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Keynote Speaker: Chris Clews
What 80s Pop Culture Teaches Us About Leaving A Legacy
In the spirit of BCEN’s 45th anniversary, let’s take a look back at the 80s to explore what it means to advocate for something important to you, and the importance of leaving a legacy!
Growing up in the 80s and having over twenty years of leadership experience in corporate marketing, Chris knows three things very well: 80s pop culture, business, and this crazy but totally awesome thing we call life.
Chris believes that the best lessons for life and work come from the most unexpected places and people. 80s pop culture is one of those places, and the amazing and entertaining characters that populated it are those people!
Clair Barnett, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, CFRN
The Night Everything Went Wrong: Navigating IIMC, an Emergency Landing, and Critical Patient Care
Clair Barnett is a Chief Flight Nurse with extensive experience in emergency medicine, critical care transport, and disaster response. With a background spanning International Medevac, trauma, and HEMS, she brings a deep understanding of patient care in high-risk, high-pressure environments and a passion for risk mitigation in air medical transport.
Kristi Bonny, BSN, RN, CPHQ, TCRN, EMT-P
Hypothermia in Trauma: Prevention is Priority
Kristi Bonny is a Trauma Clinician at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, an ACS verified Level II trauma center. Having worked in prehospital, critical care, emergency, and quality management areas, Kristi uses her passion for performance improvement to promote change leading to better outcomes for trauma patients.
Mark Boswell, APRN, FNP-C, CEN, CFRN, CTRN, CPEN
ABGs Made Easy
Mark Boswell has over 20 years of emergency medicine experience as an RN/APRN. Mark has used his passion for emergency education to teach others, having taught over 200+ CEN review classes for thousands of CEN candidates.
Hollye Briggs, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN
Gamification Meets Certification
Hollye Briggs is a professional development specialist at the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. Her experience in emergency and trauma nursing has taught Hollye to find learning opportunities in every moment.
Greg Cain, EMT-P
Response to Opioid Overdoses
Greg Cain is the Operations Chief for Okaloosa County EMS. Greg has worked in EMS for the last 40 years and extensive experience in pre-hospital and emergency medicine.
Caitlin Chapman, MSN, RN, CPEN, CNEn
Helping New Nurses Succeed in the Pediatric Emergency Room
Caitlin Chapman is a full time assistant professor of nursing with over 10 years pediatric nursing experience, 8 of those years in a pediatric emergency room setting. Have worked in both the clinical and classroom setting, Caitlin uses her experience to help guide new nurses in the transition into pediatric emergency nursing.
Ryan Dale, MSN, RN, CFRN, EMT-P
To Pace or Not to Pace? That is the Question
Ryan Dale is currently working as a Registered Nurse in the Cath Lab and Flight Team at AdventHealth in Orlando, FL. Ryan has nearly 30 years of experience in these various settings including ICU and over a decade as a Clinical Rep for the Impella device. These experiences have provided Ryan with the ability to care for numerous types of patients, in particular cardiac, across a multitude of acute settings.
Scott DeBoer, MSN, RN, CPEN, EMT-P
Peds Pain: Fallacies, Facts, & Future
Scott DeBoer is a dynamic seminar leader with over 30 years of emergency, critical care, & flight nursing experience. After 25 years of flight nursing at the University of Chicago, Scott is currently the primary seminar leader for Pedi-Ed-Trics, a company dedicated to teaching better ways to care for kids and an active medical-legal consultant. However, his most unique current role is being a theme park paramedic at Universal Studios Orlando.
Michael Dexter, MSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, CPEN, CTRN, TCRN, CCRN, CNL
The Healthcare Professional’s Roadmap
Michael Dexter is the Director of Professional Development at the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. Having worked emergency, transport, and cardiac care areas, Michael uses his experiences to tie clinical conditions together across the entire emergency care spectrum and focus on professional growth and collaboration.
Sean Elwell, DNP, RN, NE-BC, TCRN, EMT
Up for the Challenge: A Pediatric Case Study
Sean Elwell is the Senior Director of Emergency Services, Critical Care Transport, and the Pediatric Trauma Center at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. Sean’s experience in pre-hospital, emergency services, critical care transport, and trauma, and allow him to share perspectives across the continuum of care.
Amanda Felder, MSN, RN, TCRN, CPEN
Pediatric Trauma Care & Considerations Beyond the Trauma Bay Resuscitation
Mandy is a leader in Pediatric Trauma spending 12 years at the bedside of a Pediatric Emergency Department and 11 years as Trauma Program Manager of an ACS Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. She is involved at the regional, state, and national levels in all aspects of peds trauma care from Pediatric Readiness, prehospital care, education, disaster preparedness, and more.
Rebecca Geyer, MSN, RN, TCRN
Failing Forward: How Mistakes Can Be Our Greatest Mentors
Rebecca Geyer is the Director of Trauma Performance Improvement at the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation. She’s worked in trauma nursing for the past 20 years and uses her experiences in performance improvement to continue working to improve trauma care for patients and also for clinicians working in the trauma specialty area.
Kristen Gilmore, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, NE-BC, NC-BC
RISE: A Psychological First Aid Program for Distressed Healthcare Workers
Kristen Gilmore is the Program Manager for Nurse Well-being at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Bucks, Frankford, Torresdale, and Montgomery Campuses, in Pennsylvania. Kristen is also the Philadelphia Emergency Nurses Association President and the Chairperson of the Emergency Nurses Association’s Wellness Council.
Michael Gooch, DNP, APRN, CCP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, ENP-C, CEN, CFRN, CTRN, TCRN, NRP, FAASTN, FAANP, FAEN
Does it Matter if the Head of the Bed is Up or Down?
Dr. Michael D. Gooch is an emergency and flight nurse practitioner with 30 years of experience in emergency and transport nursing. He practices at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, and is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.
Kathryn Kasen, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, NEA-BC
Emerging Leaders in the Emergency Department
Kathryn Kasen is the Nurse Manager for the Adult Emergency Department at UVA Health. Kathryn leverages her skillset in emergency nursing and education to develop leaders and emerging leaders both within the Emergency Department and hospital-wide.
Capt. Angela M. Leonardo, USAF, NC, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN
Trauma Informed Care: Not All Wounds Are Visible
Captain Angela Leonardo is a highly skilled Emergency Trauma Nurse in the United States Air Force. She’s Critical Care Air Transport Nurse and a Ground Surgical Team Nurse with unwavering dedication to her country and expertise in military emergency medicine.
Ashley Lunkenheimer, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CEN
Tele- Emergency Care and the Emergency Room Nurse
Ashley Lunkenheimer is a dedicated healthcare professional with over 15 years of clinical experience. As the Director of Nursing for the National Emergency Medicine Office for the Veterans Affairs, she brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in emergency care.
Jamin Rankin, MSN, RN, NREMT-B, CEN, CFRN, TCRN, CPEN, CTRN
Not Just Another Fall: Rethinking Trauma Principles for the Aging Patient
Jamin Rankin is a certified trauma and emergency nurse with over a decade of experience in emergency, flight, and trauma care. He currently manages both the Trauma and Stroke Programs at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe, where he leads initiatives to improve patient outcomes and enhance healthcare delivery.
Dave Repsher, RN, NREMT-P and Amanda Repsher, RN
A Tragic Day, A New Life – The Repsher Story
Dave and Amanda Repsher are critical care nurses and former paramedics from Colorado. Dave survived an air medical helicopter crash in 2015 with 90% full thickness burns, and now they share their story—including their perspective being on the other side as former care providers.
Carol Tulley, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN
When Two Worlds Collide: Ryan’s Story
Carol Tulley is the Trauma Coordinator at a suburban Chicago Level II trauma center. She has been an emergency department nurse for 35 years. Trauma is her specialty, and she enjoys sharing her knowledge with others in the emergency medicine field.
Adam Vilander, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CFRN, CCRN
HALO Training: Rethinking In-Person Education for Emergency Nurses
Adam is a master’s-prepared nurse educator with 20 years of experience in healthcare and over a decade of experience in emergency nursing. He is the Emergency and Trauma Nursing Specialist for a 6-hospital system in Oregon and works as a flight nurse.
Michael Zonak, MSN, RN, CEN, CNL, CPEN
When Lightning Strikes: Emergency Care for Lightning Injuries
Michael Zonak is the Emergency Department clinical educator for Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach, FL. He is able to use his experience in critical care, emergency nursing, clinical informatics and education to improve the knowledge of the stretcher-side nurse.
