Melinda E. Baldridge

Background

Baldridge, Melinda E. was born on December 18, 1957 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Richard Kemp and Genevieve (Carlisle) Easley.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Pittsburg (Kansas) State University, 1979; Master of Arts, Webster U., 1987; Master of Science in Nursing Administration, Georgetown University, 1991.

Career

Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army clinical staff nurse medicine, United States Army, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1979-1980; clinical staff nurse psychiatry and orthopedic units, United States Army, Bad Canstatt, Germany, 1980-1981; clinical staff nurse psychiatry unit, United States Army, Frankfurt, Germany from assistant head nurse to head nurse psychiatry unit Womack Army Community Hospital, United States Army, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1983-1985; from clinical staff nurse to ward head nurse, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1987-1989; quality assessment director and education director, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1991; department head, TRISARD, NNMC, 1992-1995; chief psychiatric nursing service, Tripler Medical Center, Hawaii., since 1995. Adjunct faculty department psychiatry Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome U. Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.

Achievements

• Melinda E. Baldridge has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatric nurse specialist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of University Women, ANA, National Nurses Society Addictions, American Council Nursing Administration, Assn.Mil. Surgeons United States (section nursing), Virginia Nurses Association, Washington Society Eating Disorders, Sigma Theta Tau. F C.

Connections

Father:

Richard Kemp Easley

Mother:

Genevieve (Carlisle) Easley