Lisa J. Nichols BSN, RN, CCRN, CPST is the Trauma Program Manager at Dell Children’s in Austin, Texas. Previously she served as the Trauma Program Manager at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Lisa has worked as the Trauma Program Manager for the past 7 years. In this role, Lisa developed the trauma program at Children’s toward the goal of becoming a verified level 2 pediatric trauma center—a goal which the hospital achieved in 2012. In this role, Lisa has helped to develop the injury prevention program. This program is dedicated to decreasing injuries to children as identified by Children’s trauma registry. Prior to this role, Lisa had worked for over 20 years as a staff nurse and nursing supervisor caring for children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units and Emergency Departments at Children’s as well as other hospitals around the country as a travelling nurse. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from the University of Iowa. She is also certified as a critical care nurse and child passenger safety technician. Lisa is involved in many different local/state/regional/national committees as they relate to pediatric trauma. Lisa has extensive experience in educating health care providers about the care of pediatrics. She helped develop a pediatrics education course for critical access hospitals and EMS providers in Nebraska. Of note, she lectured for the national Society of Trauma Nurses pediatric pre-conference in 2013 and 2014 and also served as the key note speaker for the St. Louis Children’s Trauma Symposium in 2014. Lisa was given the “Hero of Nursing for Community Service” award in 2011. In 2014, Lisa was named Nebraska March of Dimes Nurse of the Year for Mentoring and Leadership.