Cheryl McArthur
Seattle, WA 98115
acpbj5@r.postjobfree.com
Education
Education ADN: Lasell Junior College 1974
BSN: State University of New York at Stonybrook 1978
(minor : Spanish)
Skills & Abilities:
I have been a RN for 40 years, and have worked in varied settings. These setting include inpatient, private duty medically
intensive, visiting nurse, urban neighborhood health, children’s inpatient health, correctional health, healthcare for the
homeless, nurse delegation.
Experience
Work experience:
1974-1976: Staff nurse step down surgical unit Beth Israel Hospital Boston
1976-1978: private duty in home
1978-1981: visiting nurse Association in Boston: I worked in a low income area of
mainlyBlack/Hispanic low income neighborhood.
1981-1985: Association of Neighborhood Health Clinics Boston. I worked in low income clinics in and black
populations. I had formed and run a Teen pregnancy program at Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain, .
1985-1988 : Seattle Children’s Home /Fairfax Hospital. Children’s inpatient psychiatric clinic
1988=-2000 King County Jail;: Correctional health in both medical and psychiatric settings
1990-2000 Healthcare for the homeless: I worked at both the Downtown Emergency Shelter and the St.
Martin de Porres Shelter for men aged 55 or over.
1990-present Medically intensive home health, various agencies, currently Maxim. I have done this
type of work intermittently throughout my career
2001-July2014 : Group Health Consulting Nurse. Telephone nurse
2006-present Nurse Delegation State of Washington: . I currently am a nurse delegator for the State of
Washington . I delegate tasks to qualified care -givers to perform tasks normally only licensed nurses
can do. Many of my clients live in Adult Family Homes and are hospice clients.
Special credentials;
Nationally Accredited for telephonic nurse triage
I am fluent in Spanish
Interests:
I have been very involved with homelessness and have volunteered with the ROOTS young adult
shelter in the University District Seattle for 8 years.I am a lso very involved with conservation and am an active weekly
volunteer at Seattle Audubon and have been a volunteer at PAWS working with baby birds in summer. I am one of the
organizers for the Puget Sound Bird Festival I am a big supporter of Seattle Public library and have been volunteering
with the Greenlake Branch for almost 30 year s and have been the Afternoon Book Discussion Group faciliator
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