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Academic Degrees
BSN, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
MS (Health Services Leadership & Management – Education Focus), University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Email: melanie.mudd@nih.gov
Phone: 301-827-4755
Biosketch:
Melanie Mudd is a Nurse Educator in the Office of Nursing Professional Development at the NIH, Clinical Center. An alumnus of The Catholic University of America School of Nursing (BSN class of 2010), Ms. Mudd has over a decade of nursing experience, with majority of her practice in the specialty of Pediatric Nursing in both clinical and clinical research settings. She transitioned to her true calling of being a nurse educator after receiving a Master of Science degree in Health Services Leadership and Management, Education Focus, from the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing (2015). Ms. Mudd's areas of passion are transition to practice and onboarding/orientation: in addition to serving as the Coordinator for the NIH Clinical Research Nursing Residency Program, Ms. Mudd co-coordinates the NIH Clinical Center Nursing Department Orientation program, working with service-based educators and unit-based clinical educators on the implementation of a standardized orientation offering for clinical staff.
Ms. Mudd holds certification as a Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPD-BC), and strives to create relevant and engaging programs that will further the professional development of NIH Clinical Research Nursing staff. She is a proud member of the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD), American Nurses Credentialing Center's Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP) Learning Community, American Nurses Association, and Philippine Nurses Association of America.