Susan Liipfert Shelton, RN, MSN, CNM

Instructor

Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University

3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta, GA 30341

Office Number: (678) 547-6738

E-mail:  Shelton_S@Mercer.edu

BSN - Georgia Baptist College of Nursing

MSN - Emory University

Current Courses:

NUR 216 Nursing Processes, Skills, and Concepts

NUR 330 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family
NUR 357/358 Issues in Maternal-Infant and Child Health Nursing

Professor Shelton began her nursing career as a 1997 graduate of Georgia Baptist College of Nursing.  With a love for maternal-child nursing, she worked as a labor and delivery nurse in Tallahassee, Florida.  She soon returned to school to earn a Master of Science in Nursing and became certified as a nurse midwife.  She has worked in private practice as a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) in Georgia and Florida and has served as a faculty member in another nursing program.  She enjoys lecturing and leading clinical groups.  Though she is not currently practiciing as a CNM, Professor Shelton continues to work as a clinical nurse on a local antepartum unit.  Her research interests include patient education and advocacy during pregnancy and birth.