Dr. Wiggins received her BSN degree and her MSN degree from UNMC College of Nursing in Omaha, NE. She completed her PhD. in Nursing from the University of Colorado Health Science Center, School of Nursing in Denver, CO. Currently she is an Associate Professor of Nursing at UNMC College of Nursing. Her clinical background includes pediatric acute, ambulatory, and child and adolescent mental/behavioral health nursing. Her research is focused on pain and symptom management in both pediatric acute and chronic conditions. At the CON she teaches graduate course work in systems improvement and innovation. In addition, she mentors graduate students in the DNP program. In her practice role she serves as a Nurse Scientist at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center Omaha, NE. The Nurse Scientist role continues her opportunities to mentor pediatric nurses in research and publications related to clinical pediatric nursing care. She developed and teaches the clinical research nursing fellowship at Children’s. Her commitment to pediatric nursing continues in her service role. Currently she serves on the Clinical Practice and Research Committee and a recently formed research task force of the Society of Pediatric Nurses. This task force includes pediatric nurse scientists, researchers, clinicians, and faculty from pediatric hospitals and academic medical centers across the U.S. The research focus of this task force includes the mental and behavioral nursing care of children admitted for care in pediatric acute care hospitals and emergency departments across the U.S.