Laura Welch is a certified pediatric nurse with over 19 years of nursing experience at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC with a background in leadership, education, research, and quality. She currently holds the position of Senior Nursing Quality Outcomes Coordinator – Skin Team Lead within the Division of Nursing Science, Professional Practice, and Nursing Quality. She graduated from the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence program through Emory University in 2016, and is practicing as a CWON. She has been leading the organization’s Skin Team at Children’s National since 2015, and continues to advance skin health within the organization and beyond.