Shirley Griffey, DNP, PMHNP, received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. She received her Master’s in Nursing as a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama, before receiving her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the same university. Shirley is a member of and certified through the American Nursing Credentialing Center.