Abstract:
Dr. Donna Lake is a clinical associate professor in the East Carolina University College of Nursing and Brody School of Medicine, and a retired Colonel in the United States Air Force Nurse Corps. After twenty-five years serving in the military, Lake works in the front lines of nursing to change the way health care providers are trained so that they work as a team. Currently, she is working on ways to help military nurses transition to academic faculty positions and to prepare nurses for hospital leadership.