Department Chair and Professor
Melissa Garno joined Georgia Southern University in 1998 as a faculty member in the School of Nursing. After serving as BSN Program Director for 8 years, she assumed the role of Associate Chair for the School of Nursing in 2018. From 2012-2014 she also served as a Program Assessment Leader with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. In 2015 she additionally became responsible for overseeing the PMHNP track. Dr. Garno earned an EdD in Curriculum Studies from Georgia Southern University in 2003.
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About Melissa K. Garno
Melissa Garno joined Georgia Southern University in 1998 as a faculty member in the School of Nursing. After serving as BSN Program Director for 8 years, she assumed the role of Associate Chair for the School of Nursing in 2018. From 2012-2014 she also served as a Program Assessment Leader with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. In 2015 she additionally became responsible for overseeing the PMHNP track. Dr. Garno earned an EdD in Curriculum Studies from Georgia Southern University in 2003.
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Regent's Scholarship from State of Missouri (1980)
- Dean's list, Harding University (1986-1987)
- Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing (1987)
- Recipient of nurse traineeship, University of Central Arkansas (1992-1993)
- Graduate Academic Excellence Award, University of Central Arkansas Department of Nursing (1993)
- Appointed to AACN Instructional Leadership Network (2005)
- College of Health and Human Sciences Award for Excellence in Contributions to Instruction (2006)
- Faculty Mentor for Omicron Delta Kappa Society (2006, 2008. 2009)
- Eagle Leadership 2010 Program Scholar, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia (2010)
- Leadership for Academic Nursing Scholar, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana (2011)
- College of Health and Human Sciences Award for Excellence in Service (2012)
- University System of Georgia: Executive Leadership Institute Scholar, Atlanta, Georgia (2011-2012)
- Georgia Southern University, Faculty Award for Excellence in Service (2014)
Courses
- Care of the Individual and Family with Substance Use Disorders (NURS 7127)
- Nursing Education Capstone (NURS 8234)
- Leadership and Management (NURS 4160)
- Theoretical Perspectives in Teaching and Learning in Nursing Education (NURS 8231)
- Instructional Design and Assessment in Nursing Education (NURS 8232)
- Learner-Centered Teaching: Creative Classroom and Clinical Education in Nursing (NURS 8233)
- Clinical Immersion Project I: Development (NURS 9921)
- Clinical Immersion Project II: Implementation (NURS 9922)
- Clinical Immersion Project III: Analysis (NURS 9923)
- Professional Practice Competencies (NURS 3111)
- Pharmacology and Integrative Therapeutics II (NURS 3222)
- Therapeutic Interventions: Practicum I (NURS 3331)
- Health Assessment Across the Life Span (NURS 3230)
- Mental Health Nursing (NURS 3252)
- Nursing Care of Children: Health Promotion V (NURS 4135)
- Complex Health Promotion: Practicum VII (NURS 4236)
- Critical Analysis of Nursing Concepts (NURS 4229)
- Nursing Leadership and Management: Practicum VIII (lead) (NURS 4738)
- Research Practicum I/II for Advanced Practice Nursing (NURS 6811/6812)
- Mental Health Nursing
- Nursing Care of Children
- Medical-Surgical Nursing I
- Medical Terminology
Contact Information
P.O. Box 8158
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-5454
Office: 2002H Nursing and Chemistry Bldg.