SCHOLAR DIRECTORY

I’m currently pursuing my doctorate of nursing practice, family nurse practitioner, through the Uniformed Services University. I’m an active duty Army captain and have served for 8 years. My first position was as a staff nurse on a medical telemetry unit at Tripler Army Medical Center. In this position, I performed several extra duties to include chairperson for the Unit Practice Council, preceptor, and Education Facilitator. From there, I deployed for a year with the 10th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) to Afghanistan where I worked as an ER nurse at Camp Dwyer and Camp Bastion. Again I was responsible for coordinating staff education, but also took on the role of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner at both locations coordinating the response between other SANEs, the medical facilities, the base victims advocates, and leadership. Upon returning, I became the Clinical Nurse Officer in Charge (CNOIC) of the Family Care Ward at Evans Army Hospital. (This position is equivalent to a nurse manager or head nurse in the civilian sector.) A year later, I became the CNOIC of the Orthopedic & Podiatry Clinic. During this time at Evans ACH, I remained with the 10th CSH and continued to participate in field exercises and training with the medical and support staff. Currently, my interests within the FNP program include pediatrics, orthopedics, chronic disease, and sleep medicine. In addition, I have interests in austere/wilderness medicine.

Adam Booth graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Indiana University Southeast in 2010 and began working in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU) at the University of Louisville (UofL) Hospital. His clinical experience over the past six years has shaped his research interest in moral distress (MD) experienced by nurses caring for patients at the end-of-life (EOL). He is interested in improving the quality of care delivered and the quality of life of patients at the EOL in the ICU by addressing ethical dilemmas nurses experience in practice. He enrolled in the BSN to PhD program at UofL in the Fall 2014 and began pursuing coursework to address his clinical research interests. In addition, he is a graduate research assistant at the school where he helps professors with literature reviews, data collection, data entry, data analysis, and manuscript formatting. He has since published a research article titled, “Advanced Directives and Advanced Care Planning for Healthcare Professionals” in the quarterly publication Kentucky Nurse in Spring 2016. He presented this paper through a poster presentation at the local Research!Louisville conference and regional Southern Nursing Research Society conference in Williamsburg, Virginia. He also presented this research in a symposium and podium presentation at the Graduate Student Regional Research Conference and was selected for a three-minute podium presentation on MD and poster session on MD at this same conference in Spring 2016. After graduation he plans to conduct research on MD, teach, lead, and influence the scholarly areas of clinical practice.

Elizabeth Boulette is a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). She has more than 30 years nursing experience that includes a nurse anesthesia practice of more than 15 years. Upon completing her BSN from San Diego State University, she was commissioned as a Navy Nurse Corps Officer in May 1987. In 1998 she began her didactic studies in anesthesia and she earned a Master of Science from Georgetown University in February 2001. She is currently a doctor of Philosophy nursing student at the University of San Diego. Ms. Boulette has served in a variety of military medicine environments: tertiary medical center, community-sized hospital, sole provider aboard several US amphibious assaults ships, isolated overseas duty station, and in the theater of combat operations. Ms. Boulette honorably retired after 28 years of naval service. Ms. Boulette derives professional satisfaction in providing her patients with a positive anesthetic experience; she particularly enjoys obstetric anesthesia. She has developed an interest in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) which is a commonly encountered medical problem in surgical patients. Having OSA can increase a variety of post operative complications but less is known about OSA in the obstetric population. Because there are many gaps in knowledge of OSA during pregnancy, Ms. Boulette would like to contribute to the growing body of knowledge by conducting a secondary analysis to determine if OSA is an independent predictor of increased hospital costs at the time of delivery in women who delivered at a military treatment facility between 2008 and 2014.

Fara Bowler is the Director of the Clinical Education Center and Simulation for the University of Colorado, College of Nursing. She brings clinical expertise as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse practicing in areas of Primary Care, Cardiac Electrophysiology and the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Ms. Bowler also brings expertise in Simulation. She speaks nationally on the use of simulation to promote quality and safety in care delivery. Ms. Bowler, along with colleagues at CON, have been involved in a SAMSA grant focusing on the integration of SBIRT (Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment) into curricula incorporating high fidelity simulation. Recently, she was the section editor for AACN Advanced Critical Care on the topic of Simulation. She holds national certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner with the AANP. Most recently, she achieved certification as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator with Society of Simulation in Healthcare.