Joyce Black, PhD RN CWCN FAAN

Joyce is a full professor of nursing at University of Nebraska College of Nursing, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, an internationally published expert in pressure injury prevention, a Certified Wound Care Nurse, a veteran editor of the Luckman and Sorenson Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing, and the founder of the specialty of plastic surgical nursing. Joyce is a nurse’s nurse, having taught and mentored many nursing students, researchers, physicians, and healthcare innovators. She has served as president of the NPIAP and reviewer for the 2014 and 2019International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment. A constant Diogenes of Nursing, Joyce is always searching for “Best Practice in Patient Care.”