Melanie Duffy, MSN, RN, CCRN, CCNS is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Critical Care at Pinnacle Health System, Harrisburg, PA and Adjunct Faculty at Widener University, Chester, PA. She is a past president of NACNS and co-chairs the Legislative/Regulatory Committee of NACNS. She is a member of other professional organizations including the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), Sigma Theta Tau, and the American Nurses Association (ANA). Her professional influence has been in promoting the role, practice and leadership aspects of the Clinical Nurse Specialist. She has been an acti