Carole Kenner, DNS, RNC-NIC, FAAN has over 20 years neonatal/perinatal/pediatric experience. She has taught for 18 years, and developed masters level programs in the United States and abroad. She has lectured in over 20 countries. Dr. Kenner has published over 100 journal articles, CE modules, and book chapters. She is the author/editor of many textbooks and is a four time winner of publishing awards including the AJN Book of the Year. She has received numerous nursing awards for her writing, educational expertise, and leadership skills. Dr. Kenner is past President of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses and the Foundation for Neonatal Research and Education. She has served as a Department Head and President of two nursing companies.

She also acted as the Principal Investigator for a multidisciplinary 5 year CDC funded Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention grant as well as other federally funded research and training grants. Dr. Kenner has served as the Director for the Center for International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing.

Dr. Kenner was also Principal Investigator of a NIH ELSI funded grant on Web Based Genetic Education for Health Professionals.

 

Anita Finkelman, MSN, RN has 35 plus years of experience in nursing. In addition to serving as a nurse consultant, she also currently serves as Adjunct Faculty at University of Oklahoma College of Nursing. Previously, she has been Sr. Vice President for Nursing Operations at Orbis Education, Inc., a distance education development company and served as Director of Undergraduate Curriculum and Associate Professor/Clinical Nursing at the University of  Cincinnati College of Nursing. She has a masters degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing from Yale University and post-masters graduate work in healthcare policy and administration from George Washington University. Additional work in the area of health policy was completed as a fellow of the Health Policy Institute, George Mason University.

Ms. Finkelman's nursing experience includes clinical, educational, and administrative
positions.  She has authored many books, journal articles, and lectured on administration,
health policy, continuing education, and mental health/behavioral health nursing, both
nationally and internationally and served as a consultant to publishers and health care organizations in areas of distance education and development of products for use on the Internet. Recent textbook publications include Leadership and Management for Nurses (2006), Managed Care: A Nursing Perspective (2001) and case studies in Critical Thinking in Nursing: Case Studies Across the Continuum (C. Green, Ed., 1999), Prentice Hall, Inc. as well as number of books on psychiatric-mental health nursing (administration, clinical, and staff development) and serves as review editor for mental health/behavior health journals and home health journals. She has experience in developing continuing education departments, courses, conferences, and written material related to staff development and continuing education and in assisting healthcare organizations in program development and development of nurse management staff. Ms. Finkelman has worked with education organizations in the development of nursing and health science administration curricula and also nurse management curricula.

Lisa Dwyer, MSN, RNC, CNS is the founder of Ladies in Waiting®, an innovative, evidence-based program which specializes in addressing and meeting the unique needs of high-risk antepartum clients, particularly those confined to bed rest at home or in the acute care setting. Through collaboration and team work this creative, family-centered approach works to achieve the common goal of healthy maternal-neonatal outcomes.