Karen Hertz is a registered nurse with extensive experience of clinical practice in a wide range of acute hospital settings with a focus on orthopedic/trauma and orthogeriatric nursing as well as all aspects of adult nursing. She has developed a clinical career in the role of Advanced Nurse Practitioner in which she provides patient focused care, using advanced assessments skills and nurse prescribing privileges to provide autonomous clinical practice for patients within a trauma unit in a large University Hospital. She has a track record of national and international networking that includes membership of various boards and committees relevant to her practice and has co-authored several book chapters. She was the co-editor of the first Fragility Fracture Nursing Book.
Dr. Julie Santy-Tomlinson is a registered nurse with long standing clinical interests in orthopedic and trauma nursing and nursing care of the older adult. As well as a clinical nursingcareer, she worked in nursing education in the UK for more than 20 years. She is Emeritus Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing and has authored, co-authored, and co-edited numerous journal papers, clinical guidelines, books, and book chapters.