Cherilyn began her nursing career at Lancaster General Hospital and developed a keen understanding of caring for parents and their children during her time at Women and Babies Hospital as a labor and delivery nurse. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Penn State University, she continued her education and received a Master’s in Nursing and is Board Certified as a Nurse Practitioner. During her eighteen year career, Cherilyn has spent time working in family practice, with a focus on Women’s Health, Pediatrics and Pregnancy at Southeast Health Services before focusing her work in Pediatrics at Eden Park. Cherilyn grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania and attended Wyoming Valley West High School. Cherilyn and her husband live in Lancaster with their three daughters. As a family they enjoy skiing and making a game out of trying all the silliest and most uniquely named ski slopes. Cherilyn likes to journal all their family camping trips capturing the memories and adventures of each trip.
What do you wish every parent of a newborn would know?
CR: My advice to a new mother is always to think about the first month after having her newborn, as the” fourth trimester” of pregnancy. She is going to be tired and over whelmed; always take help when offered and always sleep when her newborn sleeps.
You’re 5 years old again. What do you want to be when you grow up?
CR: I always wanted to work in a daycare center. I thought it would be like a playdate every day at work! It’s true; kids will always make you smile no matter how sick they are or how bad of a day you or they may be having!!
Kids say the darnedest things. What’s one of your favorites?
CR: It often makes me laugh when I think about when I was working as a labor and delivery nurse and there was a school aged boy who had to come to the hospital with his parents; he was in the labor and delivery room as his mom was in labor and he states “I think she is going to explode” I said, “no explosions here”; just a healthy mom and the excitement of a new baby! He had the biggest smile on his face.
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