Melissa is a registered nurse with over 16 years of experience, with a background in maternal/infant nursing, sexual assault/domestic violence, pediatrics and child advocacy. She has a MSN in nursing education, has obtained additional training as a sexual assault nurse examiner and a certification in pediatric nursing. Melissa has been at Children’s Nebraska for over 9 years in the Child Advocacy Team and Foster Care Program. She successfully completed an EBP fellowship with a focus on abusive head trauma and presented her work on the implementation of an abusive head trauma prevention program at the national SPN conference.