faculty profile

Melissa Lord DNP, RN, CPN, CNE

Assistant Professor

Bio

Melissa Lord has 21 years of experience in the nursing profession, including 14 years in nursing education. She is an adult and pediatric acute care clinical and lab instructor in the PreSpecialty and MN Programs. She is also a seminar leader within the Professional Series courses in the PreSpecialty Program. She has extensive experience working in the pediatric acute care setting and was previously a nurse educator at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. She also serves as a PreSpecialty academic advisor.

Education

Doctor of Nursing Practice: Samford University (Nursing Administration and Nursing Education)
Belmont University: Master of Science in Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner)
Auburn University: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Certifications

Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN)
Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)

Current Research/Scholarly Interests

Best practice for clinical instruction
Implementing EBP teaching/learning strategies in the Fundamentals of Nursing and Pediatric Nursing Curriculum
Quality Improvement
Decreasing the rate of opioid related overdoses in the acute time period after release from incarceration, specifically in the rural communities where resources are limited

Academic Interests

Adult Nursing
Pediatric Nursing
Legal and ethical accountability in professional nursing practice
Evidence based practice
Leadership and management in professional nursing practice

Representative Publications

Journals

Hunt, J.D., Lord, M., Kapu, A.N., & Buckner, E. (2022). Promoting adaptation in female inmates to reduce risk of opioid overdose post-release through HOPE. Nursing Science Quarterly, 35(4), 455-463. doi: 10.1177/08943184221115123

Weaver, A., Lord, M. M., & Owen, L. A. (2019). Implementing an interactive skills day. Journal of Nursing Education, 58(3), 186. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20190221-13

Representative Presentations

Regional

Hunt, J., & Lord, M. Reducing risk of opioid overdose though implementation of a re-entry program for female inmates prior to release. Poster presentation at Samford University's Evidence-Based Approaches to Nursing Administration, Practice, and Education Issues Conference, Birmingham, AL, May 2019.

Hunt, J., & Lord, M. Reducing risk of opioid overdose though implementation of a re-entry program for female inmates prior to release. Presentation at Healthy Tennessee, Rounds with Dr. Manny, Working Together to Find Solutions to the Opioid Crisis, Manchester, TN, February 2019.

Hunt, J., & Lord, M. Reducing risk of opioid overdose though implementation of a re-entry program for female inmates prior to release. Presentation at Tennessee Department of Health Region Five Meeting, Columbia, TN, January 2019.

National

Lord, M., & Robbins, H. Mindfulness-based stress reduction: Promoting self-care among nursing students. Poster presentation presented at National Nurse Educator Summit, Orlando, FL, April 2017.

Lord, M., Weaver, A., Galbreath, C., Harris, J., Hicks, J., Owen, L. A., & Andrews, S. Implementation of a pediatric focused skills orientation. Poster presentation presented at National Nurse Educator Summit, Nashville, TN, April 2016.

International

Hunt, J., & Lord, M. Addressing the opioid crisis in rural communities by engaging incarcerated females in a re-entry program. Poster presentation presented at 45th Biennial Sigma Theta Tau International Convention, Washington, D.C., November 2019

Hunt, J., Lord, M., & Buckner, E. Promoting adaptation in female inmates to reduce risk of opioid overdose post-release though HOPE. Podium presentation presented at Roy Adaptation Association International Conference and Workshops, Los Angeles, CA, June 2019.

Clinical Practice

Adult Medical/Surgical Nursing in Acute Care Setting
Pediatric Medical/Surgical Nursing in Acute Care Setting

Professional Organizations

American Nurses Association
Tennessee Nurses Association
Society of Pediatric Nursing
National League for Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Iota Chapter

Honors/Awards

Recipient of the Gamma Eta Chapter Sigma Theta Tau International Scholarship Award
Recipient of the Iota Chapter Sigma Theta Tau International Scholarly Project Award
Recipient of the Susan Pollock Award for the Roy Adaptation Association's 2019 International Conference and Workshops: 'Adaptation toward Transformation for the Future'. Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, CA