Melissa Malley
Beaumont,Texas
Summary
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with seventeen years of experience as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Certified Wound Specialist with thirteen years in wound care and hyperbaric medicine. Ambulatory Care Board Certified Nurse. Experienced in family practice, occupational medicine, worker’s comp, wound care, hyperbaric medicine. Practice settings include family practice, occupational health clinic, acute care walk-in clinic, LTAC, acute care hospital, outpatient wound care and hyperbaric clinic.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Nurse Practitioner
Ahmad Medical PC
07.2023 - Current
- Provide contract nurse practitioner services in hyperbaric and wound care center
- Collaborate with physician to provide care for internal medicine hospitalized patients.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Amedisys Hospice
07.2023 - Current
- Perform face to face assessment for recertification of hospice patients
- Collaborate with hospice and facility personnel, family, and patients to ensure optimal care.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Enhabit Home Health and Hospice
04.2023 - Current
- Perform face to face assessment for recertification of hospice patients
- Collaborate with hospice and facility personnel, family, and patients to ensure optimal care.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Ahmad Medical PC
05.2014 - 06.2023
- Provide coverage of hyperbaric treatments as a leased employee of CHRISTUS Southeast Texas to Ahmad Medical PC.
Family Nurse Practitioner
CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Tracy Byrd Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center
05.2014 - 06.2023
- Responsible for management of wound care and hyperbaric patients in an outpatient wound care and hyperbaric center, Long Term Acute Care Hospital, and acute care hospital
- Skills include sharp debridement, total contact casting, incision and drainage, suturing, wound vac, cellular and tissue based products
- Experienced in treating diabetic foot ulcers, arterial, venous, and pressure ulcers; traumatic and surgical wounds, crush injuries, radiation soft tissue injury, necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, worker’s injuries
- Order diagnostic lab, MRI, CT, angiography, ultrasound
- Prescribe medication and treatment regimen
- Referral and consultation with multiple disciplines
- Leader for Shared Governance Councils including APRN council, Professional Nurse Council, Research Council
- Marketing to local physician offices
Family Nurse Practitioner
Southeast Texas Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbarics/Wound Healing Associates of SETX
07.2010 - 05.2014
- Experienced in caring for wound and hyperbaric patients in an outpatient hospital department, acute care hospital, and LTAC
- Supervised hyperbaric therapy
- Conducted initial patient consultations and follow up visits
- Procedures included sharp and ultrasonic debridement, wound vac, incision and drainage, suturing, skin substitutes, whirlpool debridement, assist with skin grafting
- Experienced in case management, discharge planning, and communication across disciplines
- Developed evidence based practice algorithms.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Preventive Medicine of Southeast Texas
03.2009 - 04.2010
- Experienced in management of family practice patients, including ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing, and initial hospital admission
- Responsibilities included supervision of clinical staff, hiring of new staff.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Diagnostic Group of Southeast Texas
07.2008 - 03.2009
- Managed family practice patients providing acute and chronic disease management, preventive health maintenance, and weight loss management
- Assisted in transitioning to electronic medical records system Eclinical Works.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Lee Haak, MD, PA
03.2008 - 06.2008
- Provided coverage for family practice seeing patients from pediatric to geriatric.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Xpress Care
05.2006 - 02.2008
- Conducted occupational health exams including pulmonary function testing, hearing testing, drug screen
- Administered Department of Transportation (DOT) examinations
- Managed worker’s comp patients including initial consultation and follow up visits; ordering and interpretation of diagnostic testing; Texas Worker’s Compensation forms
- Manage family practice and acute care walk in patients
- Technical skills include laceration repair, eye injury, foreign body removal, incision and drainage, orthopedics, splinting, burn and wound care.
Registered Nurse
Xpress Care
12.2005 - 05.2006
- Responsible for review of policy and procedure for nursing care
- Develop and implement new policies and procedures for nursing care.
Registered Nurse
Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital
04.2004 - 12.2005
- Planned and implemented care for critically ill patients in medical-surgical ICU
- Float to other units as needed including cardiac ICU, and neuro ICU, telemetry, and medical surgical units.
Registered Nurse
Christus St. Mary Hospital
06.2002 - 12.2003
- Planned and implemented care for critically ill patients with medical-surgical, cardiac, and neurologic conditions including post percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass, acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and stroke.
Registered Nurse
Doctors Hospital
08.2001 - 06.2002
- Accountable for all aspects of emergency nursing including triage, treatment, and discharge in a six bed emergency room.
Registered Nurse
Christus St. Mary Hospital
12.2000 - 08.2001
- Planned and implemented care for critically ill patients with medical-surgical, cardiac, and neurologic conditions including post percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass, acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and stroke.
Registered Nurse
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
06.1999 - 08.2000
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to patients with cardiovascular, pulmonary, and high-risk obstetric conditions
- Skilled in continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD), 12-lead EKG, Hewlettt-Packard bedside monitoring, and various ventilators.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner -
University of Texas Medical Branch
04.2006
Bachelor of Science Nursing, Magna Cum Laude -
Lamar University
05.1999
Certifications, Honors, Memberships
Certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C)
Diplomat of the American Board of Wound Management, Certified Wound Specialist (CWS)
Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Ambulatory Care Nurse Board Certified (AMB-BC)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified
Basic Life Support Certified
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Southeast Texas Nurse Practitioners, President (2013-2014); Treasurer (2014-2015)
Nurse Practitioner of the Year, Southeast Texas Nurse Practitioners (2014)
DAISY award winner, CHRISTUS Health Southeast Texas, March 2019
Southeast Texas Nurse Practitioners member
Texas Nurse Practitioners member
Presentations and Quality Improvement
- Unnaboot application, Wound care and hyperbaric conference, CHRISTUS Health, January, 2012
- Understanding wounds: an overview for nursing students, Lamar State College Orange, 7/21/15
- The Nightingale Experience: What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, A presentation to high school students participating in the Nightingale Experience at CHRISTUS Health St. Elizabeth, 6/11/15
- Quality Improvement Project: Decreasing Hyperbaric Complications-Barotrauma, 9/8/16
- Developed Barotrauma Prevention Quality Improvement Algorithm, Tracking Form, Hyperbaric Therapy and Your Ears Patient Booklet, Otoscopic Examination of the Patient Undergoing Hyperbaric Therapy
- Pressure ulcers: a presentation for nurse residency program at CHRISTUS Health St. Elizabeth, 3/22/17
- Diabetes Roundup and Health Fair. The diabetic foot. A presentation for Sour Lake Lions Club, 11/15/2019
Volunteer Experience
- Walk for Alzheimer’s Team Leader, CHRISTUS Memory Walkers, September 2019
- Saint Katherine Drexel Humanitarian Health Fair, Volunteer, blood pressure and glucose booth, February 2019
- Mardis Gras Southeast Texas, CHRISTUS volunteer, February 2019
- Confirmation small group leader, St. Anne Catholic Church, Beaumont, Texas, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
- Richard Gagne Charitable Foundation, Volunteer, Meal Packing Event to Benefit the Bishop Comboni High School and the Providence Vocational School in Uganda, September 2022
- Market to Hope, Volunteer, Food pantry-intake and distribution of food baskets, October 2022
Timeline
Family Nurse Practitioner
Ahmad Medical PC
07.2023 - Current
Family Nurse Practitioner
Amedisys Hospice
07.2023 - Current
Family Nurse Practitioner
Enhabit Home Health and Hospice
04.2023 - Current
Family Nurse Practitioner
Ahmad Medical PC
05.2014 - 06.2023
Family Nurse Practitioner
CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Tracy Byrd Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center
05.2014 - 06.2023
Family Nurse Practitioner
Southeast Texas Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbarics/Wound Healing Associates of SETX
07.2010 - 05.2014
Family Nurse Practitioner
Preventive Medicine of Southeast Texas
03.2009 - 04.2010
Family Nurse Practitioner
Diagnostic Group of Southeast Texas
07.2008 - 03.2009
Family Nurse Practitioner
Lee Haak, MD, PA
03.2008 - 06.2008
Family Nurse Practitioner
Xpress Care
05.2006 - 02.2008
Registered Nurse
Xpress Care
12.2005 - 05.2006
Registered Nurse
Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital
04.2004 - 12.2005
Registered Nurse
Christus St. Mary Hospital
06.2002 - 12.2003
Registered Nurse
Doctors Hospital
08.2001 - 06.2002
Registered Nurse
Christus St. Mary Hospital
12.2000 - 08.2001
Registered Nurse
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
06.1999 - 08.2000
Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner -
University of Texas Medical Branch
Bachelor of Science Nursing, Magna Cum Laude -
Lamar University