Kathleen M. Vollman, MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FCNS, FAAN, is a critical care clinical nurse specialist and consultant. She has published and lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of pulmonary, critical care, work culture, and sepsis topics, as well as on prevention of health care acquired injuries, including pressure injury and CAUTIs/CLALBSIs and other HAIs. She serves as a subject matter expert on these topics for the American Hospital Association and Michigan Hospital Association. 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 better skills, attainment of greater knowledge, and implementation of process improvement.