Our Speaker:

Michele DeGrazia PhD, RN, NNP-BC, FAAN

Since joining Boston Children’s Hospital in 2005, Dr. DeGrazia has played a number of key roles across the institution. In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, she maintains an active clinical practice as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and serves as the unit-based Director of Nursing Research. Within the Department of Cardiovascular Critical Care Services, Dr. DeGrazia serves as the Nurse Education and Support Team (NEST) lead. This innovative team concept engages nurses encountering morally and ethically challenging situations to provide just in time support with the focus of promoting a morally resilient workforce. At the institutional level, Dr. DeGrazia serves as co-chair for the Nurse Executive Committee for Research and Inquiry and chair for the Nursing Research Council. Both provide support and oversight for nursing clinical inquiry. In her role as an executive producer for OPENPediatrics, Dr. DeGrazia facilitates best practices in pediatric care, through the Nursing World Shared Practice forum. Dr. DeGrazia’s faculty appointment is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.