Donna Cherry
Highlands,NJ
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse First Assistant with over 20 years of perioperative nursing experience. Highly organized demonstrated to recommend medications, treatments and follow-up care for specific conditions. Versatile Registered Nurse First Assistant adept in providing visualization of operation sites using the appropriate methods, including manipulation of tissues and materials, retractions, sponging and irrigation. Demonstrated expertise in First Assisting. Offering 40years of dedicated nursing service. Meticulous surgical team member skilled at coordinating supplies and instruments to prepare for procedures and assist staff. Maintain aseptic fields and unobstructed views to help surgeries succeed. Efficiently prioritize tasks and communicate with surgical staff. Knowledgeable RNFA with 40 years of experience in setting up operating rooms, preparing patients and handling wide range of instruments and equipment during procedures. Industrious and proficient organizer with accomplished nursing background during 40+ years of healthcare experience. Diligently monitor patients prior to, during and after procedures to offer top-notch care. Evaluate and care for wounds to enhance healing. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse First Assistant
Riverview Medical Center
06.1999 - Current
- Reviewed patient charts noting allergies, pertinent medical history information and abnormal physical findings.
- Worked as first assist during surgical procedures, as well as performing suturing and overseeing recovery.
- Achieved optimal outcomes for patients by collaborating successfully with surgeons and healthcare teams to perform safe operations.
- Collaborated with surgery manager to assist with room prep and restoration for surgical procedures.
- Exhibited high degree of courtesy, tact and poise when interacting with employees, patients and visitors.
- Provided patients and family members with pre-operative information and other pertinent information.
- Performed patient intake duties, assessments and treatment service planning.
- Arranged supplies and instrumentation to meet needs of individual surgeons and enhance team efficiency.
- Assisted with transfer of patients from recovery room to operating room, providing care and support.
- Protected patients from infection by setting up and managing sterile operating fields.
- Kept views unobstructed by retracting, sponging, and suctioning surgical sites.
- Verified identity of patient or operative site.
Registered Nurse
Bayshore Medical Center
05.1983 - 06.1999
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Education
Certificate - First Assistant
Delaware County Community College
Media, PA05.2003
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ05.1988
Skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Developing Patient Care Plans
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Direct Supervision
- Critical Thinking
- Indirect Patient Care
- Active Listening
- Quality Patient Care
- Patient Health Information Access
- Patient Chart Reviewing
- Scrub Nursing
- Patient Care Activities
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Reconstructive Surgery
- General Surgery
- Coordinate Supplies
- Quality Improvement Activities
- Operational Standards
- Sterile Procedures and Techniques
- Surgical Retraction
- Infection Prevention
- Individualized Treatment Plans
- Treatment Assessments
- Educational Support
- Dress Wounds
- Performance Evaluations
- Support Surgeons
- Vessel Cauterization
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Verbal Comprehension
- Prepare Incision Sites
- Performance Improvement
- Professional Development
Affiliations
Member AORN.
Current BLS certfication
CNOR certification current until 2025
Certification
CNOR CERTIFIED
Timeline
Registered Nurse First Assistant
Riverview Medical Center
06.1999 - Current
Registered Nurse
Bayshore Medical Center
05.1983 - 06.1999
Certificate - First Assistant
Delaware County Community College
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Brookdale Community College