2010 San Diego SUN Conference
US Grant - A Starwood Luxury Collection Hotel - 326 Broadway, San Diego, CA 93101
Thank you for attending the 2010 San Diego SUN Conference!
Thanks for joining us in San Diego!
We hope you had a chance to join us November 30 - December 2 in San Diego for the SUN Conference! You can now view photos of this successful SUN meeting by visiting our Facebook page. Join us on Facebook and share this page with others, as we continue on our mission of Helping Save Lives.
Check out the simulation scenario "Tactical Combat Casualty Care to Joint Theater Trauma System Care" from the Naval Medical Center and the Medical Surgical Simulation center that was held in San Diego!

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1717 North Akard Street
Dallas, Texas 75201

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Presentations
Guest Speakers
Jennifer Arnold, MD, MSc - Medical Director
Medical Director, Pediatric Simulation Center		 Track: The Art and Science of Debrief
Dr. Jennifer Arnold is the medical director of the Pediatric Simulation Center and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. She was trained in resuscitative medicine and simulation education at the University of Pittsburgh's Peter M. Winter Simulation, Education, and Research Center and within the Safar Center for Resuscitative Medicine as a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Scholar. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Lance Baily
Director for the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Running a Sim Center
Lance has been honored to serve as Director for the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas since the doors opened in August of 2009. Lance left the film business in 2007 and went back to school to become a certified EMT and Fire Academy Graduate. While training, Lance was introduced to Healthcare Simulation Manikins at El Camino College in Torrance by his mother, Kim Baily Director of the ECC Nursing program.
Debra Brady, DNP, RN, CNS
Associate Professor, Sacramento State		 Track: Planning for Clinical Simulation
An alumni of both the Sacramento State undergraduate and graduate programs in nursing, Debra Brady brings 20 years of intensive care nursing experience to her Associate Professor role at Sacremento State. Her doctoral studies focused on patient safety and simulation as an education technique. Involving her students in active learning experiences has been the driving force in Debra Brady’s commitment to developing the Simulation Learning Center at Sacramento State.
Kellie Dionne Bryant, DNP, WHNP-BC
Director of Simulation Learning, NYU College of Nursing		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Running a Sim Center
Dr. Bryant is currently the Director of Simulation Learning at NYU College of Nursing where she oversees and coordinates over 40 simulation sessions a week for both the undergraduate and graduate program. Her role is to assist faculty in the development, implementation, and integration of simulation activities for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. Since her appointment at NYU, she has implemented simulation in all clinical undergraduate clinical courses.
Jacquie Buckley, RN, BSN, MBA
Clinical Educator, Medical Simulation Corporation		 Track: Simulation in Hospitals
Jacquie entered nursing 12 years ago after providing eight years of economic development and business consulting for small entrepreneurial ventures affiliated with Texas A&M University. As an RN, her focus is critical care and education, serving on the faculty of Blinn College and as the clinical educator for St Joseph Regional Medical Center in Bryan, Texas. She continues to work as a bedside RN in the ICU for Kaiser Permanente. Jacquie presently is a clinical educator with Medical Simulation Corporation. 
Melissa Cashin, MSN, RN, BC
Training Specialist, Texas Children's Hospital Pediatric Simulation Center		 Track: The Art and Science of Debrief
Melissa Cashin is the training specialist at Texas Children's Hospital's Pediatric Simulation Center. She has a Bachelor of Science in nursing and a Masters in nursing education obtained from Prairie View A&M University and is also currently "Board Certified" in nursing professional development. She is the course director for the Texas Children's Hospital American Heart Association Training Center and teaches BLS, PALS and PEARS.
Leslie Catron
Faculty, Simulation Coordinator, West Hills Community College		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Running a Sim Center
Leslie currently works as faculty and simulation coordinator at West Hills Community College in Lemoore CA. 35 years as a nurse led her on a journey as a clinical educator at Children’s Hospital Central California, Staff Development Specialist and Developmental Care Specialist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Some career experiences include development of the first preceptor program and student nurse extern program, coordination of student and patient/family education programming at Children’s.
Carol Cheney
Director of Operations, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Transition to Practice
Carol Cheney has a long history of clinical experience in traditional procedural skill-based training, and cognitive learning as an Acute Medical Speech-Language Pathologist for over 12 years. In 2005 while still in the conceptual and development state, she assumed the position of Director of Operations of the Simulation Education and training Center at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, destined to become one of the largest such centers in the Western United States at over 6000 square feet.
Laura L. Crouch, RN, EdD, CPAN, CNE
Associate Clinical Professor, Northern Arizona University		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Transition to Practice
Laura has actively pursued her interest in education through human-patient simulation. She has been working with manikins for many years. As a hospital nurse, she taught ACLS with static and more recently high-fidelity human patient simulators. As a nurse educator, she has been working with static manikins and high-fidelity human patient simulators for over 8 years. Laura recently completed her doctoral degree in education.
Deborah Haile, RN
Sr. National Training Consultant, ECC Global Training		 Track: eLearning: Adoption of eLearning
Deborah has worked with the American Heart Association (AHA) for more than 20 years, as an AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor and for the last 8 years as staff. She has held a variety of positions and has held the position of Sr National Training Consultant for 3 years in Dallas at the AHA National Center. Professionally, Deborah began a career in Emergency Medical Services as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). During which time she attended school to become a Licensed Practical Nurse, then a Registered Nurse.
Beth Fentress Hallmark, RN, MSN, PhD
Director of Simulation for the College of Health Sciences		 Track: From Learning Objectives to Outcomes
Beth is a native of Nashville, Tennessee. Beth graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama with her Associates Degree in December of 1986. She returned home to work at Baptist Hospital on a pediatric floor and continue her education. In 1989 she graduated with her BSN from Belmont College. Subsequent to her graduation she went to work at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital on a pediatric surgical floor. She returned to school in 1992 to pursue her Master’s in Child and Family Nursing at Vanderbilt.
Tim Hardy
EMS Lab Coordinator, Blinn College		 Track: Emergency Training with Simulation
Tim entered the EMS profession in 1992 after completing fire school at College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas. Tim worked for Bryan Fire Department for 10 years as a Firefighter/Paramedic before he left to further his education and found a calling for teaching others. Tim is currently employed as an EMS Lab Coordinator for Blinn College and works with EMS, surgical technology and nursing students and faculty in the lab/simulation setting to ensure skill and critical thinking competencies. He is a ACLS, PHTLS, BLS and PALS Instructor.
Teri Kiehn, MS, RNc
Clinical Coordinator		 Track: Improving Perinatal Safety
Teri Kiehn’s clinical background involves over 25 years experience in Women and Newborn care including Labor & Delivery, NICU, Mother/Baby care, and Neonatal transport.  She has a masters degree in Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Systems and a post-masters certificate in healthcare informatics.  Teri served as the Intermountain Healthcare system co-chair for simulation during development of their 5 year simulation strategic plan and sits on the system Simulation Guidance Council. 
Rachel MacEachin
Principal Investigator, Kaiser San Francisco Triad for Optimal Patient Safety		 Track: Improving Patient Safety
Rachel has been a passionate advocate for patient safety ever since her initial involvement with the Kaiser Permanente Perinatal Patient Safety Project (PPSP) in 2004.  Her simulation experience started while working with the PPSP.  Through her work with that project, in-situ simulation was developed and implemented on Kaiser Labor and Delivery Units.  The focus of the simulations was rehearsing emergent perinatal events and debriefing the events to emphasize the importance of teamwork and communication. 
Geoffrey Tobias Miller
Associate Director of Research & Curriculum Development, Gordon Center		 Track: Improving Resuscitation
with Blended Learning
Geoffrey is the Associate Director of Research and Curriculum Development for the Division of Pre-hospital and Emergency Healthcare at the Michael S. Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education (GCRME), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Geoff began his career in public safety 20 years ago. Previously, Geoff worked as a Paramedic Firefighter with Alachua County Fire Rescue before moving into Emergency Medical Services (EMS) education.
Melissa Mitchell, RN, BSN, BCEN
Clinical Educator, Senior Clinical Manager, Banner Health		 Track: Planning for Clinical Simulation
Melissa currently holds the position of Senior Clinical Manager in the Emergency Department at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center. Melissa was the Clinical Educator for Banner Baywood Medical Center and coordinated the Banner Simulation Emergency Department Academy. The Banner Simulation Center opened this year in a state of the art facility where Emergency Nurses are now trained using simulation in an Emergency Room setting.
Karen Paulsen
Clinical Coordinator/Educator, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Improving Realism
Karen currently holds a position in the Education Service department at Northwest Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle Washington as a Clinical Coordinator/Educator. As a Clinical Coordinator/Educator, Karen coordinates: the nursing orientation, ACLS, CNS/Educator Committee, lead CEARP planner; assists with BLS, nursing residency, critical care consortium, and the Community Health and Simulation Center (CHESC).
Don Raymundo, CCRN, CEN
Clinical Simulation Educator, Medical Surgical Simulation Center at the Naval Medical Center		 Track: Designing a Successful Simulation
Commander Raymundo was commissioned in the Nurse Corps in 1991, a graduate of Mt. Eden High School, Hayward, CA, he completed his Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing at Saint Mary of The Plains College, Wichita, KS, followed by completion of a Masters, in Business Management, Webster's University, St. Louis, MO. Additionally he attended the Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, completing the Joint Operations Military Education Program.
Nirupa Reddy, MD
Associate Director, Well Baby Nursery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Instructor/Faculty Development
Nirupa is the Associate Director of the well baby nursery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, which is a 70 bed unit with over 7000 deliveries a year. She is a Leader for the high fidelity simulation program in the division of neonatology with a focus on interdisciplinary team training, with special interest and research focused on delivery room resuscitation and resident NRP training. She is a Diplomat of the American Academy of pediatrics and graduate of the Ronal Reagan UCLA Medical Center Pediatric Residency Training Program.
Mary Anne Rizzolo, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Coordinator, Simulation Laboratories, Texas State Univ. School of Nursing		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Instructor/Faculty Development
Dr. Rizzolo’s primary contribution to the nursing education community has focused on exploring new technologies, determining how they can serve to educate and inform nurses, operationalizing their cost-effective delivery, and disseminating their value for nursing education and practice. She has delivered over 150 national and international presentations on how to incorporate various technologies into the nursing curriculum and served on many national committees and advisory boards.
Karin J. Sherrill, RN, MSN, NEd, CNE
Nurse Educator, Maricopa Community College		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Transition to Practice
Karin is an experienced nurse educator with over 18 years of teaching experience with Maricopa Community Colleges. During this time, she has worked as adjunct clinical faculty, residential faculty, clinical coordinator, and simulation coordinator. She has been involved in executing the first online Associate Degree Registered Nurse program in the nation, coordinating the Health Core Curriculum pre-nursing courses with more than 70 sections and 20 instructors per semester, and participating in the National League for Nursing Health Information Technology Scholars program.
Lorraine Arriola Shields, MN, RNC-NIC, NNP
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Transition to Practice
Lorraine Shields has been a Neonatal Nurse for 30 years. She has worked as a bedside Nurse, a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, and a NICU Clinical Nurse Specialist. At Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, she was instrumental in bringing a Developmental Care Training Program to the NICU and in the development of an Infant Driven Feeding Program for the NICU. Since its inception one year ago, she has been the Co-coordinator of the NICU Simulation Lab at Salinas
Nancy Threefoot, BSN, RN, PHN, CCRN
Clinical Development Specialist, Sim. Educator, Fairview Southdale Hospital		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Evaluating Outcomes
Nancy Threefoot is a Clinical Development Specialist and simulation educator for Fairview Southdale Hospital in Minnesota. She has worked for over 30 years in nursing with critical care nursing as her specialty. Nancy has become an important educational resource to the Fairview Health System in Minnesota. She is a leader in developing and conducting simulation education for staff development.  She works collaboratively with clinical nurse leaders to develop insitu simulation, on-line learning and critical care nursing education.
Michael Tijerina, BSN, RN
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center Clinical Nurse Educator/Simulation Coordinator & North Valley Simulation Collaborative Co-Lead		 Track: eLearning: Simulation in Action
Michael’s received his Bachelors Degree in Nursing from BIOLA University and is currently working on his Masters in Nursing Education at Capella University. He is faculty for the Bay Area Simulation Collaborative and has completed advanced simulation instructor training at Stanford University. His clinical background includes adult psych, emergency department, PICC/IV Specialist, and various leadership positions. Michael currently works with front line staff as a Clinical Nurse Educator for Kaiser Sacramento.
Ashley Triplett, BSRC, RRT-NPS
NICU Respiratory Supervisor/Educator, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Transition to Practice
Ashley Triplett graduated from the University of South Alabmaba with a bachelors degree in Cardiorespiratory Science. Ashley’s eight years of neonatal experience started there at USA’s Children’s and Women’s Hospital in the 70-bed, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Ashley was a member of the Critical Care Transport Team transporting neonates all along the Gulf Coast. After taking a travel assignment at Johns Hopkins, 48-bed, Level IV NICU, she accepted a permanent position as the NICU Respiratory Supervisor/Educator at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.
Carly Williams
Simulation Specialist, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center		 Birds-of-a-Feather: Improving Realism
Carly Williams is a Simulation Specialist at Northwest Hospital and Medical Center, in the Community Health Education and Simulation Center (CHESC). The CHESC is a centralized, hands-on education and training venue for healthcare professionals, students and the community. In the interim, Carly Williams serves as the Web Master for the Pacific Northwest Healthcare Simulation Collaborative.
Juvann Wolff
Director of the Center for Excellence in Nursing Education, University of Washington		 Track: Integrating Simulation into Nursing Curriculum
Juvann is a graduate of Seattle University (1976) and the University of Washington (1983) and is nationally certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. After 22 years in primary care practice, Juvann joined the faculty at the University of Washington and was appointed the Director of the Center for Excellence in Nursing Education in the School of Nursing. She has innovatively moved the School of Nursing “Learning Lab” into a uniquely blended lab and simulation center.