Charity Brown is an internal medicine nurse practitioner with 8 years of experience in acute care management at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, Charity was an ICU nurse on a medical-surgical unit for 5 years, also at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Her efforts throughout her career have been involving patient safety, quality improvement, and early recognition of clinical deterioration. Currently, she works as a patient safety manager at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital.