Cheryl Green, PhD, DNP, RN, LCSW, CNL, CNE, ACUE, MAC, FAPA is an Associate Professor at Southern Connecticut State University within the School of Nursing and an Off-Shift Nurse Leader at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Green has been a registered nurse for over 32 years and a licensed clinical social worker for over 28 years. Areas of research include: Incivility, mental illness, medication error prevention, medical-surgical health issues, incivility and discrimination, prayer and spirituality, self-care, distraction, stress and anxiety, nursing education, death and dying, health disparities, addictions, simulation, and mindfulness.