TeamPeds Talks newest series, focused on Nurse Practitioner Leadership and Career Development, is brought to you by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. This series of podcasts includes inspiring and thought-provoking conversations with expert leaders in pediatric health care with a focus on advancing career development and leading change. This series is hosted by Dr. Andrea Kline-Tilford, NAPNAP’s Executive Board President.

Andrea Kline-Tilford, PhD, CPNP-AC is an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with significant clinical experience in pediatric critical care and pediatric cardiac surgery. She is the NAPNAP Executive Board President and the Professional Issues Department Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Health Care.  She is the co-editor of two books: Lippincott Certification Review: Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. She has presented internationally on topics of pediatric acute care and pediatric advanced practice nursing, with many publications in these areas. She is an advocate for children and proud mother of two.

This episode's guests are Sarah Martin and Dawn Garzon.

This episode of TeamPeds Talks features a conversion with two pediatric nurse practitioner experts on professional writing and publishing. The thought of writing and publishing can be overwhelming and intimidating for health care providers. Tune in to hear a conversation with two experts, Dr. Dawn Garzon and Sarah Martin as they share insights on how to get started and tips of getting to the finish line when publishing in journals and books.

Sarah Martin has worked in pediatric acute and critical care for over 37 years. She received her baccalaureate degree from the University of Rochester, her M.S. from Northwestern University and postmaster's PCCNP and Primary Care PNP from Rush University in Chicago. She is currently enrolled in the Rush University Transformative Leadership: Systems DNP Program. Sarah works at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, as a Nurse Practitioner for the Division of Pediatric Surgery caring for inpatients. She is currently the associate editor for the Journal of Pediatric Health Care.