Heather Swift, MSN, RN, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Tennessee Wesleyan University, where she has taught since 2015. She brings over 20 years of healthcare experience spanning clinical areas of emergency, perioperative, critical care and community health. Indirect care includes clinical informatics- specializing in EMR and CPOE implementation and healthcare consultant roles developing protocols and onboarding materials for major healthcare systems.

Beyond the classroom, Ms. Swift is a frequent contributor to nursing education publications, writing about trauma-informed teaching and addressing adverse childhood experiences and violence and their profound impacts on health and wellness. She is passionate about holistic, trauma-informed nursing education and preparing nurses to provide compassionate, evidence-based care to vulnerable and underserved populations.