Melissa L. Robertson

• Gannon University, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Diagnostic Imaging Education with Appropriateness Criteria for the Family Nurse Practitioner, 2024
• Gannon University, Post Masters Certificate: Family Nurse Practitioner, 2008  
• Gannon University, Master of Science in Nursing, Medical/Surgical Option, 2005
• Gannon University, Bachelor of Science in Nursing—Cum Laude, 1999
• Gannon University, School Nurse Certificate, 1999

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:

• 2025—present,  HeartMath® Practitioner and Trainer
• 2023—present, Caritas Coach®
• 2016—present, National League for Nursing (NLN) Certified Nurse Educator®
• 2009—present,  American Nurses Credentionaling Center (ANCC) Family Nurse Practitioner Certification
• 2004—Jan 2014,  AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor
• 2002—present,   AHA Basic Cardiac Life Support Instructor
• 2000—Jan 2014, AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• 1999—present, Registered Nurse Licensure – Pennsylvania
• 1997—present AHA Basic Cardiac Life Support

• Sigma Theta Tau International, Eta Xi Chapter (Secretary) 

• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Community Health Net, Erie, PA (2009--present) 
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Complex Care Solutions, Nashville, TN (2019--present)
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Erie Retinal Surgery, Erie, PA (2015-2019)
• Clinical Nursing Instructor, Mercyhurst University, North East, PA (2012)
• Faculty Villa Maria School of Nursing at Gannon University, Erie, PA (2006--present)
• Staff Development Specialist, Center for Education and Staff Development, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hamot, Erie, PA (2004-2012)
• Clinical Coordinator, Medical Intensive Care Unit, (2001-2004)
• Registered Nurse, Medical Cardiac Intensive Care Unit/Heart Untit, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA (1999-2001)

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• American Holistic Nurses Association
• International Association of Human Caring
• Mid Atlantic Watson Caring Science Insitute Regional Consortium (Co-Chair)
• Nurse Honor Guard Chapter of Erie (Recording Secretary)
• Northwest Pennsylvania Nurse Practitioner Association
• Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners