About the Author

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN, is Dean and Professor, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University. Dr. Melnyk is an internationally recognized expert in evidence-based practice, intervention research and child and adolescent mental health. Her accomplishments include over 11 million dollars of sponsored funding from federal agencies as principal investigator and over 150 publications. She is co-editor of the well known book, Evidence-based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice and the KySS Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Screening, Early Intervention and Health Promotion. She is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences and has consulted with health care systems throughout the globe on how to implement and sustain evidence-based practice. Dr. Melnyk is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the National Academies of Practice, and currently serves as one of only two nurse practitioners on the United States Preventive Services Task Force. She also serves as co-editor of Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing and is founder and chair of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' KySS Program, a national initiative to promote the mental health of children and teens. Dr. Melnyk has received numerous national and international awards, including the Audrey Hepburn Award from Sigma Theta Tau International and the Jessie Scott Award from the American Nurses Association for the improvement of healthcare quality through the integration of research, education and practice. She has been recognized twice as an Edge Runner by the American Academy of Nursing.

Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, WHNP, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN is Dean of the University of South Florida College of Nursing and Senior Associate Vice President of USF Health Systems.