Nursing Care Conference 2nd Global Edition

Lauren Mezzacapo-Tanner is an accomplished nurse leader anddoctoral candidate at Jacksonville University, where she is pursuing her Doctorof Nursing Practice with honors. She serves as an Inpatient Skin and Wound Nurse at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC bringing a strong commitment to evidence-based care and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Lauren is actively involved in Shared Governance, serving asco-chair of the Nursing Practice Council and a member of the Coordinating Council. She also represents ECU Health at national professional events, including the Magnet Conference 2024 in New Orleans and Magnet Conference 2025 in Atlanta, GA.
Her research, “Mitigating Hospital Delirium Through Uninterrupted Night time Sleep,” has been accepted for presentation at the World Congress on Nursing Education & Practice in Vienna, the TERMIS-AM Conference in Detroit, and here at the Nursing Care Conference in Charlotte. Lauren is passionate about advancing nursing practice through innovation, leadership, and scholarly engagement.