November 6-8, 2019 – Salt Lake City, UT

National Faculty:  Kristine A Karlsen PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, FAAN

Dr. Karlsen is a neonatal nurse practitioner who has been involved in neonatal care in a variety of settings including transport, education, and patient care for more than 35 years. She is an award-winning author and founder of the internationally recognized S.T.A.B.L.E. Program. Dr. Karlsen is the author and developer of the pre-transport / post-resuscitation stabilization neonatal education program, The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program and the S.T.A.B.L.E. – Cardiac Module program. Dr. Karlsen is the Program Director for S.T.A.B.L.E. and she oversees all instructor training curriculum and course presentations. In addition, she works clinically in the Intermountain Healthcare system neonatal ICUs in Utah. For many years, she served on the Utah Perinatal Mortality and Out of Hospital Birth committees and she is the recipient of the AWHONN/Johnson & Johnson 2003 Childbirth Nursing Award, the March of Dimes 2004 Leadership in Healthcare Nurse Award, the University of Utah College of Nursing 2005 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, the 2010 National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners NNP Excellence Award and the 2014 National Perinatal Association, The Individual Contribution to Maternal & Child Health at the National and International Level Award. Her research interests include methods to improve neonatal outcomes and the educational process. Dr. Karlsen brings her enthusiasm and passion for teaching about neonatal stabilization to frequent conference presentations both nationally and internationally.

National Faculty:  Bridget K Cross MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Ms. Cross is a neonatal nurse practitioner who has been involved in neonatal care as a staff nurse, clinician, research assistant, and educator for more than 30 years.  In addition to her clinical work in the Level 4 NICU at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX, Ms. Cross is an adjunct faculty member for Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She is a contributing author on the Guidelines for the Acute Care of Neonate (Hematology and Environmental chapters) published by the Baylor College of Medicine – Neonatology Section. She collaborated as an author, reviewer and consultant for the Mosby Nursing Skills on-line education materials and she is past co-editor for the American Academy of Pediatrics Transport Medicine Section newsletter. Trained in simulation methodology and facilitation, she is actively involved as a simulation instructor at the renowned simulation center at Texas Children’s Hospital. Since 2000, she has been a S.T.A.B.L.E. Lead Instructor, and in 2014, she became certified as a S.T.A.B.L.E. National Faculty member for Lead Instructor training. Ms. Cross is an experienced presenter who has all the attributes most appreciated by students; she is personable, knowledgeable, enthusiastic and organized.

Upon registering for the Instructor course, all Instructor candidates will be emailed a pre-assessment which is intended to be taken closed-book and without the assistance of another colleague or resources. This pre-assessment should be viewed as the Instructor Candidate’s opportunity to identify their own knowledge strengths and potential weaknesses. Upon arrival at the Instructor course, candidates will have an opportunity to self-grade their own test. Or, if preferred, the pre-assessment can be scored before the course by the S.T.A.B.L.E. Program staff. Instructions will be supplied when the pre-test is emailed regarding how to submit the pre-assessment for scoring.

Please note the following about the pre-assessment scores and eligibility to register as an Instructor:

1. The average score for Instructor candidates is 85% and higher (6 or fewer wrong on the pre-assessment).
2. If you score below 70% (greater than 12 wrong), you are scoring well below the average for Instructor candidates and we cannot register you as an Instructor. If you decide to attend the Instructor course anyway, we are happy to award you with a Learner course completion card upon successful completion of the mixed module test.
3. Grading of Pre-Assessment: If you would like your test graded ahead of the Instructor course, then you may email or FAX it to our Instructor Course Coordinator, Mason Meinhold. Please call the office for details and to request Mason’s email address: 1-435-655-8171 or go to our Contact Us tab and send an inquiry.
4. Refunds: Please note, no refunds will be provided to those who either do not qualify for the Lead or Support Instructor role, or who are not eligible to be registered as an Instructor because of low pre-test scores as outlined above.