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Mar 18, 2021
Alissa, Caroline, and Chelsea talk about the importance of Certified Nurses Day and offer plenty of ideas on how to celebrate and recognize the CMSRNs in your unit.
THE CO-HOSTS
Alissa Brown, BSN, MSN, RN,
CMSRN is a clinical nurse educator from the University of
Utah Health. She has been working in the health care industry for
almost 12 years and started her nursing career as a med-surg
bedside nurse on an Ortho, Trauma, and Surgical Specialty Unit. It
was through that experience in the med-surg unit where she
discovered a passion for education and pursued a master’s degree.
She is a lifelong learner and loves to teach. Born and raised
in Salt Lake City, Utah, she's not all work, and definitely enjoys
play! She loves to travel and tries to plan as many vacations each
year as she can with family and friends. Alissa loves to read,
listen to podcasts, and geek out to documentaries and crime shows
on the weekends. She's a total fair-weather fan when it comes to
Utes Football, but will cheer in all the right places, or get mad
when her husband tells her to during a game. Alissa is looking
forward to conversations together on this AMSN podcast!
Caroline Ashman, MSN, RN,
CMSRN was born and raised in England. She had two dreams
in life – to become a nurse and live in the United States. She
accomplished the first task in 1985 and then in 1991, immigrated to
America. She currently serves as a Division Director for
Medical-Surgical Education for HCA. She has also been afforded the
wonderful opportunity to teach Med Surg Review Courses across the
United States and in Europe for AMSN. Collecting air miles and
sharing stores along the way, she is thrilled to join the Podcast
team and recognize that the specialty of medical surgical nursing
is alive and well. Caroline lives with her husband Jimmy, in Tampa,
FL, and has two grown daughters, Jennifer & Emily.
Chelsea Parker RN, BSN,
CMSRN was born and raised in Newport News, Virginia. She
attended the University of Virginia and graduated in 2016 with a
Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Since then she has pursued
geriatric and palliative care nursing and developed a love for
general medicine, which is where her foundation for med-surg
nursing was built. As a young nurse looking for ways to bridge
engagement between generations of nurses, she is excited about what
this podcast will mean for AMSN.