Poster Author(s)

Jessica R. Metcalf, BSN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW

Jessica R. Metcalf, BSN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, is a graduate student in the neonatal nurse practitioner program at Duke University. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from Chipola College and has nearly a decade of neonatal intensive care nursing experience, including six years as a traveling neonatal intensive care nurse across Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Jersey, Oregon, and Texas. Currently, she practices as a neonatal intensive care nurse in a Level IV NICU in Tampa, Florida. As a proud member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Jessica is dedicated to advancing health equity for Indigenous communities. Her clinical and research interests center on reducing health disparities in Indigenous infant populations and pursuing quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing long-term outcomes for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants.