Shane Watts is a Kentucky native. He received his BSN from the University of Louisville and recently graduated from Northern Kentucky University’s MSN: PMHNP program. Possessing a varied nursing background including psychiatric nursing, ICU, and telemetry, Shane’s ultimate passion is meeting and caring for individuals from all walks of life who are experiencing psychiatric distress due to the unique and challenging situations that arise throughout the course of life. Diagnosed with type I diabetes at the age of 8, he understands that psychological distress often accompanies medical diagnoses, and his varied nursing background and personalized approach to patients is aimed at helping to ease such burdens wherever possible.