Nina D. Williams

Clinical Assistant Professor

I am a Registered Nurse with 33 years of bedside nursing practice in the fields of Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care, Mother/Baby Postpartum, Women’s Health, Medical Surgical nursing, travel nursing, and Legal Nurse Consultant and founder of Creative OB Solutions, LLC.
I came to UNCW in 2016 part-time and was hired full time in 2017.
Current position:
Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator for Prelicensure and Accelerated BSN programs within the School of Nursing
Clinical Coordinator for Women's Health for the Prelicensure and Accelerated BSN programs

Education

Specialization in Teaching

Teaching

University of North Carolina Wilmington

August 2021- Present Assistant Clinical Professor
August 2017-2021 Lecturer

Student Advisor: 2017-2022 Twenty-five students

Courses Taught
NSG 313- Women’s Health Across the Lifespan (Course and Clinical Coordinator)
NSG 330- Maternal/Infant Nursing (Course and Clinical Coordinator)
NSG 409- Capstone: Senior Graduates (Course and Clinical Coordinator)
NSG 401- Pediatric Nursing
NSG 404- Healthcare Policy (RN-BSN program)
NSG 406- Leadership in Nursing (RN-BSN program)
NSG 326- Adult Health 1
NSG 252- Nursing Fundamentals
NSG 316- Professional Nursing Practice
NSG 415- Research in Nursing: Evidence Based Practice

Research Interests

DNP project, Development of an Obstetric Rapid Response Team in a rural Hospital addressed the growing morbidity and mortality rates globally, nationally, and locally. Dr. Williams project aimed to provide discrete emergency care through establishment, manning, equipping, and training of personnel of an Obstetric Rapid Response Team (OB-RRT). She has traveled globally, nationally, and locally to conferences sharing her findings and creating OB-RRTs.

Legal Issues in Novice Nurses: How to decrease the risk of negligence

Professional Service

Association of Women’s Health Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) North Carolina Section
2018-Present
Youth Mentorship Academy: Future Healthcare Hero’s, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC
2019-Present
Owner: Creative OB Solutions, LLC/Legal Nurse Consultant
2018-present
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society- Nu Omega Chapter
2015-Present
North Carolina Nursing Association (NCNA)
2015-Present
National League for Nursing
2015-present

Community Engagement

2018 North Carolina Nurse of the Day- General Assembly, Raleigh, NC (June 2018)
2018 North Carolina Nurses Association Legislative Day, Raleigh, NC (June 2018)
Volunteer for Pineland Resources Search and Rescue, NC

Honors & Awards

CHHS School of Nursing: DAISY Faculty
March 2024 Awarded for CHHS School of Nursing DAISY Educator Award

NC AWHONN 2021 Nurse Leader of the Year Award April 2021
Recipient of 2021 Nurse Leader of the Year Award for North Carolina AWHONN

NCNA Nurses Day Recognition May 2019 University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington NC
Employee Recognition of Service

DNP Leadership Award May 2019 Gardner-Webb University,
Boiling Springs, NC

YWCA, Wilmington, NC
February 2021 Nominated for 35th Annual Women of Achievement Award

10 years August 2019 New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC