Shelley Cohen Career, Education, Certifications & Publications

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Skills Summary

Thirty two years experience as a Registered Nurse in Positions of Critical Care, Emergency, and Occupational Medicine. These positions have included direct patient care and management.

Twenty-five years experience as an educator on both a local and national level. Target audiences have included both the staff, mid-level manager and administrative team. Topics have been related to skills for health care workers in a variety of care settings.

Professional Summary

Health Resources Unlimited- Hohenwald, Tennessee

Leadership and Triage Presentations
New Nurse Manager Mentoring
Emergency Department Orientation Programs
Owner and Educator/Consultant

Emergency Nurses Association - Des Plaines, Illinois

Co-Author Emergency Care Technician
National Speaker
Chair, Education Work Team (2006)

Williamson Medical Center - Franklin, Tennessee

Staff RN, Emergency Department, PRN

Strategies for Nurse Managers

Editorial Advisory Board

Pertinent Critical Care Clinical Experience

1976-1980
Tufts New England Medical Center - Boston, MA - Staff and Senior Staff Neuro ICU

1995-1997
Tennessee Christian Medical Center - Portland and Madison Tennessee - Clinical Coordinator, Occupational Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care areas, Critical Care PRN Staff

1998
NurseFinders - Nashville, Tennessee - Southern Hills Medical Center - Critical Care PRN Staff

Pertinent Emergency Care Experience

1980-1982
Tufts New England Medical Center - Boston, MA - Emergency Department Staff Nurse

1982-1991
Lakes Region General Hospital - Laconia, New Hampshire - Management and leadership roles, Emergency/Occupational Medicine

1990-1992
Rutland Regional Medical Center - Rutland, Vermont - Travel Nurse Position, Emergency Department Staff Nurse, ICU Float Nurse

1992-1994
Baptist Hospital - Nashville, Tennessee - Emergency Department Staff Nurse

1995-1997
Tennessee Christian Medical Center - (see above)

1997-2001
Gateway Medical Center - Clarksville, Tennessee-Emergency Department StaffNurse PRN

1997-July 2007
NorthCrest Medical Center - Springfield, Tennessee - Projects consultant for ED /Nurse leadership, Emergency Department Staff Nurse PRN

June 2007-Present
Willilamson Medical Center - Franklin, Tennessee
Emergency Department Staff Nurse PRN

Education

Excelsior College - currently enrolled in MSN program, Fall 2007.

College of St Francis - Joliet, Illinois - Bachelor Science Health Arts, 1997

Faulkner Hospital School of Nursing - Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts - Diploma Nursing, 1975

Certifications

ACLS Instructor (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)

ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course)

CEN (Certified Emergency Nurse)

TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course)

Professional Memberships

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

Emergency Nurses Association

National Nurse Business Association

Tennessee Nurses Association

Prehospital Experience

EMT 1980-2005

EMT-Intermediate status in New Hampshire

Volunteer Rescue Squad Captain

Critical Care Transfers

EMT and EMT-I instructor in New Hampshire

Publications

1988 - Emergency Medical Services - Taking Care of #1

1988 - NH Safety Council Newsletter - Substance Abuse at the Workplace, I Love My Job

1989 - NH Business Review - The $6 Billion Dollar Back

1997 - Health Resources Unlimited - Emergency Triage Toolbelt Workbook, Medical Office Triage Workbook, The New and Not So New Nurse Manager

1999 - AAACN Viewpoint - September/October Book Review

1999 - Second Opinion - Maternal Child Nursing Journal - Should there be Laws Mandating Domestic Violence Reporting?

2000 - Nursing Management - August: Pass It On?, October: Prepare for your Best Employee Evaluation

2000 - AACN Viewpoint - September: Emergency Response in Ambulatory Care Settings

2001 - Nursing Management - February: Meeting Expectations?

2001 - Advance Nursing - March: Scope of Practice and Pitfall Issues of Telephone Triage

2001 - Nursing Management - August: Live Your Mission Statement

2001 - Nursing Management - November: Coach Staff to Initiate Change

2002 - Nursing Management - Up-Front Leaders Guide Staff to Future, Keep in Touch With Staff, Don’t Overlook Creative Thinking

2003 - Nursing Management - Manager’s Fast Track Column - Constant Change Equals Constant Challenge, Negative Behavior Doesn’t Help the Shortage, Motivation: Your Key to IC Ingredient, Forward Movement in Nursing Leadership, Propelling Your Team to the Top, The Magic is in the Moment

2003 - Health Resources Unlimited - 101 Triage Tips, 101 Manager Tips, Effective Leadership Skills

2004 - Nursing Management - Manager’s Fast Track Column - Beam Up Staff with Tech-Savvy Leadership, Know Health Care’s Dollars and Sense, The Push and Pull of Staff Accountability, Leadership Standards: No Room for Doubt, Delegating vs. Dumping: Teach the Difference, Technology’s Important But Nursing’s Irreplaceable

2004 - ED Nursing - EMTALA Violations

2005 - Nursing Management - Best of The Basics Column - Smoothly Transition From Friend To Manager, The New Manager’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving, Top Ten Tips for New Managers, To Resolve or Confront: That is the Question

2006 - Nursing Management - Best of The Basics Column - Taking The Fear Out Of Figures, Change Agents Bolster New Practices In the Workplace, Reap Value From Your Vendor

2007 - Nursing Management - Leadership Q & A column

Internet

1999-Present - Internet - hru.net - Manger Tip of the Month, Triage Tip of the Month, The Legal Beagle

Editorial Work

1997 - Mosby Lifeline Publishers - Mosby’s EMT Intermediate Textbook

2002 - Lippincott Publishers - Quick Reference to Triage

2002-2006 - Medical Office Nurse

2002-Present Nurse Manager Strategies

Co-Author

2002 - Emergency Care Technician - Jones and Bartlett Publishers

2003 - Surviving the Nursing Shortage: Strategies for Recruitment and Retention - HCPRO Publishers

2004 - Core Skills For Nurse Managers - HCPRO Publishers

2005 - Triage Nursing Secrets - Elsevier Publishers

2005 - A Practical Guide to Recruitment and Retention - HCPRO Publishers

2007 - Emergency Nursing Bible

Author

2006

Critical Thinking in the Emergency Department - HCPRO Publishers
Critical Thinking in the Obstetrics Unit

2007

Critical Thinking Series - HCPRO Publishers

Critical Thinking in the Pediatric Unit
Critical Thinking in the intensive Care Unit
Critical Thinking n the Medical-Surgical Unit

American Nurse Today

The Image of Nursing