APRN
University of Kentucky
Melissa Soper, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC is an acute care nurse practitioner in the Division of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, KY. She graduated in 2011 from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing with her Master's of Science in Nursing and is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Nursing Executive Leadership at her alma mater. She has 13 years of experience as an ACNP that include her current practice in the cardiovascular ICU and prior work experiences in nephrology, pulmonology and critical care medicine. Her area of interests include: promoting advanced practice provider wellness and well-being initiatives, process improvement for employee onboarding and retention, post-intensive care syndrome, and mechanical cardiac and respiratory support therapies.