Contributors

Karen S. Martin, RN, MSN, FAAN. Karen is a health care consultant. She was employed at the Visiting Nurse Association of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska from 1978-1993. During those years, she was the principal investigator of the Omaha System research projects and author of numerous, related publications. Since 1993, Karen has offered consultation services to prospective, new, and experienced multidisciplinary users in practice and academic settings nationally and globally. She is also a consultant to software vendors. Karen conducts workshops, writes for publication, is the author of the 2005 Omaha System book, is the chair of the Omaha System advisory board, and has been co-chairing the Omaha System international conferences since 2001.

Victoria L. Elfrink, RN, BC, PhD. Vicky is a clinical assistant professor of nursing at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, an Associate with iTeleHealth, Inc., Frederick, Maryland, and an adjunct professor at UNITEC-New Zealand. She was the project manager for FITNE's Nightingale Tracker, a computerized communication system developed for use in community-focused nursing education and based on the Omaha System. Vicky has written numerous articles about education and information technology. She is the past co-chair and a former member of the American Nurses Association Committee for Nursing Practice Information Infrastructure. Vicky authored a chapter in the 2005 Omaha System book, is a member of the Omaha System advisory board, and co-chaired the 2001 and 2003 Omaha System international conferences.

Karen A. Monsen, RN, PhD. Karen is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. Her expertise is in public health nursing and nursing informatics. Karen leads Omaha System user groups in Minnesota. She has worked extensively with local and state health departments with documentation issues and data management. Her dissertation linked public health nursing interventions with client outcomes using the Omaha System. Karen is the author of numerous publications and chapter in the 2005 Omaha System book, has spoken at many national meetings, is a member of the Omaha System advisory board, and has been a co-chair of the Omaha System international conferences since 2005.