faculty profile
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