Biography:
Melissa Goad is a doctor of nursing practice–prepared nurse with over 20 years of experience in psychiatric and mental health services. She serves as a clinical practice specialist, where she advances evidence-based care and develops policies for behavioral health areas at a healthcare facility in North Carolina. Her professional interests include reducing workplace violence, minimizing restrictive interventions, and promoting trauma-informed care to improve outcomes for both patients and staff.
Title : Healing beyond symptoms: Transforming inpatient psychiatry through trauma informed care
Title : Predict, prevent, protect: Implementing DASA YV to reduce aggression in child and adolescent inpatient psychiatry