Raven McDonald
Summary
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) BSN-DNP student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham with over 6 years of nursing experience in cardiothoracic surgery, progressive care, telemetry, medical surgery, and primary care settings. Skilled in chronic disease management, cardiovascular care, patient assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based practice. Clinical experience includes primary care, cardiology, diabetes management, occupational medicine, and weight management. Passionate about delivering comprehensive, patient-centered care to adult and geriatric populations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse – Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit
University of Alabama at Birmingham
07.2020 - Current
- Provide high-acuity nursing care to cardiothoracic and heart/lung transplant patients.
- Manage chest tubes, PCA pumps, central lines, blood product administration, tracheostomy care, chest tube management, accessing ports, and titratable medications.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes and postoperative recovery.
- Deliver evidence-based patient education and discharge planning.
- Cerner charting system
School Nurse
AMT Staffing
01.2024 - 01.2026
- Provided comprehensive nursing care and health assessments for K-12 students.
- Managed chronic conditions including asthma, diabetes, seizures, and severe allergies.
- Collaborated with parents, teachers, and healthcare providers to coordinate individualized care plans.
- Maintained accurate health records.
- Delivered health education on wellness, hygiene, nutrition, and disease prevention to students and staff.
Travel Registered Nurse (Progressive Care Unit)
Shelby Baptist Hospital
Alabaster
06.2025 - 05.2025
- Provided individualized patient-centered care in acute care settings.
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize in complex acute and chronic conditions.
- Assess, implement, and evaluate patients’ needs in a systemic way to provide individualized patient-centered care.
- Epic Charting System
- IV insertion to manage medication administration.
- Manage peripheral IV, central lines, drains, tubes, AV fistulas, grafts, and peritoneal lines.
Travel Registered Nurse (Progressive Care/Cardiovascular Step-Down Unit)
Atrium Health Mercy
Charlotte
01.2024 - 11.2024
- Provided individualized patient-centered care in acute care settings.
- Managed telemetry, cardiac, postoperative, and medically complex patients.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient outcomes.
- Experienced with Epic electronic medical record systems.
Travel Registered Nurse (Medical Surgical/Telemetry)
Ascension St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham
09.2023 - 12.2023
- Assess, implement, and evaluate patients’ needs in a systemic way to provide individualized patient-centered care.
- IV insertion to manage medication administration.
- Manage peripheral IV, central lines, drains, tubes, AV fistulas, grafts, and peritoneal lines.
- Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Conducted post-op reviews, tracked patients' vitals and monitored fluids to reach optimal care targets.
- Coordinated and evaluated interdisciplinary care for patients.
- Assessed patients' response to treatment and suggested ways to combat side effects.
- Treated patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries.
- Utilized Cerner EMR to document all patient interventions, such as evaluations, care plans and observations.
Travel Registered Nurse (Telemetry)
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
Atlanta
02.2023 - 08.2023
- Provide patient care to pre and post cardiac catheterization, coronary artery bypass, heart failure, valve replacements, pacemakers, Barostim, ICD, congenital heart defects, arrythmias, hypertensive emergency.
- Epic charting system.
- Provide education to patients and family members throughout their care.
- IV insertion to manage medication administration.
- Manage peripheral IV, central lines, drains, tubes, AV fistulas, grafts, and peritoneal lines.
Travel Registered Nurse (Adult Cardiovascular Step-Down Unit)
Premier Health Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
08.2022 - 11.2022
- Provided individualized patient-centered care in acute care settings.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient outcomes.
- Provide individualized quality care and support to patients through recovery from procedures such as bypass, angioplasty and pacemaker surgery.
- Provide quality care to patients with various heart diseases and conditions.
- Provide care to COVID patients.
- Provide postoperative care.
- Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
- Monitored patient fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems.
- Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
- Encouraged patients to implement lifestyle changes to prevent worsening of heart disease.
- EPIC Charting system.
Travel Registered Nurse (Cardiovascular/Stroke Step-Down Unit)
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
San Jose
03.2022 - 05.2022
- Provided individualized patient-centered care in acute care settings.
- Delivered nursing care to critically ill cardiac patients in post-operative recovery units.
- Provided care for CVA patients and patients with cardiovascular disease.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
- Utilized EPIC EMR system.
Travel Registered Nurse (Medical Surgical/Telemetry)
Novant Presbyterian Medical Center
Charlotte
08.2021 - 03.2022
- Provided individualized patient-centered care in acute care settings.
- Delivered nursing care to critically ill cardiac patients in post-operative recovery units.
- Provided care for CVA patients and patients with cardiovascular disease.
- Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
- Utilized EPIC EMR system.
Nurse Extern – Float Pool
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery
05.2019 - 06.2020
- Provided individualized patient-centered care in acute care settings.
- Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Conducted post-op reviews, tracked patients' vitals and monitored fluids to reach optimal care targets.
- Coordinated and evaluated interdisciplinary care for patients.
- Assessed patients' response to treatment and suggested ways to combat side effects.
- Treated patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries.
- IV insertion to manage medication administration.
- Manage peripheral IV, central lines, drains, tubes, AV fistulas, grafts, and peritoneal lines.
- Utilized Epic EMR system.
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) - Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Tuskegee University
Skills
- Adult & Geriatric Assessment
- Chronic Disease Management
- Cardiovascular Care
- Diabetes Management
- Preventive Care
- Differential Diagnosis Development
- Patient Education
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Epic & Cerner EMR
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Clinical Practicum Experience
Alabama Regional Medical Services – Ensley Primary Care Clinic|AGPCNP Student Clinical|180 hrs|Jan. 2026-Current
- Performed comprehensive adult and geriatric assessments in a primary care setting.
- Developed differential diagnoses and evidence-based treatment plans for chronic diseases.
- Provided preventive care counseling and patient education.
UAB Gardendale Cardiology Clinic|AGPCNP Student Clinical|Current May 2026
- Participated in cardiovascular evaluations, labs, diagnostics, and management plans.
- Assisted in management of hypertension, CHF, CAD, HLD, and arrhythmias.
UAB Highlands Weight Loss Medicine Clinic|AGPCNP Student Clinical|Jan. 2026-March 2026
- Participated in obesity management and individualized treatment planning.
Diabetes Path Clinic – Cooper Green|AGPCNP Student Clinical|Aug. 2025-Nov. 2025
- Provided diabetes education, medication counseling, and lifestyle management support.
UAB Musculoskeletal & Spine Clinic|AGPCNP Student Clinical|180 hours|Aug. 2025-Nov. 2025
- Assisted with musculoskeletal assessments, occupational medicine evaluations, spinal injuries, and patient education.
Certification
- Registered Nurse – Alabama Compact License
- Registered Nurse – California License
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- NIH Stroke Scale Certification (NIHSS)
Leadership And Community Involvement
Founder & Director: Raven McDonald Resilience Scholarship for Tuskegee University School of Nursing & Allied Health (2023-present)
- Founded and independently organized a scholarship initiative supporting sophomore, junior, and senior students pursuing degrees in nursing, occupational therapy, and health sciences at Tuskegee University.
HEADStart Wellness founded by Raven McDonald for Tuskegee University School of Nursing & Allied Health (2018-2020)
Honors And Professional Organizations
- Outstanding Graduate Student in Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner with Gerontology Award
- RN Primary Care Scholar – UAB School of Nursing
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
- Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated
- National Society of Leadership and Success
References
Available upon request
Quality Improvement Project
Quality Improvement Project
DNP Quality Improvement Project-UAB Neuro ICU
- Implementing music therapy to reduce ICU delirium symptoms in critically ill adult patients utilizing the PDSA framework and Nu-DESC screening tool.
Timeline
Travel Registered Nurse (Progressive Care Unit)
Shelby Baptist Hospital
06.2025 - 05.2025
School Nurse
AMT Staffing
01.2024 - 01.2026
Travel Registered Nurse (Progressive Care/Cardiovascular Step-Down Unit)
Atrium Health Mercy
01.2024 - 11.2024
Travel Registered Nurse (Medical Surgical/Telemetry)
Ascension St. Vincent’s Birmingham
09.2023 - 12.2023
Travel Registered Nurse (Telemetry)
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
02.2023 - 08.2023
Travel Registered Nurse (Adult Cardiovascular Step-Down Unit)
Premier Health Miami Valley Hospital
08.2022 - 11.2022
Travel Registered Nurse (Cardiovascular/Stroke Step-Down Unit)
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
03.2022 - 05.2022
Travel Registered Nurse (Medical Surgical/Telemetry)
Novant Presbyterian Medical Center
08.2021 - 03.2022
Registered Nurse – Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit
University of Alabama at Birmingham
07.2020 - Current
Nurse Extern – Float Pool
Baptist Medical Center South
05.2019 - 06.2020
Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) - Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Tuskegee University