Miriam A. Sward, DNP, is an Assistant Professor for the Graduate Nursing Program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She is a dual board-certified Adult Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Her clinical interests include helping people process adverse childhood experiences, introducing psychiatric advanced directive into Wisconsin, and reducing polypharmacy. She helped to develop a mental health nursing online textbook for Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC). And created the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner BSN to DNP track at UWEC. Drawing on over 18 years of experience in the nursing field in a multitude of roles, Dr. Sward uses her knowledge and expertise to teach practitioners the art and science of advanced nursing practice.