Mary K. Roberts, R.N., M.S.N., ACNP, is a highly skilled critical care nurse and an experienced nurse educator. She has held staff positions in Surgical/Trauma ICU, Neuro ICU, and Cardiovascular/Thoracic ICU, and has been an instructor in the Critical Care and Trauma Nurse Internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas for thirteen years. She also served as an adjunct faculty member in the critical care master's program at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing. 

Mary is now an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the Trauma Department of Parkland Health and Hospital System. She has contributed several articles and chapters to the nursing literature, and is a co-author of the 2004 Elsevier publication Critical Care Skills: A Clinical Handbook. Consistent positive feedback includes comments on Mary's extensive knowledge base, ability to relate theory to clinical practice, and her sense of humor.