Marsha D. Chappel
South Hadley
Summary
Dedicated nursing professional with extensive experience in delivering exceptional care to critically ill patients, including four years as an Assistant Nurse Manager in an Interventional Cardiac Care Unit and five years as a Unit Educator across various cardiac and telemetry units. Committed to fostering the next generation of nurses through effective instruction and mentorship in both classroom and clinical settings. Expertise in providing evidence-based nursing care to complex critical care, intermediate, and medical-surgical patients, along with a strong ability to inspire staff and students to achieve educational and clinical goals. Recognized for an energetic and outgoing leadership style that encourages professional growth and excellence within healthcare teams.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse-Nurse Educator
Baystate Medical Center
01.2021 - Current
- Responsible for the direct oversight of department education and training.
- Maintaining annual competency training of all staff including RN, PCT(CNA), Unit secretaries and monitor technicians.
- Orientation and onboarding of all new staff including scheduling, CORE Classes, web-based training, regular check ins.
- Resource for staff, support of staff with nursing assignments and clinical skills.
- Hospital clinical practice chair.
- Professional Development Committee co-chair.
- Create and coordinate education classes for all staff.
Adjunct Clinical Professor
American International College
09.2007 - 12.2021
- Provided instruction and guidance for students during clinical and learning laboratory time.
- Implement teaching strategies to motivate, inspire and encourage student-centered learning.
- Provide one-to-one assistance and instruction to all students to ensure patient safety and comprehension of material.
- Provide feedback in a timely fashion.
- Record student progress and track attendance.
- Simulation laboratory, instructed in the classroom for Pharmacology and Medical Surgical Nursing.
- Prepared and delivered lectures, prepared exam questions.
Registered Nurse-Assistant Nurse Manager
Baystate Medical Center
09.2017 - 01.2021
- Assistant Nurse Manager on a telemetry unit.
- Oversee staff and assist with scheduling, payroll, and budgeting.
- Maintaining of logs on unit for JACHO compliance, chart audits, charge RN role, assist unit with throughput for patient placement.
- Coach and mentor staff to expand their nursing role.
Registered Nurse-Clinical Ladder IV
Baystate Medical Center
04.2007 - 09.2017
- Built a reputation for providing thorough evidence-based patient care to hemodynamically unstable cardiac patients.
- Pre and post open-heart surgery, angioplasty, cardiac arrect, acute MI, heart failure.
- Maintained a high degree of professionalism while interacting with support staff, peer nurses, administrators, and other disciplines of medicine.
- Appointed to mentor students during their clinical rotations through HVCC.
- Orient new staff, charge nurse, co-chair CAUTI committee and unit champion, Point of Care trainer and unit representative, participated in unit-based leadership activities.
- Attended the National Teaching Institute (NTI) conference in San Diego, California.
- Brought back information on Ready Cleanse Wipes for CAUTI prevention that fostered a system wide change of practice at Baystate Health.
Adjunct Clinical Professor / Adjunct Classroom Professor
Greenfield Community College
09.2009 - 05.2010
- Provide instruction and guidance for students during the Nursing Fundamentals clinical rotation.
- Lectured some of the fundamental classroom material.
- Taught a pre-nursing class spring semester for nursing math and medication administration.
Registered Nurse
Baystate Medical Center
06.2005 - 04.2007
- Provided complete nursing care to telemetry, post operative CABG, Vascular patients.
- Served and unit representative for the hospital wide clinical practice committee, chairperson for the unit-based clinical practice committee (organized and facilitated monthly meetings), unit representative for the hospital-wide skin integrity committee.
- Assumed the leadership role as charge nurse.
- Oriented and mentored new graduate nurses.
Education
Master’s Degree - Nursing, Nurse Education
American International College
Springfield, Massachusetts05.2009
Baccalaureate in Nursing Cum Laude - Nursing
American International College
Springfield, Massachusetts05.2005
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Leadership/management
Certification
- Current Professional Licensure as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts
- Healthcare Provider-Cardiovascular Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) certified
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certified (ACLS)
- Critical Care Registered Nurse Certification (CCRN)
- Certified instructor CPR/BLS American Heart Association
Affiliations
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), Member
- AACN Ambassador
- Appointed to review NTI Scholarship Applications 2023
- Pioneer Valley AACN (local chapter), Current member, Previous Board member 2015-2019
Qualifications Summary
Dedicated Nurse with years of experience delivering exceptional care to critically ill patients, 4 years as an Assistant Nurse Manager on an Interventional Cardiac Care Unit, 5 years of experience as a Unit Educator on multiple cardiac and telemetry units. Educator for local nursing students providing instruction and guidance in the classroom and in clinical sites., Committed RN with current skills and knowledge in providing evidence-based nursing care to the complex critical care, intermediate and medical-surgical patients., Encourage and mentor staff and students in reaching educational and professional standards., Talent for inspiring employees and students to achieve educational and clinical success. Energetic and outgoing.
Timeline
Registered Nurse-Nurse Educator
Baystate Medical Center
01.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse-Assistant Nurse Manager
Baystate Medical Center
09.2017 - 01.2021
Adjunct Clinical Professor / Adjunct Classroom Professor
Greenfield Community College
09.2009 - 05.2010
Adjunct Clinical Professor
American International College
09.2007 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse-Clinical Ladder IV
Baystate Medical Center
04.2007 - 09.2017
Registered Nurse
Baystate Medical Center
06.2005 - 04.2007
Baccalaureate in Nursing Cum Laude - Nursing
American International College
Master’s Degree - Nursing, Nurse Education
American International College