Melissa Hunt Hendrickson

305 Elmodel Hwy

Leary, GA 39862
(229) 886-2886
emty_0400@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE
Loyal, ambitious, nurse practitioner with a commitment to quality patient care looking for a position in a
multidisciplinary rural clinic.
EDUCATION
Auburn University School of Nursing, Auburn, AL
Master of Science in Nursing degree candidate, expected May 2015
Albany State University, Albany, GA
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, May 2013
Darton State College, Albany, GA
Associate of Science in Nursing, May, 2003

LICENSURE
Registered Nurse, Georgia Board of Nursing, License number RN165253

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Primary Care nurse practitioner student, Auburn University School of Nursing, Auburn, AL, 2013present.
Participated in over 500 clinic rotation hours throughout the Albany area and surrounding counties
including rural clinics, womens health, infectious diseases, acute care, and pediatrics
Registered Nurse, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, GA, September 2003-present
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Neonatal Transport Nurse
Regional Perinatal Center servicing 22 surrounding counties in Southwest Georgia transporting
critically ill neonates
Sound, ethical and independent decision-making abilities consistent with medical protocols made
in the field.
Traveled to outlying hospitals to assess and stabilize neonates.
Insert umbilical lines
Intubate
Needle aspiration
Chest tube placement
Maintained a professional relationship with staff in outlying hospitals
Clinical Resource Nurse
Effective policy and program development
Committed to compliance reporting
Responsible for staff education
Developed a Skills Check-off Fair

Acted as a resource to colleagues

Collaborated with other units to improve patient outcomes
Alaris Smart Pump Super-user
Preceptor
Precept new nurses
Served as a mentor
Delivery Nurse
Designated delivery nurse assigned to labor and delivery responsible for attending and triaging all
newborns delivered both vaginally and via cesarean section
PICC Team
Responsible for placing and maintaining peripherally inserted central lines
Proficient at maintaining sterile technique
Charge Nurse
Responsible for attending high risk deliveries both vaginally and via cesarean section
Maintained day to day flow of a 27 licensed bed level III unit during a twelve hour shift
Managed staff assignments for day shift and night shift nurses
Staff Nurse
Collaborated with other health care professionals to provide competent, quality patient care
Managed an assignment consisting of four to five stable infants
Managed critical assignments consisting of multiple vasopressor drips, insulin, high frequency
ventilators and inhaled nitric oxide
Culturally sensitive
Initiated discharge planning
Exceeded in critical admissions
Skilled in conducting physical exams

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
United Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Association, 2014-present
West Georgia Chapter, United Advanced Practice Nurses Association, 2014-present
Wiregrass Nurse Practitioners Association, 2014-present
Sigma Theta Tau International, 2014 present
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Teenagers and risk taking behaviors presented at Auburn University research week, April, 2014
Building a Relationship Between the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Center to
Improve Outcomes in Critically Ill Infants, National Neonatal Nurses Conference Poster
Presentation, September, 2010
Early Intervention for Cold Stressed Infants in the Emergency Center, National Neonatal Nurses
Conference poster presentation, September 2010
Kangaroo Care; Learn How Skin to Skin Contact Can Help Your Baby, Pamphlet for Phoebe
Putneys Womens Services, November, 2010

CERTIFICATIONS
NRP certified through the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003-present
CPR certified through the American Heart Association, 2002-present
National Certification Corporation Registered Nurse Certified in Neonatal Intensive Care
Nursing, September, 2006.

REFERENCES UPON REQUEST