Michelle Wood, RN, a Registered Nurse with Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center & Carlsbad Medical Center

Get to know Registered Nurse, Michelle Wood, who serves patients in New Mexico.

Michelle is a registered nurse whose areas of specialization include obstetrics and intensive care. She is affiliated with both Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center & Carlsbad Medical Center.

Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center is a general hospital, owned and operated by the non-profit Otero County Hospital Association, that serves the Alamogordo, New Mexico area. It is the first military/civilian shared hospital facility in the United States.

Located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, Carlsbad Medical Center is a 99-bed facility with inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, medical, surgical and emergency services. With 40+ healthcare professionals strong, “we work hard every day to be a place of healing, caring and connection for patients and families in the community we call home.”

A 2006 graduate of New Mexico State University Alamogordo, Michelle feels that you are only as good as the people you work with. She attributes her success to the years she was a foster mom, which she believes heightened her natural desire to care for people.

Currently, she holds a seat on the Board for the Southern New Mexico Wellness Alliance that oversees the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner or SANE program for Otero and Lincoln County.

A Registered Nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body to obtain a nursing license. RN’s fulfill a variety of job duties. In addition to their primary role in treating and caring for patients, their responsibilities also include educating patients and the public about a variety of medical conditions, as well as providing emotional support and advice to the families of their patients. Other RN job functions include leadership, research, performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, operating medical equipment, administering medications, recording patients’ symptoms and medical histories, and assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.

Learn More About Michelle Wood:

Through her online profile, https://todaysnurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4147975/info/

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