Renee Walsh is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Emergency at Mudgee Hospital, Western NSW Local Health District, with eleven years of emergency nursing experience all across rural ED settings. She holds postgraduate qualifications including a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Clinical Nursing in Emergency Nursing, and is currently a Nurse Practitioner candidate with Flinders University. Renee also works as a sessional academic with Charles Sturt University. Her professional interests sit at the intersection of clinical practice and systems improvement, with a particular focus on enabling emergency nurses to deliver evidence-informed care in rural and regional contexts. Managing the Wait is her first formal research project as lead author, conducted in collaboration with academic and clinical colleagues across Western NSW and the University of Sydney.