Adam Sheaks

Adam Sheaks teaches clinical for several courses in the Baldwin Wallace nursing program. He also teaches the final Nursing Concepts course, which focuses on advanced medical-surgical concepts.

His nursing experience is in critical care and emergency. He worked primarily at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in the emergency department and has experience traveling to emergency departments throughout Cleveland, the state of Ohio and other states.

He has taught clinical for other nursing programs prior to joining Baldwin Wallace University. He has served on many hospital committees and as the president-elect of the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association.

Professional Development

Emergency Nurses Association, National Conference (2019-2021)

Presentations

COVID: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Nursing in 2020 (December 2020). Lakeland Community College. Kirtland, Ohio.

Building a Shared Governance Committee to Improve Nursing Engagement (August 2020). Cleveland Clinic, Beachwood, Ohio.

State of the Emergency Department (July 2019). Nursing Practice Council, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio.

Professional Memberships

• Emergency Nurses Association
• National League for Nursing
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), American Heart Association
• Board Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN), Board of Certification for Emergency Nurses
• Trauma Nursing Core Curriculum (TNCC), Emergency Nurses Association
• Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC), Emergency Nurses Association
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIH-SS)
• Vascular Access Resource Nurse (VARN)
• Non-Abusive Psychological and Physical Intervention (NAPPI)