• Graduate Coordinator

• • Nicholls State University
  • College of Nursing
  • P.O. Box 2143
  • 247 Betsy Cheramie Ayo Hall
  • Thibodaux, LA 70310
• PHONE: (985)-493-2685
• EMAIL:melissa.clay@nicholls.edu

 

Education

• • 2019 - D.N.P - HealthCare Leadership Track Chamberlain University
    
  • 2009 - M.S.N. University of South Alabama
    
  • 2005 - B.S.N. Nicholls State University

 

Licensure and Board Certifications

• 2009 - Present Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (AANP)
  
  
  

Academic Positions

• • Graduate Coordinator, Nicholls State University
    
    
    

Honors & Awards

• • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Cum Laude Honers Graduate
  • Sigma Theta Tau International - Xi Zeta Chapter

 

Professional Affiliations

• • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  • Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Xi Zeta Chapter

 

Areas of Research Interest

• • Family Practice
  • Diabetes
  • Nursing Education
  • Hypertension
    
    

    Selected Publications & Presentation
    

  • Faculty and Students' Perceptions of Asynchronous Discussion Boards in Graduate Nursing Eduation presented by Callie Baskett, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Melissa Clay, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C,  Instructor of Nursing, Nicholls State University.
    
• Xi Zeta Fall 2019 Research Showcase Program.