Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN, is a registered nurse whose nursing career primarily focused on newborn and pediatric intensive care. As a health and medical writer, her work has appeared in a wide range of consumer publications and professional journals including Scientific American, The Lancet, the American Journal of Nursing, Prevention, and The Washington Post.

Roxanne holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Catholic University of America and has earned several awards for excellence in journalism. This New York City native now lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.