Monica J. Wells, BSN, RN-BC, CCRN has been named the Director of Special Care Services, which includes the Intensive Care Unit and the Intermediate Care Unit at Lower Keys Medical Center (LKMC). Wells comes to Key West from Jacksonville, Florida where she managed the ongoing education and regulatory compliance for the Trauma-Surgical and Neuroscience ICUs as well as the Rapid Response Team and Critical Care Float Pool at Shands Medical Center for 6 years. She was also a staff nurse in the Trauma-Surgical ICU for 3 years at Shands, ultimately stepping into the role of Clinical Nurse Educator for the unit.Valerie Mullins, RN, CEN, EMT-P has been named Director of Education at LKMC. She has been with LKMC for four years and in that time she has worked as an emergency services nurse, nursing supervisor, admissions nurse and most recently the interim education manager. Mullins has been a nurse for 21 years and her background is in ICU, ER, trauma and flight nursing.
