Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Programs and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing

Melanie Hijaz, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CACP

Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Programs and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing

Education

BSN, Washburn University
MSN, University of Kansas Medical Center

Phone Number

Office: 816.833.0524

Location

Independence Campus

Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Programs and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing

Melanie is the lead faculty member for Advanced Health Assessment and also teaches in the Pediatric Primary Care & Pediatric Practicum courses in the FNP program. She has a passion for proper assessment & diagnosis of patients, and a soft spot for our tiniest patients!

Nurse Practitioners are skilled healthcare providers with a unique blend of nursing philosophy and integrating the art of medicine into practice, and she is proud to be a part of educating & mentoring future quality NP’s!