Melissa G Damelio
- melissa.damelio@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 850-561-2919
- OFFICE
- School Of Nursing - Instruct
Ware-Rhaney Building, School of Nursing, Room 214
Mondays • 11:00am-1:00pm
Tuesday/Thursday • 12:00-1:00pm
NUR 3133L: Foundations of Nursing Practice
Tues 9:00am-12:00pm (First 8 weeks)
Wednesday 1:00pm-4:00pm (2nd 8 weeks)
Friday 8:00am - 3:00pm
NUR 4828: Professional Career Development Seminar
Wednesday 1:00pm-3:00pm (First 8 weeks)
Variable during Second 8 weeks due to Preceptorship.
Melissa Damelio, MSN, RN, is the program director of the FAMU SON BSN program. She
also teaches Foundations of Clinical Practice and champions Dosage Calculations for
all BSN students.
She has taught nursing students for most of the last 18 years at all levels of preparation,
including LPN, ADN and now BSN. Three years ago, she joined the FAMUly. Within her
professional practice, she worked in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Tallahassee
Memorial HealthCare. Since that time, she has worked with students on many of the
medical-surgical floors at both TMH and HCA Florida Capital Hospital.
She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at Florida A&M University.
- Nature Activities (All kinds! Hiking, Biking, Swimming, Beach)
- Reading a good book (When I'm not studying)
- Playing with my 3 amazing kiddos.
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Fl
PhD in Educational Leadership through the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling: Coursework begun Fall 2022 with anticipated graduation Summer 2026 - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
MSN in Nursing Education 2008
Research Project: “An Evaluation of Learning Outcomes of Children and Parents Participating in a
Children’s Medical Services’ Wellness Clinic Program” - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
BSN in Nursing 2004, Magna Cum Laude
Minor: Mathematics
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Fl
Instructor and BSN Program Director 3/2023-Current
Instructor and RN-BSN Program Director 5/2022-3/2023
Visiting Instructor, Nursing 8/2021-5/2022 - Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, Fl
Professor of Nursing 8/2007- 8/2018 & 3/2020-8/2021 - Lively Technical Center, Tallahassee, FL
Instructor 8/2005-8/2007
- Magna Cum Laude Graduate (2004)
- Cathedral Award, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
- Nominated for Faculty of the Year, Fall 2022
- Dosage Champion for FAMU SON
- Daisy Award for Faculty Excellence, Spring 2023
- NUR 3133L: Foundations of Nursing Practice
- NUR4828E: Professional Career Development Seminar
Board of Directors member: Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition