Tara Karels
Director of Nursing, Central Lakes College, USA
Biography
Tara Karels started her career in nursing, working with prenatal education, labor, delivery, and postpartum care. Her passion for improving patient care led her to travel worldwide training childbirth educators and doulas. To increase her impact on quality patient care, Tara moved into a college setting, teaching future nurses. Today, she continues to teaching at the college as well as with Rural Comprehensive Advanced Life Support (CALS). Tara has also returned to the bedside and works as a staff nurse at a local critical access hospital. Tara continues to serve her local community with presenting on topics related to self-care and healing while finishing her first of three memoirs. Through her own life experiences and her work with woman in recovery, Tara’s passion for helping others is at the forefront in all she does. Tara uses her own experiences to leave her audience laughing, crying, and feeling empowered to create change.
Abstract
Abstract : Caring for the Caregiver