1. Kitty Garrett is a critical care clinical nurse specialist at St. Joseph Hospital in Augusta, Ga. She has worked in critical care and has been CCRN certified for 20 years.
2. Kayo Tsuruta has 7 years of nursing experience and is currently working as an oncology nurse at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, Ga.
3. Shirley Walker is an instructor in the nursing staff development department at AnMed Health in Anderson, SC. She has 23 years of nursing experience.
4. Sharon Jackson has 12 years of experience in medical-surgical nursing and emergency department nursing. She is a major in the US Army Nursing Corps and is stationed at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
5. Michelle Sweat is a senior staff nurse in the medical intensive care unit at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta. She is currently enrolled in the critical care clinical nurse specialist program at the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing.