Connie A. Walleck, RN, MS, CNRN, is the Nursing Supervisor of the Neurotrauma Unit at the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services System, Baltimore, Maryland. Until recently, she was a Clinical Nurse Educator at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. She has published more than 25 articles and has presented conferences and workshops on Neuroscience Nursing both nationally and internationally. In the past she has been President of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.