From Bedside Nurse to Doctor of Nursing Practice
A practical and inspiring look at career growth, confidence, education, and building a nursing path with purpose.
Healthcare speaker · Nurse practitioner · Clinical leader
Helping nurses lead without losing themselves.
Josette Perrone, DNP, MSN-Ed, FNP-C, RN brings 18 years of emergency, trauma, nursing education, and communication experience to healthcare audiences ready for practical, clinically grounded inspiration.
- 18 yrs
- Clinical experience
- ED
- Trauma care
- DNP
- Burnout research
Speaking with clinical credibility
Grounded in the real career path nurses understand.
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 nurse audiences, healthcare teams, students, advanced practice clinicians, and leaders who need renewed confidence, safer working cultures, and a clearer path through the pressure of modern healthcare.
Signature topics
Talks that meet nurses where they are.
Burnout, Resilience, and Sustainable Emergency Care
Lessons from Josette’s DNP capstone work helping ED staff mitigate burnout and strengthen resilience markers.
Clinical Confidence for Advanced Practice
Lessons for nurse practitioners and emerging clinicians navigating responsibility, judgment, and leadership.
Teaching, Mentorship, and Clinical Judgment
A nurse educator’s approach to student-centered learning, simulation, case studies, and safe practice behaviors.
Patient Advocacy and Compassionate Leadership
Turning clinical experience into stronger communication, better advocacy, and calmer teams.
Healthcare 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.
Emergency Department / Trauma Registered Nurse
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.
Clinical Nurse Educator
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.
Emergency department burnout and resilience
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.
Television production and media communication
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 nurses, patients, and learners.
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DNP
Doctor of Nursing Practice
MSN-Ed
Nursing education and online instruction
ED/Trauma
High-acuity clinical foundation
Clinical writing
Healthcare worker safety, burnout, education, and advocacy.
Explore practical reflections shaped around the themes Josette cares about: safer teams, resilient nurses, better teaching, and healthcare cultures that support the people doing the work.
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