Cherie Ann Soprano, PhD RN, PMHNP-BC, LNC

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Henderson, NV 89074

Email: adz8u4@r.postjobfree.com

Cell Phone 570-***-****

EDUCATION

May 2010 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, School of Nursing, May 2010

Major: Nursing

Dissertation Title: Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy for Responding to Passive Behavior in Elderly Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Ann Marie Kolanowski, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN

Honor: Summer Training on Aging Research Topics – Mental Health (START- MH) Research Fellowship – Summer 2003

May 2001 Post Master’s Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate, SUNY – Stony Brook, May 2001 June 2001 Legal Nurse Consultant Diploma, College for Professional Studies, June 200*-****-**** M.S., Wilkes University, May 1998

Major: Nursing

Concentration: Gerontological Nursing

Master’s project: An Analysis of the Concept “Acting-Out” Behavior as Influenced by the Phases of the Moon

1983-1987 B.S., Wilkes College, May 1998

Major: Nursing

1983-1997 Luzerne County Community College

Courses taken for personal enhancement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

06/2014 – Present

03/2016 – Present

08/2005 – 05/2014

Psych Mental Health NP for Southeast Primary Clinic VA Southern Nevada Health Care System

Psych Mental Health NP at North Las Vegas and Henderson Jail Naphcare

Associate Professor

Wilkes University

07/2012 – 05/2014 Psychiatric CRNP for Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education The Wright Center for Primary Care – Mid Valley Practice, Jermyn, PA 09/2010 – 05/2014 Volunteer Counselor for the Working Uninsured Volunteers in Medicine (VIM), Wilkes-Barre, PA

06/1997 – 01/2013 Per Diem Staff Nurse, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit First Hospital Wyoming Valley, Kingston, PA

08/1998 – 08/2005 Assistant Professor of Nursing

Marywood University, Scranton, PA

Fall 2000 Clinical Instructor

Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, PA

02/1988 – 08/1998 Staff Nurse - LTC, SATU, & Med-Surg Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA PROFESSIONAL

MEMBERSHIPS

American Psychiatric Nurses Association

CERTIFICATIONS American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) – Adult Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification

CPR – Health Care Provider – Expires August 2024 LICENSES Pennsylvania – RN288351L - Inactive

Nevada – RN63339 – Expires 9/11/2025

Nevada – APRN001827 – Expires 9/11/2025

Nevada Board of Pharmacy – CS22848 – Expires 10/31/2024 for VA

Nevada Board of Pharmacy – 24303 – Expires 10/31/2024 for Naphcare

Dea# - Provided upon request. I have a DEA for the state of Nevada and a federal DEA

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