Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Review Manual: Second Edition
Ruth A. Wittmann-Priceis chairperson and professor at Francis Marion University department of nursing in South Carolina. Ruth A. Wittmann-Price has been an obstetrical/women's health nurse for 32 years. She received her AAS & BSN degree from Felician College in Lodi NJ (1978, 1981) and her MS as a Perinatal CNS from Columbia University, NYC (1983). Ruth completed her PhD at Widener University, Chester (2006) and was awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence. She developed a mid-range nursing theory "Emancipated Decision-making in Women's Health Care". Besides continuing her research about decisional science, she studies developmental outcomes of preterm infants. She has also been the Director of Nursing Research for Hahnemann University Hospital (2007 - 2010) to oversee all evidence-based practice projects for nursing. Hahnemann University Hospital was awarded initial Magnet status (AACN) in December of 2009.  Ruth has taught all levels of nursing students over the past 15 years (AAS, BSN, MSN and DNP) and completed an international service-learning trip (2007) to rural Mexico with undergraduate nursing and physician assistant students.  She was the coordinator for the Nurse Educator track in DrNP program at Drexel University in Philadelphia (2007 - 2010) and sits on four dissertation committees. Ruth is co-editor and chapter contributor of five books,Nursing Education: Foundations for Practice Excellence(2007) Philadelphia: F. A. Davis. (AJN Book of the Year Award winner 2007) andThe Certified Nurse Examination (CNE) Review Manual(2012), Springer Publishing, NYC,NCLEX-RN EXCEL Test success through unfolding case study review, Maternal-Child Nursing Test Success: An Unfolding case Study Review(2012);Fundamentals Nursing Test Success: An Unfolding Case Study Review(2013); andNursing Concept Care Maps for Safe Patient Care(2013): F. A. Davis. She has published chapters,The Newborn at Risk(2009) in Maternal-Child Nursing Care: Optimizing Outcomes for Mothers, Children, and Families (Ward, S. & Hinsley, S. Eds.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, a section inGiving through teaching: How nurse educators are changing the world(Fitzpatrick, Shultz, & Aiken, Eds.), NYC: NLN & Springer Publishers and over 20 journal articles.Maryann Godshall, MS, PhD, CNE, CCRN, CPN, is Assistant Professor at DeSales University in Center Valley, PA, where she teaches pediatrics, nursing research, Health & Physical Assessment, Nursing Concepts, Evidence Based Practice and Senior Seminar. She is responsible for syllabus, course structure, and administration of all graduate students, in-hospital clinical instructions, organization of lab and hospital orientations for students, orientation of pediatric adjunct faculty, and implementation and facilitation of pediatric simulation experience. She has published eight journal articles and has three presentations and three poster presentations to her credit.Linda Wilson, PhD, RN, CPAN, CAPA, BC, CNE,CHSE,CHSE-A is Assistant Professor, Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions, Philadelphia, PA, where she is also     Assistant Dean for Special Projects, Simulation and CNE Accreditation. She is also Director/PI for SimTeam: The Joint Education of Health Professionals and     Assistive Personnel Students in a Simulated Environment (a 2.5-year project funded by the Barra Foundation Inc.) and the Project Director/PI for the PA/D     of C Nursing Education Technology Collaborative, Faculty Development: Integrating Technology into Nursing Education and Practice (a $1.5 million, 5-year     project funded by HRSA, DHHS, HRSA). She has lectured extensively on a national level on simulation, perianesthesia and informatics, and has spoken     internationally at the Cuban Nursing Congress in Havana, Cuba, the British Anesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association Conference in Hove, England, the ICN     Congress in Taipei, Taiwan, the IMIA-NI International Congress in Seoul, Korea, the ICN Congress in Yokohama Japan, the Sigma Theta Tau International     Research Conference in Vienna, Austria, the ICN Congress in South Africa, and others.