Course Credits and References

Stacey Kahre, RN

Course Author

Stacey Kahre (BSN, MSN) has worked as a family nurse practitioner for nearly 20 years. Before starting her career as a nurse practitioner, she graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and a minor in Biology from the University of Southern Indiana and continued on to receive a Masters of Science in Nursing.

Cheryl Reinerio, RN, MSN

Course Instructor

Cheryl Reinerio (BSN, MSN) has 40 years experience as a registered nurse with a focus on cardiac rehabilitation, medical surgical nursing, mental-health nursing, community education programs as well as patient and staff education. Presently, she is a nursing instructor for classroom lecture and clinical practice for student nurses in a college RN program. Graduated from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a BSN in Nursing and College of St. Scholastica with a Masters in Nursing with a focus on Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Bret Staples

Course Editor Dr. Bret Staples (BA, MS, Ph.D.) is a highly motivated, personable scientific professional with multiple college degrees and a successful 34-year track record of scientific research and publications. After completing his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, he became a research chemist for the US Department of Energy. Dr. Staples has authored professional papers in scientific journals and reviewed other scientists’ publications and has performed scientific research in solution chemistry. Dr. Staples is extraordinarily talented in proofreading and editing journal publications, online course curriculum, as well as a strong knack for quickly mastering technology – using and programming computers since 1964.