Bill Light, MSN RN CEN CPEN TCRN
Chief Operating Officer/Instructor
Solheim Enterprises
Bill Light (he/him/his) is an Emergency Department (ED) RN working near Portland, Oregon. Bill began his nursing career as a resource float pool nurse where he worked in pediatrics, psychiatry, medical, surgical, neurology, oncology, orthopedics, maternity, and telemetry. In 2002 Bill took a job in the ED and has never looked back. He spent several years of his career in a high-volume ED where he moved into a trauma RN position. In 2006, he took a position for a large health system in the Portland area. Bill served in various roles, including staff nurse, preceptor, Information Services (IS) Subject Matter Expert, charge nurse, educator, and nursing supervisor, for over 10 years.
In 2015 Bill accepted the Chief Nursing Officer position at Solheim Enterprises to pursue his passion for education and speaking and is focusing on expanding and deepening the nursing education aspects of the company. Bill regularly speaks to audiences around the country on a variety of clinical nursing topics while working p.r.n. in the ED.
Bill is a dynamic and energetic speaker whose unique style provides insight to his audience and creates an engaging and fun atmosphere for them. Bill consistently delivers exceptional education that is praised by audiences, colleagues, and institutions. Drawing on his diverse pool of experiences, Bill connects with his audiences and delivers education that reaches them in a way that easily enables them to incorporate what they learn into their own practice.
Bill was raised on a quarter-horse ranch in Missouri and is one of 26 children. Bill has been married for 25+ years and has two children (who he freely admits are the best human beings in the world).
Bill combines humor, knowledge, and blatant bribery to bring to his audiences an educational experience they will never forget.
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Kristen Cline, BSN CEN CPEN TCRN CFRN CTRN CCRN
Instructor
Solheim Enterprises
Kristen currently works as a travel nurse on crisis assignments for one of the Country's largest travel nursing agencies. Kristen has over 13 years of nursing experience in the specialties of medical-surgical, trauma, emergency, intensive care, and critical care transport and has worked as a bedside nurse, charge nurse, education coordinator, and flight nurse. Kristen is also a freelance Legal Nurse Consultant and expert witness who has testified and consulted on cases nationwide.
Kristen is considered a clinical subject matter expert in emergency nursing and has served as conference faculty for nursing conferences around the Country. Her lectures have also been featured as online webinars with the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). She has been published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing and Critical Care Nurse and serves on the editorial review board of the Air Medical Journal. Kristen was also a Primary Contributing Author for the 8th edition of the Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) Provider Manual. She is currently serving her third year on the ENA Board of Directors and has served on and chaired committees at the State and National levels. In 2015, Kristen was recognized by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) as Distinguished Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN) of the year.
Kristen is the owner of the nursing blog ‘The Trauma Informed Nurse,’ which uses social media to connect nurses from around the Country and provide self-care and mental health resources tailored to the life of shift workers. Her goal is to remove the stigma of mental health care and remove the barriers to practical self-care.
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Mark Damon, DO
Emergency Physician
Stillwater Medical Center
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Heidi Gilbert, MSN RN CEN TCRN SANE
ED Educator
Stillwater Medical Center
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Law Enforcement Agency
State of Oklahoma
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Payne County District Attorneys Office
District 9
State of Oklahoma
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