Allison Plata, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CMSRN, EBP-C | Rebecca Varkett, MSN, APRN, AGCNS,-BC, CMSRN

Allison Plata is a Clinical Nurse Specialist for medical/surgical and progressive care at Summa Health. She recently graduated from Kent State University with her Master of Science in Nursing. Allison holds national certifications in Certified Medical Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) and Evidence Based Practice (EBP-C). Allison is active on both local and national committees: the NEOCNS Steering committee as a student member and the NextGen Committee for NACNS. She has been a nurse since 2015 and prior to that she was a high school science teacher and EMT-Basic/Firefighter. Her passion has been to merge her love for teaching/mentoring with nursing which is her motivation for obtaining her Clinical Nurse Specialist. 

Rebecca Varkett, MSN, APRN, AGCNS,-BC, CMSRN  is a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Medical-Surgical and Progressive Care Units at Summa Health System.