Contributors

Karia Alwood, MS, CRNP
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
Baltimore, Maryland

Laurel Ann Ault, RN, BS
Child Abuse Liaison Nurse Emergency Department
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Kathleen J. Barnett, RN, MSN, CEN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Valeric A. Barren, RN, BSN, CCRN, CEN
Staff Nurse
Chest Pain Emergency Department
St. Agnes Hospital
Critical Care Instructor
Homewood Hospital Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Patricia C. Bent, RN, CEN
Clinical Nurse
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Carol A. Brown, MSW, LCSW
Senior Social Worker
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Sharon A. Childs, RN, BSN, CEN
Graduate Student
Trauma/Critical Care Program
University of Maryland at Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

Patricia C. Epifanio, RN, MS, CEN
Emergency Nurse Coordinator
MIEMSS EMS Nursing and Specialty Care
Baltimore, Maryland

Suzanne P. Hangasky, RN, BS, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

James Jay Hoelz, RN, MS, CEN
Head Nurse
Emergency Department Mercer Medical Center
Trenton, New Jersey

Cynthia Kaczmarek, RN, BSN
Clinical Nurse
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Kathleen Keenan, RN, MS, CCRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Debra Kosko, MN, CRNP
Clinical Coordinator
Maryland AIDS Professional Education Center
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Laura Ann Kress, RN, BSN
Head Nurse
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Debra Lanouette, RN, MSN, CS
Psychiatric Clinical Specialist
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Barbara Mlynczak-Callahan, RN, MS, CCRN
Director of Nursing
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Leticia V. M. Nanda, RN, MS
Senior Clinical Nurse
Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Ronald Nichols, RN
Registered Nurse/Assessment Specialist
Program for Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Susan C. Roberson, RN, MSN, CRNP
Senior Nurse Practitioner
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Cathy Robey-Williams, RN, MS, CCRN
Senior Clinical Nurse
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Instructor
Department of Emergency Health Services
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland

Polly Thornton, RN
Staff Nurse
Emergency Department
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Barbara Van de Castle, RN, MSN
Clinical Nurse
Department of Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Kathleen A. Williams, RN, BSN
Clinical Research Nurse
Department of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland