Dea Mahanes, DNP, APRN, CCNS, HEC-C, FNCS is Clinical Nurse Specialist in neurocritical care at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she also serves on the Ethics and Moral Distress Consult Service. Dea has been a neuroscience nurse for over 30 years and a Clinical Ethicist since 2012. She completed her BSN and MSN at the University of Virginia School of Nursing and received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dea publishes and presents nationally and internationally on neuroscience and ethics topics.