Melissa Wilson
Kennewick,WA
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Birth Center Director
Trios Hospital
09.2023 - Current
- Birth Center Department includes six labor suites, two operating rooms, three triage beds, eleven bed mother/baby unit and a ten bed Level II NICU.
- Department delivery volume increased by 3% year to year
- Development department education plan including obstetrical emergencies including hemorrhage, hypertensive crisis and newborn resuscitation.
- Policy/process development including Washington blue Band Initiative, Donor Breast milk storage and use, and glucose gel for newborns at risk for hypoglycemia.
- Oversee the recruitment, hiring and orientation of new staff.
- Quality scores for primary c-sections, early elective deliveries and unexpected outcomes in a term newborn meeting Joint Commission Standards.
- CLABSI prevention bundle implementation in the NICU.
- Member of the LifePoint Perinatal Practice Council.
Nursing Supervisor
Trios Hospital
08.2021 - 09.2023
- Supervised staff of 70 registered nurses and 15 support staff.
- Maintains proper staff levels within budget parameters to deliver high levels of care to every patient.
- Provides direct nursing care to patients when personnel is short-staffed.
- Facilitates new hire orientation and on boarding to Birth Center
- Created new department orientation plan, including patient care flow and new equipment.
- Assisted with move of department from old campus to main hospital in March of 2022. This included moving of supplies and equipment. Preparing new department for patients, including room set up, writing of new policies, working directly with vendors and other hospital leaders.
- Developed and implemented new nursing protocols to improve patient outcomes while minimizing medical errors
- Answered questions and addressed concerns from employees via email, phone and in person
Registered Nurse (RN)
Trios Women's and Children's Hospital
07.2006 - 08.2021
- Charge nurse on labor and delivery/post partum unit. Unit included seventeen inpatient beds and two triage beds. Dedicated to efficient work flow, problem solving a variety of issues on a daily basis, staffing down during times of lower volume to maintain fiscal responsibility.
- Management back up for interim department leaders. Often removed from the floor to provide assistance as needed for education to all staff on new work flow processes, policy development, Peri-natal Meeting attendee, payroll and skills fair.
- Unit Based Committee Member. Department specific committee working to resolve issues and streamline processes, examples include patient discharge and OR time out.
- Department preceptor responsible for training new employees to labor and delivery/ post partum nursing.
- Assess and provide care to laboring mothers, including those being administered pitocin and under epidural anesthesia.
- Circulated cesarean sections.
- Recovering of patient's who recently received general and spinal anesthesia.
- Care for and assessed patient's in the immediate post partum period.
- Assess and provide care to newborns recently delivered either vaginally or via cesarean section.
- Attending deliveries to assess and stabilized newborns that met criteria for either low or moderate risk delivery per hospital policy. For example, newborns delivered greater that 35 weeks gestation, delivered in the presence of meconium stained fluid or via cesarean section.
- Triage labor and delivery patients, including fetal heart rate assessment, contraction frequency and cervical dilation. Obtaining patient history, including recent surgeries, home medications and allergies.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing With An Emphasis in Leadership
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ12-2026
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing
Spokane, WA2005
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology with a Major in Athletic Training
Washington State University
Pullman, WA2001
Skills
- Strong clinical judgment for Obstetrical and Neonatal outcomes
- Department new hire onboarding resource and supervisor
- Patient, family, and staff focused
- OB EMAR facility contact person
- Professional bedside manner
- Strong communicator
- Policy writing and implementation
- Resource for Co-Workers & Other Hospital Staff
Certification
Registered Nurse in Washington, License number RN00164309
Basic Life Support 2006 to present
Neonatal Resuscitation Program 2006 to present
NCC certification in Inpatient Obstetrics 2021 to present
NCC ID: 104502886
AWHONN member since 2019
Timeline
Birth Center Director
Trios Hospital
09.2023 - Current
Nursing Supervisor
Trios Hospital
08.2021 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse (RN)
Trios Women's and Children's Hospital
07.2006 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology with a Major in Athletic Training
Washington State University
Master of Science - Nursing With An Emphasis in Leadership
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing