Medical Staff
Resume:
Cheryl Ann Alexander, RN, CCRN, MSN/MHA
**** ******* ****** *********, ** 39180
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Professional Profile:
Experienced ICU, ER, L&D, and PACU nurse with over 20 years at the bedside, 5 years clinical management, 2 years staff education; A dedicated and results-oriented individual who leads by example and possesses an excellent work ethic; A mentor to less experienced nurses; A careful nurse scientist that embraces change and offers the employer critical thinking skills and creative solutions to foster team building, improved staff development, and unit expansion; Experienced clinical researcher within the health care field with experience in handling technology products and applying advanced engineering concepts to complicated health care problems; Recognized collaborator with vendors; Proven academic publication record; 4 years Editorial experience Experience:
08/03/2015 to 09/03/2015 RN Traveler PACU New Eastern Mexico Medical Center--Roswell, NM
Pediatric and Adult Patients for 5 bed unit
Charge experience
05/03/2015 to 08/03/2015 RN ER Traveler Anderson Regional Medical Ctr--Meridian, MS
ER Trauma responsibility
Patient ratio 4:1 and 3:1 for tauma
Pediatric, adult, and geriatric
04/13/2015 to current RN Staff Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital Kosiusko, MS
RN PRN for Med/surg and ER in small critical access hospital
IV’s, assessment, general nursing duties
12/2014 to 2/2015 ADON Northern Inyo Hospital Bishop, CA
Case management of 25 bed acute care critical access facility
House Supervisor for approximately 50 employees at night
Quality review and improvement projects
10/2010 to 12/2014 RN Staff Prime Care Nursing Greenville, MS
Staff various ER, ICUs, and PACUs in local area
10/2010 to Current CEO Technology & Healthcare Solutions Itta Bena, MS, USA
Perform independent clinical research based on current health care trends and new developments in technology and engineering
Collaborate with multiple companies to conduct clinical projects
Collaborate with various independent technology corporations and healthcare organizations to gather data and explore developing trends in patient care
Publish academic papers, conference papers, and abstracts related to findings
Present findings at various national, district, and local health care and technology conferences
Responsible for overall functioning and daily operations of this nonprofit independent private research foundation
10/2010 to 1/2012 Acute Care Travel Nurse OR Nurses, Inc Memphis, TN
PACU, various critical units (MICU, transplant ICU, SICU, NICU, & CVICU), L&D, ER, & correctional care contracts
Methodist Central Hospital, Memphis, TN (all ICUs worked 325 bed tertiary care teaching facility)
Ambulatory surgery centers
Baptist East, Memphis, TN (16-bed LDRP unit 227 bed tertiary care facility)
Methodist Germantown, Germantown, TN (12-bed PACU 120 bed intermediate level facility)
Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, MS (10-mon assignment; large state level prison; infection control nurse and medication nurse supervisor) o Develop and update outdated infection control protocols o Bring TB program current and into compliance with state requirements o Organize state-wide TB vaccination of inmates and staff o Educate staff and inmates on infection control
o Inspect units for cleanliness
o Supervise 10 medication nurses who distribute daily medications to residents o Schedule, budget, and staff education of medication administration department o Review MARs, pill-paks, look for side effects, and educate on appropriate medication interventions
o Staff education of appropriate insulin administration to inmates o Re-zone nurses to align with state standards
o Educate inmates on medications
o Inspect inmate cells for pocketing
10/2009 to 10/2010 Staff RN Adult ICU Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS
Responsible for one or two critically ill patients; total care, including bedside care, care plans, and transport
Review charts for quality control data on infection control compliance, RASS compliance, and ventriculostomy compliance
Charge nurse for 10-12 nurses depending on census; rotating
Accomplished a program to measure and secure the appropriate size catheter in hypothermia treatment for patients with subclavian lines such as those patients with IVC filters or patients too large for a femoral line
Staff education for clinical competencies every year on ventriculostomies and train-of-four 12/2006 to 10/2009 RN Travel Nurse On Assignment Tupelo, MS
L&D, ICU, ER, PACU, & management contracts completed at the following facilities:
Southwest Regional Medical Center, McComb, MS(interim nurse manager of 32-bed telemetry manager-6 months)
o Responsible for service specific daily activities of an 32 rooms with an average daily census of 30
o Oversee and coordinate activities to ensure safe patient care; serve as a resource for staff
o Plan and monitor unit budgets including evaluation and justification of reports o Collaborate with materials management department for maintenance of supplies and equipment
o Develop and implement policies and procedures based on regulatory requirements and standards of care
o Participate in survey team for JCAHO accreditation o Coordinate performance improvement programs including audits, evaluations, and recommendations
o Initiate a comprehensive infection control program to reduction the overall MAOI rate to below national standards successfully
Northwest Regional Medical Center, Clarksdale, MS (staff nurse in 10 bed ER with charge experience)
Mother Francis Medical Center, Tyler, TX (staff nurse 20 bed PACU)
Union County Hospital, Elkton, MD (25 bed ER, charge and triage experience)
Kaiser Woodland Hills, Woodland Hills, CA (15 bed ER with charge experience)
Kaiser Woodland Hills Urgent Care, Woodland Hills, CA (20 bed urgent care with charge experience)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, Compton, CA (30 bed L&D unit)
LA County USC, Los Angeles, CA (20 bed MICU)
Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Sun Valley, CA (12 bed PACU) 2/2005 to 12/2006 PACU Nurse Manager Greenwood Leflore Hospital Greenwood, MS
Active clinical experience PACU specialty area
Formulation and presentation of educational designs for orientation and staff development
Coordinate and develop accreditation for various preoperative nurse internship programs and PACU nurse internship programs as well as new graduate orientation programs
Participate in re-engineering organizational structure of PACU: develop job description and course curriculum for unlicensed assistant personnel
Coordinate clinical affiliations for nursing students
Plan for and conduct evaluations of new products, equipment, and instrumentation
Collaborate with materials management department for maintenance of supplies and equipment
12/2004 to 2/2005 RN Traveler On Assignment Tupelo, MS
Active experience and contract in ICU
Northwest Regional Medical Center, Clarksdale, MS (staff ICU nurse in 10 bed ICU) 6/2004 to 12/2004 ER Charge Nurse Tallahatchie General Hospital Charleston, MS
Active experience in specialty area ER
Charge over three employees including one RN and two LPNs
Initiate and maintain trauma logs, trauma records, and all paperwork associated with Mississippi Trauma Program
Attend Mississippi’s Trauma Conference as delegate for Northern region
Developed and implemented new clinical pathway for acute MI based on updated ACLS protocols and AHA standards
Maintain budget responsibilities for department and report directly to CNO
Hospital laid off nurses
1/2003 to 6/2004 Interim CNO/ER Director Madison Co Med Center Canton, MS
Active clinical experience in all specialty areas
Responsible for daily activities of 67-bed medical center with a full range of services
Oversee and coordinate activities to ensure safe patient care and serve as a resource for staff
Plan, develop and monitor nursing budget; including evaluation and justification of reports
Collaborate with materials management department for maintenance of supplies and equipment
Develop and implement policies and procedures based on regulatory requirements and standards of care
Improve and update standards of care based on National Standards and JCAHO
Participation in survey team for JCAHO accreditation
Coordinate performance improvement programs, including audits, evaluation, and recommendations
Reduced nursing budget by 5% by implementing monitor techs instead of nurses at the monitors on the telemetry floor
Formulate and present educational designs for orientation and staff development
Coordinate and develop accreditation for various nurse internship programs
Coordinate clinical affiliations for nursing students and surgical technicians
Plan and conduct evaluations of new products, equipment, and instrumentation
Effectively recruited staff to reduce a staffing deficit of 95% vacancy rate to 10% vacancy rate within three months using creative staffing solutions, bonus options, and flexible scheduling
Coordinated the opening of an 8-bed ICU within 6 months of being hired using AACN standards
Revamped current salary structure to improve morale and increase retention 6/2002 to 1/2003 RN Supervisor King’s Daughters Hospital Greenville, MS
House Supervisor & ICU Staff Weekender
Active clinical experience in all specialty areas
Active clinical staff in the Adult ICU on weekends
Responsible for service specific daily off-shift activities of 125-bed medical center with a full range of services
Oversee and coordinate activities to ensure safe patient care; serve as a resource for staff
Critical role as decision maker in a crisis
Collaborate with materials management department for maintenance of supplies and equipment
Participation in survey team for JCAHO accreditation
Coordination of performance improvement programs, including audits, evaluation and recommendations
Vital role as mentor, role model, and collaborator; seen as a specialist in all specialty fields
Hospital closed 1/2003
6/2002 to 7/2003 RN Staff/then PRN Continue Care Home Health Greenwood, MS
Case manager for approximately 20 patients
Admit and discharge home health patients from the agency as well as manage ongoing cases
Manage supplies, budget for care, budget time and travel, and provide nursing care
Maintain autonomy and independence while keeping up with accountability and providing services to include turning records in on time, timely reporting, timely recertification and discharge
PRN staff were laid off
5/2000 to 5/2002 RN Traveler TravelKare Nursing Tulsa, OK
Active clinical experience in ICU, ER, and L&D
McAllen Community Hospital, Isola, KS (10 bed L&D with charge)
Marion County Hospital, Marion, SC (16 bed L&D charge experience)
Bartlett Regional Hospital, Juneau, AK (8 bed ICU with charge experience, also ER experience & L&D experience)
Organization stopped traveling nurses in May 2002 12/1999 to 5/2000 Branch Manager MidDelta Home Health Winona, MS
Instrumental in the opening of this home health branch in a mid-size community with several competing agencies; marketing, physician rounds, and public presentations were developed to introduce the new service
Responsible for daily activities of a home health branch of a major home health service with an average census of approximately 70 patients
Oversee and coordinate activities to ensure safe patient care and serve as a resource for staff
Staff includes LPNs, RNs, secretarial, PT, speech, and respiratory
Plan, develop and monitor unit budgets; evaluate and justify reports
Collaborate with materials management department for maintenance of supplies and equipment
Participation in survey team for CHAPPS accreditation
Coordinate performance improvement programs, including audits, evaluations, and recommendations
12/1998 to 12/1999 RN LDRP/ICU Delta Regional Medical Center Greenville, MS
Active clinical experience in L&D and ICU
Staff nurse in LDRP and Level II Nursery with charge experience
Clinical staff experience in CVICU and CCU
Experienced with clinical pathways and various types of trauma, surgical, neuro, medical, and cardiovascular critical care cases
Experienced with a number of teenage deliveries, preterm, and multiple infant pregnancies
Scrub and circulate cesarean section, tubal ligation, and hysterectomy 7/1997 to 5/2000 RN Staff/House Supervisor Tyler Holmes Hospital Winona, MS
Active clinical experience in ICU, ER, L&D, PACU, and Med/Surg
Responsible for off-shift supervision of approximately 80 employees in a 45-bed hospital with a full range of services
Oversee and coordinate activities to ensure safe patient care; serve as a resource for staff
Keep up with census details, serve as after-hours pharmacist and team leader in all ACLS codes
Participation in survey team for JCAHO accreditation
Coordinate performance improvement programs, including audits, evaluations, and recommendations
1998 to 2005 RN per Diem Prime Care Nursing Greenville, MS
Active clinical experience in ICU, ER, PACU, Nursing Homes, and L&D
Some short term contracts in ER, ICU, & Nursing Homes occasionally Education:
BSN (1997)
University of Mississippi
Jackson, MS, USA
MSN/MHA (2011)
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Post-Master’s Study in Engineering
Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, MS, USA
Certifications:
CCRN, Telemedicine Application Specialist, CENP, ACLS, PALS, NRP Organizations:
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), American Trauma Association (ATA), Northwest Regional Telemedicine Resource Center (NRTRC), National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Chapter President, Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Honors and Recognition:
AACN Continuing Professional Development Scholarship Award Recipient 2012 Special Training and Seminars:
Telemedicine Applications and Setup Workshop 2012 sponsored by ATA.
Ability to setup, network, and manage a telemedicine network in a small or large environment
Fully capable of managing the financial and budgetary needs associated with a telemedicine program
Trained to act as a telemedicine administrator
Presentations:
Northwest Regional Telehealth Conference
2013 Telemedicine Conference by the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center March 18-20, 2013, Billings, Montana
o Telehealth and Medical Management: Applications, Case Studies and Intelligence from RFID
Northwest Regional Telehealth Conference
2014 Conference Portland, OR March 24-26, 2014
o Telemedicine and RFID, digital hospital, cloud computing, and mHealth Editorships:
Jackson Christian Family Magazine
2006-2010
Jackson, MS
Int. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems
2013
Guest Editor Special Edition
Int. Journal of Automated Identification Technology Current
Managing Editor
Publications:
Healthcare Journals
1. Cheryl Ann Alexander, Lidong Wang, Medication Errors: Preventing Untimely Deaths, International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 5, No 2, 2015. 2. Cheryl Ann Alexander, Lidong Wang, Public Health Promotion: Autonomy of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner, International Journal of Public Health Science, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2015.
3. Cheryl Ann Alexander, Lidong Wang, Obesity and Nutrition Epidemiology: A Study of Cause and Effect, Journal of Nutrition and Health, Vol. 3, No 1, 2015. 4. Cheryl Ann Alexander, Lidong Wang, Accountability: Medical, Legal, and Quality Implications, International Journal of Nursing Didactics, Vol. 5, No 3, 2015. 5. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Telepsychiatry: Technology Progress, Challenges, and Language and Transcultural Issues, Journal of Translational Medicine and Developmental Disorders, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2014.
6. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Applications of Automated Identification Technology in EHR/EMR, International Journal of Public Health Science, Vol. 2, No.3, 2013.
7. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Telemedicine, Nursing and Medical Management: Applications, Case Studies, and Intelligence from RFID, American Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 1, No.1, 2013.
Other Journals
8. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Big Data in Design and Manufacturing, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2015. 9. Lidong Wang, Guanghui Wang, and Cheryl Ann Alexander, Confluences among Big Data, Finite Element Analysis and High Performance Computing, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2015. 10. Lidong Wang, Guanghui Wang, and Cheryl Ann Alexander, Big Data and Visualization: Methods, Challenges and Technology Progress, Digital Technologies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2015. 11. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Big Data Driven Supply Chain Management and Business Administration, American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2015
12. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Big Data: Infrastructure, Technology Progress and Challenges, Journal of Data Management and Computer Science, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2015. 13. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Big Data in Distributed Analytics, Cybersecurity, Cyber Warfare and Digital Forensics, Digital Technologies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2015. 14. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Big Data in Medical Applications and Health Care, American Medical Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2015.
15. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Big Data in Homeland Security (submitted to Journal of Information).
16. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Medical Applications and Healthcare Based on Cloud Computing, International Journal of Cloud Computing and Services, Vol.2, No.4, 2013.
17. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Fingerprint Patterns and the Analysis of Gender Differences in the Patterns Based on the U Test, International Transaction of Electrical and Computer Engineers System, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2014.
18. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Factors Affecting RFID System Performance and Non-parametric Analysis, American Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2014. 19. Lidong Wang, Cheryl Ann Alexander, Automated Identification Technology and Information Security in Digital Hospitals, International Journal of Information & Network Security, Vol. 2, No.5, 2013, pp. 348-359.
20. Cheryl Alexander, Some Progress of Automated Identification Technology and CAD in Medical Applications, International Journal of Automated Identification Technology, Vol. 6, No.1, 2014.
21. Cheryl Alexander, RFID, Barcoding, Biometrics and Quality Management in Health Care, International Journal of Automated Identification Technology, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2013, pp. 73-87.
22. Cheryl Alexander, Some Issues about Healthcare, Medical Management, and Automated Identification Technology, International Journal of Automated Identification Technology, Vol.5, No.1, 2013, pp. 33-37.
23. Cheryl Alexander, The Use of RFID and Biometrics in Homeland Security, International Journal of Automated Identification Technology, Vol. 4, No.2, 2012, pp. 73-83. 24. Cheryl Alexander, RFID and Health Care: Drug Errors, Surgical Errors, and Telemedicine, International Journal of Automated Identification Technology, Vol. 4, No.1, 2012, pp. 35-40.
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