Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot, 3rd Edition

Elayne Sugar-Karrel, RN, MSN, earned her BSN and MSN at the Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis. She has practiced for more than 20 years at the Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. She has lectured nationally and internationally, and has published extensively in nursing and medical journals and books. She has served on various hospital and community-wide committees. She was the chairperson for the Clinical Specialist Committee, and a professional member of the Illinois Spina Bifida Association. She has designed and conducted numerous research studies, developed numerous patient educational tools, and organized support groups and educational conferences. Elayne enjoys spending time with her family, including her husband and 10-year-old son.

Marcie Scott, MSN, RN, is a nurse planner at Western Schools. Marcie has a master’s degree in cardiovascular nursing and more than 25 years of professional nursing experience. Marcie has most recently served as the co-director of certification and education at the International Association of Forensic Nurses, where she assessed members’ continuing education needs and developed online activities. She also served as a senior editor with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). At the ANCC, some of Marcie’s responsibilities included developing and conducting item writing workshops for nursing content experts and editing items for ANCC credentialing examinations. While completing her graduate nursing program, Marcie held a clinical nursing position on a cardiothoracic intensive care unit with the Washington Hospital Center’s Heart program. Later, as a program manager with a health maintenance organization, Marcie conducted health education seminars and developed disease management and health promotion materials.