Analyzing Pandemics The Role of Nurses

PRESENTATION December 3, 2020

Speaker / Author

Shelly Schwedhelm, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Executive Director of Emergency Management and Biopreparedness at Nebraska Medicine

Shelly Schwedhelm is the Executive Director of Emergency Management and Biopreparedness at Nebraska Medicine (NM), with operational accountability for the Biocontainment Unit and National Quarantine Unit in addition to several state, regional and national biopreparedness grants.  Shelly had overall accountability for unit operations and logistics during the care of repatriated Americans with Ebola virus disease in 2014-15.  During the past several months, she lead efforts in collaboration with local, state and federal partners to support quarantine missions for repatriated Americans from Wuhan China and others returning from the Diamond Princess cruise ship from Japan who required care for COVID 19.  ... Read More