Resilience speaker · Nurse practitioner · Clinical leader

Helping teams lead without losing themselves.

Josette Perrone, DNP, MSN-Ed, FNP-C, RN brings 18 years of emergency, trauma, nursing education, and communication experience to audiences that need practical tools for resilience, burnout prevention, and healthier team communication.

18 yrs
Clinical experience
ED
Trauma care
DNP
Burnout research
Conferences Workforce events Healthcare teams Leadership retreats Professional development

Speaking with clinical credibility

Built for high-pressure teams that cannot afford burnout.

Josette’s story spans the full climb of nursing practice: BSN-prepared registered nurse, master’s-prepared nurse educator, family nurse practitioner, and Doctor of Nursing Practice. Her work has moved between high-acuity emergency care, trauma response, nursing education, online learning, and professional communication.

Her talks are designed for healthcare audiences and broader professional teams that need renewed confidence, safer working cultures, stronger communication, and a clearer path through pressure without asking people to simply push harder.

Audience outcomes

What teams leave with.

Josette’s sessions are built for practical transfer: language, habits, and clinical framing that teams, educators, and leaders can use after the event is over.

01

Clearer communication under pressure

Shared language for escalation, handoffs, debriefing, and speaking up before risk becomes normalized.

02

More sustainable work practices

Practical ways to discuss burnout, recovery, boundaries, and resilience without making endurance the individual’s private burden.

03

Stronger confidence under pressure

Frameworks that help people connect experience, evidence, judgment, advocacy, and professional growth.

04

Better teaching and mentorship habits

Concrete approaches for supporting students, novice nurses, and emerging advanced-practice clinicians.

Josette Perrone leading a nursing education workshop
Professional development that feels practical, human, and clinically grounded.
Josette Perrone in a healthcare leadership setting
Advanced practice perspective with a bedside foundation.

Signature topics

Talks for teams carrying real pressure.

03

Clinical Confidence for Advanced Practice

Lessons for nurse practitioners and emerging clinicians navigating responsibility, judgment, and leadership.

05

Patient Advocacy and Compassionate Leadership

Turning clinical experience into stronger communication, better advocacy, and calmer teams.

06

Communication Under Pressure

Drawing from nursing and television production to translate complex ideas clearly in high-pressure environments.

Work history and education

Clinical depth, educator skill, and communication range.

2013-current

Emergency Department / Trauma Registered Nurse

Northridge Hospital · Northridge, CA

Provides high-acuity emergency and trauma nursing care in a Level II Trauma Center, coordinating rapid assessment, stabilization, interdisciplinary interventions, and real-time clinical decision support.

2021-current

Clinical Nurse Educator

College of the Canyons · Valencia, CA

Instructs and mentors first-semester nursing students in foundational concepts, clinical judgment, safe practice behaviors, and theory-to-practice learning through online and live-online instruction.

DNP capstone

Emergency department burnout and resilience

Doctor of Nursing Practice project

Led a capstone project focused on mitigating ED staff burnout, analyzing pre- and post-intervention data and presenting findings to departmental leadership to inform retention and resilience strategies.

1998-2008

Television production and media communication

Producer and production roles

Built a communication foundation through broadcast and television production work before entering nursing, strengthening her ability to translate complex ideas for real audiences.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Chamberlain University · 2026
Family Nurse Practitioner Chamberlain University · 2024
Master of Science in Nursing Education Western Governors University · 2021
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Nevada State College · 2012
Master of Science in Communication University of Nevada, Las Vegas · 2005
Bachelor of Science in Psychology Mount Saint Mary’s University · 2002

About Josette

A speaker with the clinical range to connect across the room.

Josette Perrone, DNP, MSN-Ed, FNP-C, RN has built her career through emergency and trauma nursing, advanced clinical training, nursing education, and communication. She has cared for patients in high-acuity settings, mentored novice nurses and travel staff, taught nursing students, and studied burnout mitigation through doctoral work.

Her teaching philosophy is built around psychological safety, active learning, role modeling, mentorship, and making complex ideas accessible. Her speaking style is warm, direct, practical, and rooted in the real experiences of people doing difficult work under pressure.

Read the Clinical Blog
Josette Perrone in a healthcare conference lobby conversation
DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice
MSN-Ed Nursing education and online instruction
ED/Trauma High-acuity clinical foundation

Clinical writing

Burnout, resilience, communication, and safer work cultures.

Explore practical reflections shaped around the themes Josette cares about: safer teams, resilient professionals, better teaching, and workplace cultures that support the people doing the work.

Read the Insights
Josette Perrone in a healthcare team setting

Quick answers

Speaking for resilient teams.

Short answers for event planners, leaders, and conference teams evaluating Josette as a speaker.

Who is Josette Perrone?

Josette Perrone, DNP, MSN-Ed, FNP-C, RN is a speaker, family nurse practitioner, nurse educator, and emergency/trauma registered nurse.

What does she speak about?

Her talks cover burnout, resilience, communication clarity, sustainable leadership, team safety, healthcare culture, patient advocacy, mentorship, and advanced practice nursing.

What audiences are a strong fit?

Conferences, healthcare organizations, nursing schools, leadership retreats, workforce development programs, and professional development teams are strong fits.

How do you book her?

Use the booking inquiry form with the event type, format, audience size, location, desired topic, date, organization, and goals for the session.

Does she offer virtual sessions?

Yes. Josette can be considered for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, including conferences, academic programs, staff development sessions, and leadership programs.

What should planners include?

Share the format, date, location, audience size, budget range if known, desired topic, organization name, and the outcomes the audience should leave with.

Booking inquiries

Bring Josette to your next event.

Use this section for conferences, healthcare events, leadership retreats, academic events, workforce development programs, and professional development sessions.

  • Keynotes and breakout sessions
  • Healthcare, education, and workforce programs
  • Leadership and staff development
  • Custom talks for your audience
Josette Perrone in a professional conference conversation