Shoshana Melech-Shalom

Shoshana Melech-Shalom, RN, MN is a rural nurse with more than 30 years of experience in community and hospital settings. She is a candidate for the advanced practice certificate in forensic nursing in the first forensic nursing course in Israel and has worked with Dr. Orli Grinstein-Cohen for the past 15 years toward establishing the country’s first forensic nursing program. Melech-Shalom holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto, a nursing diploma from Israel, and a Master of Nursing from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where she completed a project and thesis. She also holds an advanced practice certificate in primary care nursing. Born in Toronto, she moved to Israel more than 40 years ago. She has two adult children and five grandchildren. Between work, the course, and her grandchildren, she has little spare time, but one day she may take up a hobby.