Lynne Conrad, RNC, MSN, MHA, is currently employed as Patient Progressions Coordinator at Albert Einstein Medical Center. She also is a Clinical Editor for Springhouse Corporation and has taught nursing theory at Holy Family College and worked as an instructor in the School of Nursing at Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Linda Chitwood, RN, CRNA, MS, has been a practicing nurse for many years. She is currently president of Media Medical Inc., a health-care media service, based in Memphis, Tennessee. She has many years experience writing for the medical profession. She has published articles in Health Care News and Nursing. She has written on many subjects, such as anesthesiology, gynecology, pediatrics, and pain.

Maxine Karpen, RN, writes extensively in the fields of nursing, medicine, health and fitness for professional as well as lay readers. She is a contributing editor to Nursing Spectrum and writes regularly for the Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery, AIDS Patient Care and Medical Post. She was one of the contributing writers to The Complete Home Health Guide of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.