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Cindy Macdonald
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Undergraduate:
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Graduate Study-Nursing: University of Florida
Masters of Science in Nursing-San Diego State University
*Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Program
*Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Post-Masters Certificate-Adult Nurse Practitioner: Medical University of South Carolina
Honors:
Fellow – American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Who’s Who in American Nursing ‑ 1988‑89; 1989‑90; 1993-94
Nurse of the Year Nominee – 1991
Who’s Who of Women Executives ‑ 1989‑90
Sigma Theta Tau ‑ 1988 (National nursing honorary)
Who’s Who in the South & Southwest
Professional Membership:
– Low Country Advance Practice Nurses – 1999 – present; Vice President 9/11 – pres
– American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 2007- present
– American Association of Heart Failure Nurses 2004-present
– Heart Failure Society of America – 2000 – 2002
– Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association – 1999 – present
– American Association of Critical Care Nurses ‑ 1980 – 1999; Nominating Committee ‑ 1982.
– American Heart Association, Charleston, SC Board of Directors – 2000 – 2004; San Diego County – Poway Branch Board member; 1991 – 93 School site program coordinator; Kauai Unit, CPR committee ‑ 1983‑1986, Chairman ‑ 1984‑85; Professional Community Education Committee Co‑Chairman ‑ 1983‑86; Board of Directors ‑ 1985‑86. Northeast Florida Chapter ‑ Nursing Committee ‑ 1982‑83; Program Chairman ‑ 1983 ‑ (coordinator of nursing conferences). Speaker’s Bureau ‑ Kauai, HI; San Diego, CA
– Council of Cardiovascular Nursing ‑ 1987‑present. (American Heart Association)
– American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation – 1988 – 2002; Committee member – AACVPR Guidelines Revision (2nd edition) – 1992-94; Program Certification Committee 1994 – 1999; Outcomes Committee, 1994 – present; Chair 1995 – 1998; Board of Directors – 1997 – 1999.
– North Carolina Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Assoc. – 1994 – 1995; Co-Chair – Nursing Committee – 1994; State Rules Revision Committee, 1994.
– South Carolina Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Assoc. 1995 – present; Board of Directors 1996 – 2002. Annual Meeting Chairperson – 2000 – 2001.
– California Society For Cardiac Rehabilitation 1988 ‑ Present; Standards Chairperson ‑ 1990 ‑ 1994. Annual Conference Planning Committee – 1992, 1993, & 1994 conferences
– American Nurses Association – Reviewer for Cardiac Rehabilitation Scope of Practice, 1993; Cardiac Rehabilitation Item Writer – Cardiac Rehabilitation Nursing Certification exam – item writer, 1994.
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