Adult CCRN/PCCN Certification Review Live Webinar Series — Winter 2023

Carol Ann Rauen, MS, RN-BC, CCRN, PCCN, CEN, TCRN

Carol Ann Rauen of St. Augustine Florida is an independent clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and education consultant with 39 years of experience in acute and critical care nursing. Rauen also works clinically as a staff nurse in the surgical ICU at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine. Her nursing career includes serving as a CNS and nurse manager at Georgetown University Medical Center and assistant professor of Georgetown’s School of Nursing and Health Studies. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science from the University of Maryland. Rauen is the founding editor of the “Certification Test Prep” column in Critical Care Nurse. An award-winning national speaker, educator and author, Rauen presents review courses for CCRN and PCCN certification, as well as for medical-surgical, emergency and gerontological nursing certification, across the country.

Beth Melton Poppas, MSN,RN,CCRN-K, PCCN-K, GERO-BC, NPD-BC, CNEcl

Beth Melton Poppas is a progressive care clinical nurse educator at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia, and an adjunct clinical instructor in medical-surgical nursing at Marymount University, Arlington. Her 30-year nursing career has focused on adult critical care and undergraduate education at a wide variety of healthcare and educational facilities across the country. The wife of an active-duty Army officer, Poppas is very involved with the military community, serving in multiple volunteer leadership and advocacy roles over the last 22 years. She holds an MSNED from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and a BSN from Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina. She also co-leads review courses for CCRN, PCCN, medical- surgical and gerontological nursing certifications.

Marci Lynn Ebberts, MSN, RN, CCRN-K

Marci Ebberts is a clinical education specialist for Saint Luke’s Healthcare System in Kansas City, Missouri, where she works closely with new nursing graduates and teaches critical care classes. Prior to her education and professional development role, Ebberts served as Saint Luke’s STEMI Program Coordinator. She entered the nursing profession 20 years ago as a direct care nurse in the cardiac intensive care unit and has worked in critical care nursing ever since. Ebberts supports her commitment to excellence by maintaining her critical care nursing certification since 2004. She earned an MSN from St. Luke’s College and has published articles in the American Journal of Critical Care, Critical Care Nurse (including “Certification Test Prep” questions), and Nursing 2020. She has also presented at meetings and conferences nationwide.

Kristin O. Sollars, MSN, RN, CCRN-K

Kristin Sollars is an ICU float nurse at Saint Luke’s Healthcare System in Kansas City, Missouri. Sollars recently transitioned from serving eight years as the facility’s clinical education specialist to delivering care at the bedside during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her 15-year nursing career includes roles as both direct care ICU nurse and educator. She earned an MSN in Nursing Education from the University of Central Missouri, a BSN from William Jewel College and a BA in Psychology. Sollars has been published in the American Journal of Critical Care, Nursing 2020 and Critical Care Nurse. She has also shared her perspective on being a nurse through a StoryCorps interview in 2019 that aired on NPR’s “Morning Edition.”