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As the Senior Clinical Editor for Lippincott NursingCenter, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP plans and develops content to help nurses learn and stay up-to-date, meet their licensure and certification requirements, and achieve their professional goals while prioritizing work/life integration. Lisa received her BSN and MSN from the University of Pennsylvania and has over 25 years of nursing experience with a background as a critical care nurse and a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner. She currently volunteers at a nurse-run clinic for low-income and uninsured residents in her community, managing acute and chronic conditions, providing education, and improving health. Lisa also serves on the Medical Reserve Corps, supporting public health initiatives, including COVID-19 testing and vaccinations. |
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Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN is the Chief Nurse for Wolters Kluwer; Health Learning, Research & Practice. Anne has over 38 years of experience in nursing and has been a nurse practitioner since 1998. Her areas of expertise include acute care, critical care, emergency, and primary care. Anne has worked in publishing for more than 24 years and still practices as an acute care/critical care nurse practitioner for Penn Medicine, Chester County Hospital. She is also adjunct faculty for Drexel University in the College of Nursing and Health Professions and for Neumann University. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Texas Christian University, an MSN from LaSalle University, a Post-Master’s Certificate from Drexel University and her BSN from West Chester University. She was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2016. When Anne is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family traveling and relaxing with a good book in the mountains or at the beach. |
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Karen Innocent, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, CMSRN is the Executive Director of Continuing Education for Wolters Kluwer Health where she leads the Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute and Lippincott Professional Development provider units. Karen received a B.S.N from Hahnemann University, M.S.N. from Rutgers University, and Doctor of Nursing Practice from The George Washington University. With more than 20 years in the discipline of continuing professional development, Karen brings a blend of clinical expertise, strategy, and leadership to a variety of learning programs offered by Wolters Kluwer, Health. Karen fosters change, innovation, and growth among her team which resulted in achieving American Nursing Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Premier Accredited Provider Award in 2017 and 2018. Karen is committed to developing healthcare professionals and colleagues. She devotes her energy to cultivating new tools that will help healthcare professionals improve their practice and to achieve their professional goals. |
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Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN has been a clinical editor for NursingCenter since 2014. Myrna, a nurse for over 25 years, has experience in critical care, information systems, pharmaceutical clinical research and medical simulation education. Myrna creates and collaborates on content to help nurses stay up to date on the latest research and current health care issues. Myrna received a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and a Master’s degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to writing, reviewing and researching topics for NursingCenter, Myrna works part-time in a plastics/reconstructive surgery clinic to maintain her nursing skills. Myrna is also a volunteer with the 9Health:365 vaccine and health clinics in the Denver metro area. In her free time, she enjoys running, hiking, skiing, camping and spending time with her family and friends. |
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Robin Haskell, MSN, CRNP, ACNP-BC is a freelance clinical editor for Lippincott Nursing Center. She is a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital and a per diem NP in Hospital Medicine at Main Line Health. Robin has experience as a Trauma NP and a lecturer/precepter at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. |
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Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C is a freelance clinical editor for NursingCenter. Valerie has 23 years of nursing experience and specializes in cardiology. Her nursing experience included critical care nursing, cardiac catheterization laboratory, and medical surgical nursing. For the past 15 years, she has been employed as a cardiovascular nurse practitioner at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, working in all aspects of interventional cardiology, peripheral vascular procedural care, and cardiac stress testing. Valerie has lectured on topics of cardiovascular disease at the local and state level. Valerie received her bachelor’s of nursing from York College of Pennsylvania in 1999, a master’s in nursing in the adult nurse practitioner track from Thomas Jefferson University in 2005, and a postmaster’s certificate from the University of Pennsylvania in the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner track in 2016. She is board certified as both an adult health nurse practitioner and an adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner. Valerie enjoys spending time with her husband, two children, and their dog. |
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Megan Giovanelli Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C is a freelance clinical editor for NursingCenter. Megan has over 15 years experience in nursing and currently works as a nurse practitioner in critical care. She has previous experience in medical/surgical nursing, as a family nurse practitioner in a community, federally qualified health care center and as a nurse practitioner in hospice/palliative care medicine. Megan received her masters degree in nursing at the University of Pennsylvania and most recently completed a post-masters program and obtained certification as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. |
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Elizabeth Wirth-Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC is a freelance clinical editor and author for Lippincott Nursing Center and Wolters Kluwer Health. A nurse for over 25 years, she has experience in critical care, traumatology, and emergency nursing and is currently a practicing critical care nurse practitioner. She also is assistant clinical professor and track co-director for the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program at Drexel University. In her free time, Beth can be found in her garden and has interests in complementary and integrative therapies. |
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Jennifer Haly Collins, MSN, CRNP, ACACNP-BC is a freelance clinical editor and writer for NursingCenter. Jennifer has over 10 years of experience in nursing and is currently working as a Pulmonary Critical Care Nurse Practitioner and Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Nurse Practitioner. She has previous experience in Emergency/Trauma nursing, and as a full time Trauma/SICU nurse practitioner. Jennifer received her undergraduate nursing degree at Immaculata University and her MSN at Thomas Jefferson University. Jennifer grew up in Pennsylvania where she lives currently and enjoys working in the community in which she resides. She enjoys spending time with her husband and three young children. |
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Margaret Smith MJ, BSN, RN, CRNI is a freelance clinical editor for NursingCenter. Margie has been a nurse for 19 years, with experience in medical-surgical nursing, post-surgical care, and is an active IV/PICC Team nurse. She earned her Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law, in 2017, and specializes in legal nurse consulting and hospital regulatory compliance. Margie enjoys reading, spending time with her family, and gardening. She looks forward having time to devote to medical mission trips and community volunteering. |
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Lynne Centrella Rudderow, MSN, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CCE is a freelance clinical editor for NursingCenter. At Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, Lynne provides comprehensive women’s health care to the underinsured population. She has over 20 years of experience in this field. Lynne has been a women’s health subject matter expert for Wolters Kluwer since 2012. Lynne enjoys spending time with her six children, gardening, and cooking. |
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Lauren Waronker is an accomplished nurse practitioner with over 25 years of experience in the health care industry, ranging from health care consulting to clinical practice in the outpatient and inpatient settings. She is Board Certified from the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner (since 2002) and Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (since 2016). She began her career with a major in health care policy from the University of Rochester (1994) and first worked as a health care consultant and research assistant for health care agencies. She later obtained her BSN/MSN degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001 and began working in the Internal Medicine department as a Hospitalist NP. For over 13 years, she has focused her career in cardiology and has worked in the areas of general cardiology, invasive cardiology, non-invasive cardiology, electrophysiology, and interventional vascular procedures. In her current position, has taken on special projects, such as researching and implementing best practices in the non-invasive cardiology department, designing a training program for NPs in the non-invasive cardiology program, being a trainer for EPIC, and being a facilitator for a department wide TeamStepps training program. In addition to her role in cardiology, she works one weekend per month in the ICU as part of the critical care team.
Lauren grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts and currently lives in West Chester, PA with her husband, two energetic girls and her Bernedoodle Toby. She enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, playing tennis, aerobic workouts, and watching her daughters dance and play soccer. No matter what happens, she will always be a Red Sox fan. |
Meet our Staff
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Bob Maroldo is NursingCenter's Publisher. Bob has more than 25 years of experience working in online publishing, and has been piloting NursingCenter since 2002. Bob's a technology buff, and he also enjoys sports, music, and spending time in the great outdoors. |
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Kim Fryling-Resare is NursingCenter's Managing Editor and has been working on NursingCenter since 2002. She holds a special place in her heart for nurses and has been working on websites specifically catered to the nursing profession since 1999. In her spare time, Kim enjoys the outdoors, running, sailing, and spending time with her family. |
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