Sheila Hawley

Atrium Medical Center

Sheila Hawley has been a Registered Nurse for over 20 years and has worked as a Wound Clinical Nurse Specialist at Atrium Medical Center for one year. Providing hands-on wound care, she assesses, treats, and evaluates treatment effectiveness for patients with active wounds and for those who have a high potential for developing pressure ulcers because of immobility, age, or other factors. Wanting to provide the best care possible, Sheila also helps patients to the restroom, feeds them during meal times, and repositions them to ensure the least pressure on their wounds. As an influential leader in changing the physicians' and nurses' practice in treating wounds, Sheila was responsible for the Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program initiative and for implementing the Braden Scale; she also leads the quarterly point prevalence pressure ulcer study. Sheila is active in local wound care groups and leads a group of 15 nurses in wound care at Atrium. Additionally, she trains her patients and their family members in wound care as it specifically relates to the patient. Sheila earned her B.S.N. and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from the University of Cincinnati. She is certified as a Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist and in infusion therapy and wound care.

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