Dr. Michele L. Childs, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CWOCN

Visiting Instructor
Human Health Building, Room 1018
(248) 364-8859
mchilds@oakland.edu

Biography:

Dr. Childs is a full-time Visiting Professor in the School of Nursing at Oakland University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Detroit-Mercy (1996) and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of MIchigan-Flint. She has extensive clinical expertise in home care, orthopedic and medical-surgical nursing, as well as a wound, ostomy, and continence nurse specialist for 19 years. She has been in academia both in clinical and didactic roles with the following topics: Health Assessment, Fundamentals in Nursing, Behavioral Health, Medical-Surgical Adult Health I & II, and Maternal and Newborn Health courses in Traditional and Accelerated undergraduate programs. She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). 

Education:

• Undergraduate: Traditional BSN: University of Detroit Mercy, Dec 1996
• R. B. Turnbull Jr. School of WOC Nursing Certification at Cleveland Clinic, May 2006
• Graduate: BSN to DNP: University of MIchigan -Flint, Dec 2021

Clinical Expertise:

• Home Care Nursing
• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Orthopedic Nursing
• Wound, Ostomy, and Incontinence specialist
• Family Nurse Practitioner

Research Area Interests:

• Adolescent Depression, mental health strategies for the adolescent population
• Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Care of adult and pediatric populations and student engagement  strategies for wound care education

Selected Research/Publications:

• Presentations (In-person, invitation): MNRS Poster presentation- Adolescent Depression Screening Practices in the Primary Care Setting
• Grants: Collaborative Wound Care Research project and publication development in implementing educational technology for enhanced student learning

Professional Affiliations:

• American Nurses Association
• Midwest Nursing Research Society
• SouthEast Michigan WOCN Society
• Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Certification Board
• Sigma Theta Tau- Pi Delta division