Column Editor
About the Author
Patricia Nash graduated with a BS in nursing from St. Louis University. She received her neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) certificate in 1989 from St. John's Mercy Medical Center and her master's degree in nursing in 1995 from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Ms. Nash has worked in the NICU for 30 years in various roles, including staff nurse, transport nurse, nurse educator, and NNP manager. She is currently working as a staff NNP in the NICU at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri.