Donna McDonald

Experience

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  GREENEVILLE WOMEN’S CLINIC

  Nov 1991 - May 2006

  Certified Nurse-Midwife / Nursing Manager

  • Performed obstetrical vaginal deliveries in a hospital based labor and delivery unit .• Provide patient care services in the areas of antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and well-woman in the clinical and hospital setting.• Perform non-stress testing on high-risk antepartum patients and provide labor management care for patients considered to be high-risk in collaboration with a physician.• Conduct patient prenatal/gynecology exams and assessments; diagnose various conditions; provide patient education; and hold prescriptive and hospital privileges.• Educate new and expected parents on physiological changes during pregnancy and other issues relating to newborns.• Perform level 1 ultrasounds and explain ultrasound procedures and purposes to patients.• Meet with pharmaceutical representatives on a regular basis to discuss new products and personal experiences when prescribing medications to my patient population.• Continuously gain knowledge, education, and experience with the side effects and contraindications of medications.• Hold leadership responsibilities, as a Nursing Manager, for delegating nursing staff assignments, addressing and resolving problems between staff and administrators, and quickly managing patient complaints.• First assist with cesarean sections and assist with GYN surgery.• Initial counseling, evaluation, workup, and possible treatment of infertility. • Perform pap smears and pelvic exams.• Perform routine female breast examinations.• Assist with consult management and coordination of care for the GYN patients. Show less

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  SEASON’S OF KINGSPORT, HOLSTON VALLEY SPECIALTY OB/GYN

  Jun 2006 - Jan 2010

  Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nurse-Midwife

  • Perform obstetrical care, pain management, vaginal deliveries and first assist with cesarean sections in a hospitalbased labor and delivery unit.• Provide patient care services in the areas of antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and well-woman in the clinical and hospital setting.• Perform non-stress testing on high-risk antepartum patients and provide labor management for patients considered to be high-risk in collaboration with the physician.• Conduct patient prenatal/gynecology exams and assessments; diagnose various conditions; provide patient education; and hold prescriptive and hospital privileges. • Educate new and expected parents on physiological changes during pregnancy and other issues relating to newborns.• Perform level 1 ultrasounds and explain ultrasound procedures and purposes to patients.• Perform in-depth urodynamics on select patients in order to determine the type and degree of urinary incontinence.• Perform colposcopic examinations.• Perform Nexplanon insertion/removal.• Perform intrauterine device insertion/removal.• Evaluate, treat, and manage medical conditions unique to female patients including but not limited to: pelvic pain, postmenopausal bleeding, postmenopausal stage, vaginitis, pelvic prolapse,dysmenorrhea, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometriosis, and uterine fibroids. Show less

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  Ballad Health

  Feb 2010 - Feb 2019

  Advanced Practice Nurse

  • Conduct well-woman annual physical examinations, diagnose and treat various conditions, provide oralcontraceptive and hormone replacement therapy.• Provide full scope patient care services in the areas of breast, gynecologic and reproductive tract cancer in the clinic and hospital setting.• Conduct pre-chemotherapy physical assessments including diagnosis and treatment of various symptoms/conditions resulting from disease progression and adjuvant therapy; provide patient education; and hold prescriptive and hospital privileges.• In charge of overseeing nursing staff during the administration of chemotherapeutic agents within the clinic setting.• Conduct scheduled surveillance examinations of patients with a history of vulvar, vaginal, cervical, uterine, fallopian tube, ovarian, or breast cancer in order to detect or rule out recurrence. This includes ordering and interpreting appropriate testing. • Conduct postoperative physical examinations, wound evaluations, various testing, and initiate appropriateconsults in both a clinic and hospital based setting.• In office port-a-cath removal with suture closure.• Perform colposcopic examinations including biopsy of the cervix.• Perform endometrial biopsies.• Excision/Biopsy of vulvar lesions. • Wound care: simple superficial debridement: wound closure; general care for postoperative wounds including performance of topical or field infiltration of anesthetic solutions. • Select and apply appropriate wound dressings including liquid or spray occlusive materials, staple removal, removal of drains, application of immobilizing dressing (soft or rigid).• Demonstrates knowledge of imaging and abnormal findings in the evaluation of gynecological problems.• Perform punch biopsies and freezing of lesions.• Perform pelvic and breast examinations while screening for recurrence of cancer.• Assist with consult management and coordination of care for GYN/ONC patient. Show less

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  Hope Women's Cancer Center Asheville

  Feb 2019 - now

  Advanced Practice Nurse/Certified Nurse Midwife