The nursing shortage has reached crisis proportions in many areas of the country and is now considered to be a worldwide phenomenon that is jeopardizing health care and creating stressful working conditions for nurses. In a recent study by Penn State researchers, 69 nations and every geographic region reported their countries were experiencing a nursing shortage. Nursing faculty shortages are even more acute.

The Brookwood Medical Center Statewide Professional Nursing Speakers Bureau features "cutting edge" faculty to lecture on a variety of timely topics related to Nursing and health care (clinical, administration, research, education). Speakers will be available to schools of Nursing across the state at no cost.

See below to view a list of speakers and topics. You may email the speaker directly to discuss your school's need and arrange a date and time for the speaker.

Zelia Baugh
zelia.baugh@tenethealth.com
• Addiction & the Healthcare Professional
• It Takes a Village: Team Nursing
• Maintaining Your Sanity in a Crazy World
• Stress Management
• Why Nursing? The Gift of Hope and Healing

Cindy Briner
cynthia.briner@tenethealth.com
• Medical/Surgical Nursing
• Restraints

Ellen Carmichael
ellen.carmichael@tenethealth.com
• Bariatrics
• Women’s Health

Carolyn Chalkley
carolyn.chalkley@tenethealth.com
• Accreditation
• Ethics

Kris Cherry
kris.cherry@tenethealth.com
• Critical Care Nursing
• Rapid Response Team
• Cultural Assessment – African American Health

Joann Clough
joann.clough@tenethealth.com
• Case Management

Lynn Cummings
lynn.cummings@tenethealth.com
• Team Building
• Legal Issues

Janet Dees
janet.dees@tenethealth.com
• Oncology

Glenda Dickerson
glenda.dickerson@tenethealth.com
• Lactation
• Communication

Sue Esleck
sue.esleck@tenethealth.com
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Outcomes Management
• Patient Safety
• Performance Improvement
• Revenue Cycle
• Core Measure
• Inpatient Rehab Facilities
• IHI Strategies

Alison Garretson
alison.garretson@tenethealth.com
• Clinical Quality Indicators

Anette Ivory
anettte.ivory@tenethealth.com
• Critical Care

Lynn Jeter
lynn.jeter@tenethealth.com
• Obstetrics

Rita Kelly
rita.kelly@tenethealth.com
• Laboratory Management
• Medical Technology - Careers
• Medical Technology-Subjects

Bonnie Kiesler
bonnie.kiesler@tenethealth.com
• Skin Care
• Ostomy

Mark Likos
mark.likos@tenethealth.com
• Proactive Risk Management

Jackie Martinek
jackie.martinek@tenethealth.com
• Women’s Health

Lisa Miller
lisa.r.miller@tenethealth.com
• Breast Care
• Genetic Testing or High Risk for Breast/Ovarian Cancer

Christy Nation
christy.nation@tenethealth.com
• Perinatal Loss

Delphene Noland
delphene.noland@tenethealth.com
• Congenital Heart Disease in the Newborn
• Hypoglycemia in the Neonate
• Newborn Screening
• Understanding Hyperbilirubinemia in the Neonate

Cathy Sanders
cathy.sanders@tenethealth.com
• Basic Bioterrorism
• Infection Control with Related JCAHO & OSHA issues

Julie Smith
julie.smith@tenethealth.com
• Med/Surg Nursing

Brittany Stegall
brittany.stegall@tenethealth.com
• Women’s Health

Marie Todd
marie.todd@tenethealth.com
• Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Heart Failure

Rosanne Tombrello
rosanne.tombrello@tenethealth.com
• Perioperative Nursing

Brenda Traweek
brenda.traweek@tenethealth.com
• Management

Roseann Trimble
roseann.trimble@tenethealth.com
• Abdominal Surgery
• Management at a Unit Level
• Neurology
• Physical Assessment
• Post Op Care
• Staff Motivation
• Chron’s Disease