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About the Authors

Caroline Varner Coburn, DNP, MS, APRN, ANP-BC

Caroline Varner Coburn earned her BSN from Duke Univer sity, MS from Georgia State University, Adult Nurse Practi tioner certification from Emory University, and DNP from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She currently holds the position of clinical associate professor at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Her academic focus is ambulatory nursing and interprofes sional collaboration for education of undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate nurses in a domestic and global context. In support of these academic interests, she is actively involved in a collaborative relationship between the Emory School of

Nursing and a nongovernmental organization in The Bahamas. As part of a national taskforce for the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing, she participated in the development of guidelines for academic–clinical collaboration in ambulatory care.

Deena Gilland, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Deena Gilland is the vice president of Patient Services and chief nursing officer of Emory Healthcare’s Ambulatory Prac tice and an instructor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. Prior to her current role she served as the director of Oncology Services for the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Gilland has dedicated the past decade to establish ing a national model and structure for nursing practice in

an ambulatory care setting. Her work centers on nursing optimization and illuminating the value of nursing. Gilland impacted nursing practice by developing an ambulatory nursing organizational structure with senior nursing options, optimizing the ability of nurses to impact the health of our population. Her innovative work to develop a prelicensure nursing student path into ambulatory nursing, along with creating methods to induct them through a nurse residency, has advanced the profession nationwide and forged a path for nurses in the ambulatory care. Gilland received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Health Systems Leadership and her MSN in Healthcare Leadership from the Emory School of Nursing, and her BSN was obtained from Georgia College. She completed the Managing Healthcare Delivery program at the Harvard Business School and is a fellow of the CNO Academy. She currently serves on the board of directors for the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN).

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