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Mr. Vidourek is currently studying the Doctorate of Nursing Practice at The Ohio State University. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in music, Mr. Vidourek completed a 12-month accelerated bachelor of nursing program. Currently, he has over nine years of emergency department (ED) experience (five years in a level one pediatric trauma center/4 years in a level one adult trauma center), and 5 years in the vascular access specialty. He was selected as the ED “Nurse of the Year” while in the pediatric ED and was the recipient of the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses as a staff nurse in the adult ED. Mr. Vidourek’s doctoral project is aimed at improving pediatric readiness within non-pediatric emergency departments.