Professor Melissa Hill has more than two decades of clinical experience as a registered nurse, including five years as a neonatal intensive care unit clinical educator at Ascension Saint Alexius Hospital. She began teaching at Hope College in 2016 and taught before that at Loyola University’s Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.

In recent years her Hope College courses have included Health Assessment; Nursing Internship; and Maternity and Women’s Health Theory. She also has taught Obstetric Nursing Theory and basic and advanced skills courses, and works with individual students during their practicums and internships. 

Professor Hill is currently working as a nurse on the staff of the Special Care Nursery at Holland Hospital, where she has worked part-time since 2017. Earlier she served in clinical positions at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Children’s Memorial Hospital, and Lurie Children’s in Chicago.

Areas of Expertise

• Pediatric, obstetric, family and infant nursing care
• Development of education programs and proficiency checklists
• Guidance for novice nurses
• Student needs assessment

Education

• M.S., nursing, Vanderbilt University, 2004
• B.S., nursing, Hope College, 2003

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

• Licensed in Michigan as a registered nurse
• Certified neonatal resuscitation program instructor

Outside the College

Professor Hill loves spending time with her family. She has been married to her husband, Brian, since 2008. Her three children, Maggie, Samantha and Tate, keep her busy! She loves supporting them in their sports and hobbies. She also loves spending time at the beach in the summer, traveling, finding good restaurants, running and reading a good book.