AACN Greater Memphis Area Chapter Annual Seminar September 26, 2025

In addition to her work with AACN, Jennifer's areas of research include trauma prevention and system development, rapid response teams and critical care/trauma advances in hemorrhagic shock. She has lectured on the critical care NP model, trauma resuscitation and management, and received numerous awards, including the March of Dimes Critical Care Nurse of the Year, the Excellence in Leadership Award for Emory School of Nursing Faculty and Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice from her BSN alma mater in 2024. In addition, she was inducted as a Fellow in 2021 to the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Mary Kay Bader, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, CCNS has over 45 years of y experience with an emphasis in neuroscience/ICU. She has lectured nationally and internationally on traumatic brain injury (TBI), targeted temperature management (TTM), intracranial pressure (ICP), spinal cord injury, aneurysm, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), novel anticoagulants in the presence of intracranial hemorrhage and stroke. Mary Kay was honored as a Fellow for NCS in October 2013 and currently sits on the Board of Directors.

Barbara McLean has been in critical care practice for 35 years. She functions as an independent, inter-national Critical Care Practice Consultant. She participates as part of the critical care team as an objective observer of patient care, guiding with classroom and bedside education as well as consults. Her practice is enriched with her Guest Lecture activity at the Emory University School of Medicine and as a Clinical Faculty member of the Emory University School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms McLean is a member of many professional organizations including the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the American Association of Surgery and Trauma. She has been awarded the excellence in education award by the AACN and the SCCM has presented her with presidential citations for her volunteer efforts. She has also authored or co-authored numerous journal articles, abstracts and book chapters and has made more than 2000 presentations nationally and internationally. Her research has been focused on blood flow and oxygenation and she continues to expand her knowledge every day in her international clinical practice.

Susan Cooper, MSN, RN, FAAN, is the chief integration officer at Regional One Health. Appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen in 2007, Cooper served as the Commissioner of the Department of Health, State of Tennessee, for five years. In 2011, Cooper transitioned to the Governor’s Office, working on health and wellness related special projects.