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Sherry Lynn Jones, EdD, RN, MS, is a registered nurse, QMPH, and retired paramedic with more than 30 years of combined experience in EMS, trauma center ERs, and psych/corrections nursing (in chorus with civilian and paramilitary CISM response). A now retired lieutenant colonel with Civil Air Patrol, Auxiliary of the USAF’s Total Force, Sherry was one of the key architects in introducing and developing CAP’s CISM Program. She served as CAP’s National CISM Director, providing training, staff development, and strategic responses that included air crashes and Joint Task Force Katrina. Sherry’s education includes a doctorate in adult education and a master’s degree in psychology specializing in crisis management and response. Her dissertation, Nurses’ Occupational Trauma Exposure, Resilience, and Coping Education, revealed gaps in nurses’ training and practice, particularly regarding self-care, exposing the need for improved resilience education and practice for emergency workers. Sherry is the author of a Trauma Junkie anthology, has published in numerous books, magazines, and journals, is an ICISF Approved Instructor for multiple courses, and is active as a board member emerita of the Michigan Crisis Response Association (MCRA). Sherry lives in Michigan and works as a behavioral health nurse case manager. |