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Lynn White, RN, MSN, CNS is a doctoral student at University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. She is a nursing faculty member at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, SD where she teaches adult health, pharmacology and leadership. She is the Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Adult Specialty Services Division at Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Ms. White has 24 years of nursing experience in critical care, oncology, stem cell transplant, nursing education and simulation. Her current areas of focus in practice are stem cell transplant and transition of new graduate nurses into the professional nurse role. Her research for her doctoral work is focused on self-efficacy for symptom management of stem cell transplant patients during the acute phase of transplant (first 30 days). Ms. White received her Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD and her Master’s degree in Nursing with an Adult Health and Illness focus from University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.