About

I am a Registered Nurse with 30 years of medial experience in Critical Care Pediatric, Adolescent, and Adult care, Home Health Care Services, Home Infusion Services, LTC, CVICU, Covid ICU, Chest pain unit, Administrative House Supervisor, Manager, Medical-Surgical-Cardio-Thoracic step down, Orthopedic, Brain Injury, Stroke, and Sub-Acute care.

Skills

  • Professional registered nurse
    10

Recommendations

Hannah Pennington

 5/1/2026
Provided a score of  
10
  for Cherry Decker

Experience

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Perform in home admissions for home infusion
  • Obtained orders from physician for home infusion
  • Obtained peripheral IV, supported all types of Central line for infusions by monitoring, teaching patient, and changing dressing per policy
  • Used nursing process to admit, assess, watch, and intervene with patients' infusion
  • Implemented orders for Intravenous and central line infusion such as Ocrevus, and IVIG in home setting
  • Teach and re-teach clients how to keep line patent until next visit, signs, and symptoms of reaction, when to call, pre and post infusion expectations.
  • Reported any changes to ordering physician
  • Created Care plans and updated as needed.
  • Created PDF documentation and time sheets and sent via secure email to the office.
  • Monitored patient during infusions and titrated for symptom management.

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Transition Nurse” working with the admission team in newly admitted or Readmitted, Pediatric and Adolescent and Adult clients, care of clients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, clients on the Ventilator with Complex Congenital Disorders in their home.
  • Specializing in Tracheostomy Care, Ventilator management, G-tube, GJ-tube, J-tube, NG, NJ tubes with feeding’s, Omphalocele, and other birth defects such as: “Cerebral Palsy,” “Spinal bifida” “Tetralogy of Fallot” and “Pentalogy of Cantrell,” “Acute on Chronic respiratory failure, with multiple drain types, and management.
  • Assisting with DME needs: Kangaroo pumps, Currlin 6,000 Central Total Parenteral nutrition, care and management, medication administration via listed types of tubes IV, and PO. Using the Nursing process to manage pediatric, adolescent, and adult clients on a ventilator in a home care setting
  • Teaching LPN’s, Patient’s, and Caregiver’s
  • Ventilator management: Settings, supply rotations, HME, alarms, and supplies needed.
  • Weaning off Ventilator using HME, Ballard suction only
  • Monitoring clients using continuous pulse oximetry, Respiratory and Cardiopulmonary assessment, interventions, reporting changes to patients Doctor’s, family, and managing field office
  • Management of critical care clients with PICC’s and other central lines, dressing changes, blood draws, avoiding air embolism, and prevention of central line associated infection
  • Accompanied clients to various appointment types: PT, OT, Speech, Gastroenterology, Pulmonology, PCP, Cardiology, and specialty surgeons.
  • Providing care in all the aspects including ongoing PT, OT, and Speech recommendations
  • Writing, verifying, transcribing, and initiating doctors’ orders and management.
  • Care and cleaning of all DME, specialty transport equipment, various feeding and IV pumps, oxygen concentrators, and many other types of equipment.

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Registered Nurse for the Clinical Decision Unit
  • Provided care in an environment with rapid turnover, admission, discharge, and transfers in-house and other facilities.
  • Managed Charge nurse role, while watching cardiac and pulse oximetry, and performing unit representative/secretary duties when staffing issues arose.
  • Beside Nurse for 4-5 Patients in primarily a Chest pain, AFOU, TIA/Stroke, CHF, COPD, Renal Failure, Dialysis, and Observation patients
  • Provided pre- and post-procedural care and support to clients for Cath lab, EP lab, Nuclear Medicine, Pre-op CABD, Pre-op Lumbar punctures, many types of orthopedic surgeries, and other surgeries.
  • Acted as Medical Surgical Preoperative, Preoperative, CABD, PCU, Ortho, and Infusion center overflow.
  • Performed EKG’s, Start IV’s, Bladder training and scanning, Telemetry monitored for change in cardiac rhythm’s, draw labs and performed all other nursing responsibilities
  • COVID-19 care front line team member.
  • Charge Nurse CDU and cross-trained intermediate to intensive care of COVID-19 patients
  • Utilized proper use of PPE, cared for end of life, and managed 3 ICU COVID-19 patients.
  • Effective user and preceptor for Medi-tech, Pyxis, Epic medical record system, and others.

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Processed Payroll, including editing and entering changes for bonuses, float pay, and Charge pay.
  • Reviewed incident reports for accuracy, follow-up and sent them to QUAPI, Risk Management
  • Managed Cardiac Telemetry Medical-Surgical unit with 15 beds and an Orthopedic unit with 22 patients. Worked with Case Management and Utilization Review to ensure compliance.
  • Held interviews and staff meets with new hires.
  • Hired and terminated staff as needed.
  • Address patient complaints and follow up.
  • Reviewed and updated supply PARS and ordered new supplies.
  • Assessed, discussed, reviewed, and started staff corrective action and sent documentation to Human Resources
  • Covered shifts in LTC, acute Brain Injury, Stroke, Med-surg, Orthopedic, and Sub-acute, often, and called all agencies to cover shift needs.
  • Documented and assigned FIM scores for rehabilitation of specific care.
  • Attended staff, budget, nursing management, JACHO, Administrative, and QUAPI meetings.
  • Aided with staff education
  • Managed documentation and communication for a TENN-PAP nurse
  • Processed staffing and scheduling for both units.

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • November, 2015 - December, 2018
  • Fulltime
  • Oversaw operations for over 140 beds including Medical, Cardiac, Brain Injury, Stroke, Orthopedic, Sub-Acute, and Long-Term Care
  • Aided with procedures, direct patient care, code calls, admission and discharge, equipment, building and structural issues, computer operation issues.
  • Effectively used and trained others for EMR, EHR, Epic, Pyxis, medication administration, LTC, Citrix, Microsoft Office, Windows, Outlook, Clarvia, LTC, Medi-tech, Kronos, and became familiar with AI for communication.
  • Gathering required JACHO information to be reported electronically and verbally at the end of shift to Nursing administration, QUAPI, Risk management, Infectious disease, Human Resources, Admissions, Case management, Utilization Review, and Dietary departments.
  • Utilized all previously learned skills and knowledge to aid in responsibilities.
  • Chart auditing for accuracy, Quality Assurance, and improvement, and educated when deficiencies were noted
  • Attended all required administrative meetings such as QUAPI, budget, management, and nursing administration for implementation of evidence-based nursing practice, care, and outcomes.
  • Provided new evidence-based education and training
  • Monitored compliance with all associated hospital policies for performance, educated staff per policy, and reported continued deficits to managers and aided in reviewing and adopting new policy.
  • Relieved staff for break, and covered shifts for all units.

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Charge Nurse for 32-bed unit
  • Gathered pertinent information on each patient’s acuity level and clinical staff member skills while supporting continuity of care in making assignments to improve patient care and outcomes.
  • Chronic and acute on chronic care on a cardiac medical-surgical unit, adeptly managing all aspects of treatment from personal care, medication administration, and wound care for 4-6 clients during a shift when not in charge.
  • Oversaw operations of the unit while supporting an elevated level of staff morale and professionalism.
  • Managed care from post-continuing to discharge.
  • Monitored critical conditions when ICU beds were not available.
  • Instructed patients and family on proper discharge care specific to diagnoses.
  • Initiated and titrated many critical drips.
  • I watched for reactions to these drips and many more medications.
  • Ensure HIPPA compliance.
  • Developed and implemented nursing care plans.
  • Trained inexperienced staff members.
  • Assisted Physicians
  • I participated in unit-based Quality Assurance Programs and kept a professional ladder portfolio for growth and development.
  • Gained a comprehensive knowledge of various diseases
  • Self-directed with astute judgment skills and prominent level of personal accountability
  • Elevated level of documentation skills
  • Assessed for infectious disease cases and reported.

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Applied nursing process in critical care patients and developing care plans.
  • Followed critical care diagnoses
  • Initiated, checked, and titrated drips common to CVICU.
  • Programmed individual medical devices for monitoring.
  • Monitored and supported homeostasis in STEMI's directly from Cath lab with sheaths in place
  • Cared for patients directly from CABG through discharge.
  • Assessed and provided one on one care with intubated clients

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Nurse Intern under-seasoned RN until licensed in August.Practiced nursing using the nursing process.
  • IV maintenance and PICC care
  • Foley insertions and care
  • Medication administration
  • Wound Care
  • Assessment at admission and charted in Meditech
  • Developed care plans.
  • Cardiac drips
  • Pyxis use and EMAR documentation.
  • Bedside care nurse for cardiac step down/med surge unit
  • All other nursing responsibilities per policy

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Home Care of clients
  • Activities of daily living aid
  • Personal care and Hygiene
  • Foley Care
  • Wound Care
  • Rehabilitation and ROM
  • Vital signs and reporting unusual changes.
  • Respite Care
  • Housekeeping
  • Any other assigned duties
  • Education.

Cherry Decker

Work experience
  • Bedside care and ADL’s
  • Wound management and monitoring
  • Rounding for drying, repositioning and hydration needs
  • Charting and reporting changes in condition
  • Feeding and helping with special tools.
  • Ambulation aid
  • Foley Care
  • ROM
  • Transporting to and from activities, showers, and whirlpools, and utilized a Hoyer Lift

Hannah Pennington

 5/1/2026
Provided a score of  
10
  for Cherry Decker