Biographical note

Sheila Sanning Shea, MSN, RN, ANP, is an emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) with over 40 years of clinical experience. She works for Southern California Emergency Medicine Group in San Pedro, California. Ms. Shea established an emergency clinical fellowship for nurse practitioners and physician assistants that includes both didactic and clinical experiences. Ms. Shea is widely published and is an author and reviewer for the Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, and was a contributing author to the Emergency Nurses Core Curriculum and Certified Emergency Nurse Review. Ms. Shea has taught NPs locally and nationally on a variety of emergent and urgent care topics. She serves as a consultant and educator for her company EmergeED. Karen Sue Hoyt, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, ENP-C, FAEN, FAANP, FAAN, is an emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) with nearly 50 years of clinical experience and 20 years as an NP. She is also a professor in the ENP program at the University of San Diego Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science. In 2006, she established the first Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. Dr. Hoyt has several peer-reviewed books and publications on clinical practice, research, and management/leadership topics. She conceptualized and has implemented a 2-day course for training ENPs and a train-the-trainer course for NP faculty. She has taught minor procedures workshops for NPs/PAs across the country. As a consultant and educator, she has also written ENP continuing education programs. Dr. Hoyt spearheaded The Delphi Study on Competencies for NPs in Emergency Care and serves as an item writer for the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB). She is the former Chair of the NP Validation Committee for the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP) and a former founding board member. She is a contributing editor to the first Emergency Nurse Practitioner Core Curriculum. Dr. Hoyt is also a Past President of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and was the lead editor for the Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum (6th) edition and a previous edition of the Trauma Nursing Core Course. She serves as a consultant and educator for her company EmergeED.