Kathleen M. Vollman
Biography:
Kathleen M. Vollman MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FCNS, FAAN
Kathleen Vollman is a critical care clinical nurse specialist and consultant. She has published and lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of pulmonary, critical care, prevention of healthcare-acquired injuries, work culture, and sepsis recognition and management. From 1989 to 2003, she functioned in the role of clinical nurse specialist for the Medical ICUs at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Michigan. Currently, her company, ADVANCING NURSING LLC, is focused on creating empowered work environments for healthcare practitioners through the acquisition of greater skills, knowledge, and process improvement. Vollman is a subject-matter expert for the prevention of VAE, CAUTI, CLABSI, and HAPI, as well as sepsis recognition/ management and the culture of safety for the American Hospital Association and the Michigan Hospital Association. In 2012, she was appointed to serve as an honorary ambassador to the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses and is currently the financial director.
