Jessica Wellette DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Bio

Jessica Wellette joined Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in 2019. She is a clinical instructor for the PreSpeciality Program and practices as a women's health nurse practitioner at the Vanderbilt Nurse Midwives & Primary Care at Melrose. She has six years of bedside experience in high-risk obstetrics and one year of hematology/oncology experience. She taught obstetric, postpartum, and newborn clinicals at Belmont University for two years prior to joining Vanderbilt. Jessica serves as a pre-specialty advisor and is the faculty lead for the Vanderbilt Volunteer Doula Program.

Education

DNP, University of South Alabama

MSN, University of South Alabama

BSN, Trevecca Nazarene University and Belmont University Consortium

Academic Interests

Obstetrics and gynecology

Simulation

Representative Publications

Journals

Aruri, L., Lesem, S., & Wellette, J. (2023). On the case: Desquamative inflammatory vaginitis. Women's Healthcare, 11(6), 34-37. doi: 10.51256/ WHC122334

Wellette, J., Davis, M.G. & Rivas, S. (2023). Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of mycoplasma genitalium. Women’s Healthcare, 11(1), 33-35. doi: 10.51256/WHC022333

Panepinto, R., Harris, J., & Wellette, J. (2021). A review of best practices related to intravenous line management for nurses. Nursing Clinics of North America, 56(3), 389–399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2021.05.001

Book Chapters

Wellette, J. (2022). Chapter 27 Postpartum Complications. In B. Baker, & J. Janke (Eds). AWHONN's Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing (6th ed., pp. 439-451). Elsevier Publications.

Clinical Practice

Vanderbilt Nurse-Midwives & Primary Care for Women at Melrose

Professional Organizations

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing

National League for Nursing

Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health

Sigma Theta Tau

Honors/Awards

2021, Shirley Titus Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in the Clinical Setting

2023, The Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty

2023, VUMC Excellence in Patient Care