Qualified Planners/Faculty
Stephanie Kay Cox, BSN, RN, SRNA
Stephanie Kay Cox is a graduate student in the Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Program at AdventHealth University. Stephanie began her medical career as a cashier in the hospital cafeteria at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville Florida. There she learned the joy of working with patients and medical professionals alike. Soon she was able to complete her BSN in nursing at University of Central Florida and become a registered nurse. Stephanie continued her career working in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at Advent Health for 2 years and in the Advanced Cardiac Surgical Unit for an additional year. Stephanie has always displayed a passion for knowledge and education. During her BSN Nursing degree, she competed her honors thesis in Pre-Licensure Nursing Student Attitudes Toward Physician-Assisted Suicide. Additionally, she worked for a year as a preceptor and mentor during her nursing career. Currently, Stephanie is working on personally advancing her own education. She was able to successfully apply and enter the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Program at Advent Health where she now continues her studies hoping to increase her knowledge and understand of the medical profession.
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Whitney Hintze, BSN, RN, SRNA
Whitney Noelle Hintze is a graduate student in the Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Program at AdventHealth University. Whitney received her BS in Chemistry from the University of Florida. After a few years, Whitney realized her passion of working with people, and went back to school to become a nurse. She attended Seminole State College for her ANL, while concurrently attending the University of Central Florida to acquire her BSN. Whitney started her nursing career at Advent Health, working on the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and worked there for over two years. Whitney is excited to continue to enhance her knowledge and education.
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Revisioning Author: Jill Mason, EdD, DNAP, MSN, CRNA, APRN, COI, FAANA
Dr. Mason is the Chair/ Program Director for the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Program at AdventHealth University in Orlando. She was born in Peoria, Illinois but moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil when she was 12 yrs. old. She became fluent in Portuguese the year she graduated from HS in 1988. After high school, she moved back to the U.S. after graduation where she enlisted into the USAF as an allergy/immunology technician/EMT/medic for 4 years and was stationed at Joint Andrews Base, Maryland, the President’s Air Force Base. After the Gulf War she got off Active Duty and returned to Illinois where she did 2 more years in the Peoria, Illinois Air National Guard unit as a medic. She went to the University of Illinois at Chicago for her BSN degree and worked in the transplant unit at UIC Medical Center as a student nurse. Graduating Cum Laude she went to work at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL) as an ICU nurse in a Medical Oncology Unit, then MICU, and then in CCU. She began Nurse Anesthesia School in Chicago at a program that started as Ravenswood School of Nurse Anesthesia but graduated as Evanston Northwestern University School of Nurse Anesthesia in 2002. She moved to Greenville, South Carolina where her parents lived, and practiced nurse anesthesia for the next 20 years. She worked the first 10 years in (2) Level I Trauma Centers and became the Nurse Anesthesia Educator at both. She spent the next 10 years in an outpatient surgery center where she worked on getting her DNAP degree and completed in 2015, as well as a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), which she finished in May 2022. She has served on several state and national committees and was elected President of South Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists in 2019-2020. She served on the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Government Relations Committee for 3 years and the Journal of the AANA. She has published 5 times and won the SC CRN Research of the Year award.
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Christina Monti, BSN, RN, SRNA
Christina Monti is presently a graduate student completing her Doctoral degree at AdventHealth University within the Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Program. Christina’s love for nursing originated from a young age, leading her to enroll at the University of Central Florida for her BSN in nursing. After graduating with her BSN in 2018 and retrieving her RN license, she was hired to begin her career at the Cardiovascular ICU at AdventHealth Orlando, where she worked for three years. During her time there, she also worked within the Advanced Cardiac Surgical Unit. Various roles during her time on the unit included Advanced Preceptor for the department and Second Charge RN. She also took on becoming a preceptor for oncoming new hires. As her passion for nursing grew, so did her desire to continue her education to serve patients better. She went through a vigorous application process and was accepted into her current position as a student in the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Program at AdventHealth.
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*There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity.
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