination of research studies
- Wrote and implemented research protocols for non-invasive blood glucose monitor
- Responsible for patient recruitment and retention
- Trained and mentored new clinical research coordinators
- Developed budgets, maintained Good Clinical Practice Guidelines, maintained regulatory documents
- Performed research studies for hypopituitarism, rheumatoid arthritis, Clostridium difficile, hypertension, diastolic dysfunction, diabetes, asthma, and device studies.
Clinical Nurse Facilitator
Lehigh Valley Health Network
12.1992 - 01.1995
- Responsible for the Transitional Open Heart Unit staff education
- Performance Improvement committee, Nursing Information System Committee, Discharge Planning Committee
- Taught the Cardiac modules of the Critical Care Course and Advanced Dysrhythmia Course.
Staff Nurse
Lehigh Valley Health Network
07.1989 - 12.1992
- Progressive Coronary Care Unit and Open Heart Unit
Education
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Post Master's Certificate -
Carson-Newman University
Jefferson City, TN08.2024
Master of Science - Nursing
Villanova University
Villanova, PA01.1996
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Messiah University (College)
Mechanicsburg, PA01.1988
Skills
Ethics and Professionalism
Interprofessional Collaboration
Clinical expertise
Staff Development
Clinical Supervision
Lesson Planning
Assessment skills
Curriculum Development
Clinical Instruction
Supervising students
Mentoring and Coaching
Accomplishments
Program coordinator for two CNA programs. Started two evening CNA programs: one for Souderton Mennonite Homes and one for Dock Woods. Developed academic calendar and lesson plans for 125 hours of instruction
Implemented eBinders into the research department.
Teaching Experience
August 2007 - December 2018
DeSales University , Center Valley, PA
Nursing Clinical Instructor
- Medical Surgical, Gerontology, and Independent Study clinicals
- Planned patient assignments for students
- Taught medication administration modules
- Taught clinical skills: patient assessments, charting, patient care, dressing changes, medication administration, time management, and cardiac rhythm interpretation
- Performed student evaluations
- Wrote letters of recommendation for students
Certification
- Certified Clinical Research Coordinator, Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)
- Teach The Educator (TTE): PA Nurse Aide Instructor Course, Penn State University, College of Educators
- Dementia Care Specialist, Crisis Prevention Institute
Publications
Schurman, M., Shakespeare, W., Wilkins, R. G., Merkle, L., Herr, D ., & Wilson, R. (2005). Initial Validation of optical coherence tomography based sensor for monitoring of blood glucose levels: 266-S. Critical Care Medicine, 33(12), A73.
Volunteer work
Medical Team for Faith Evangelical Free Church
Church Pianist/worship team
Nursery worker
Softball coach
Sunday school teacher
Small group leader
Hobbies
Piano
Reading
Puzzles
Timeline
Clinical Educator
Living Branches
03.2021 - Current
Research Supervisor
Lehigh Valley Health Network
12.2018 - 05.2020
Registered Nurse LVPG Diabetes & Endocrinology
Lehigh Valley Health Network
11.2014 - 12.2018
Clinical Research Coordinator
Lehigh Valley Health Network
10.1997 - 01.2007
Nurse Coordinator, Endocrine Testing
Lehigh Valley Health Network
01.1995 - 12.2018
Clinical Nurse Facilitator
Lehigh Valley Health Network
12.1992 - 01.1995
Staff Nurse
Lehigh Valley Health Network
07.1989 - 12.1992
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Post Master's Certificate -
Carson-Newman University
Master of Science - Nursing
Villanova University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Messiah University (College)
- Certified Clinical Research Coordinator, Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)
- Teach The Educator (TTE): PA Nurse Aide Instructor Course, Penn State University, College of Educators
- Dementia Care Specialist, Crisis Prevention Institute
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