Cheryl Herrmann, RN, MS, APRN, CCRN, CCNS-CSC-CMC Related seminars and products: 6

CHERYL HERRMANN is a nurse. She has 31 years of nursing experience, which includes 15 years as a bedside nurse in SICU, and 16 years as a cardiac clinical nurse specialist. She cares for patients in cardiac prep and recovery, cardiac catheterization, surgery, ICU, and at discharge. Ms. Herrmann works for the local ambulance service. She is an advocate for heart health, particularly in raising awareness of heart disease in women.

Ms. Herrmann is a reviewer for several nursing journals and a critical care textbook. Clinics for critical care. Her article A Woman’s Heart is Different was published recently. She is a popular speaker for local nursing colleges, church and service groups, as well as national conferences such as the American Association of Critical Care Nurses NTI. In 23 years of volunteer work, she has provided vital medical supplies, services, and training to the poor and disadvantaged in Mexico, Ethiopia, Haiti, and Indonesia. She was team leader of 40 medical-dental teams to Mexico and participated in a Critical Care Nursing Ambassador program to China.

In 2005, Ms. Herrmann was honored with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Circle of Excellence—Excellent Clinical Nurse Specialist Award and the Twenty-Five Women in Leadership Award in central Illinois. She is the recipient of the 2009 University of Illinois Alumni Award. Her nursing career has been profiled in Advance for Nurses . Ms. Herrmann believes that learning should be fun and stimulating. She has created numerous educational puzzles and games for nurses, three of which have been published in AACN News. She presents material in a way that all health professionals caring for the cardiac patient, regardless of where they are in the continuum, take home valuable knowledge and new skills. For more information about Ms. Herrmann, please visit www.cherylherrmann.com .

Speaker disclosures.

Cheryl D. Herrmann is employed by UnityPoint Health Cardiology. She is paid by PESI, Inc.

Cheryl D. Herrmann is a member of the Illinois Society of Advanced Practice Nurses and the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.