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Dawn M. Baker, BSN, RN, WCC, has been Inducted into the Prestigious Marquis Who's Who Biographical Registry

Ms. Baker is recognized for her dedicated career as a wound care nurse consultant.



She was named a VA Star Employee for Wilmington by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2019.

    NEWARK, DE, December 23, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dawn M. Baker, BSN, RN, WCC, has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

With more than 10 years of excellence to her credit in wound care, Ms. Baker has found success as a leading nurse for the Department of Veteran Affairs. In this capacity, she serves as a Wound Care Consultant for acute care in-patient and out-patient care settings, as well as charge nurse for specialty clinics with the Wilmington VAMC. She has focused her efforts on seeing patients with wounds, assessing, developing treatment plan recommendations, collaborating with the hospital's interdisciplinary team, and coordinating with outside agencies to ensure an integrated approach to wound healing. She is the lead for the biologic tissue implant tracking process which she developed including policy, procedures, documentation, and competencies. Ms. Baker's tracking process was selected as a promising best practice.

Outside of her primary career efforts, Ms. Baker is a member of the American Nurses Association, the Delaware Nurses Association, the Wound Care Education Institute, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Prior to her current role, Ms. Baker began her career as a registered nurse for Kentmere Nursing Care Center in 2009 and became the unit manager of the Alzheimer's and Dementia unit the same year. In 2010, she was promoted to the manager of the short-term rehabilitation and long-term care unit at the Kentmere Nursing Care Center. Following this time, she became a wound care and restorative nurse consultant for the Community Living Center (CLC) at the Department of Veteran Affairs, Wilmington VAMC in 2012. She developed a restorative nursing program and a wound care program that were key to the CLC achieving a deficiency free survey from long term care. In 2015, she obtained the role as outpatient wound care nurse consultant and in 2016, subsequently became the acute care in-patient wound care nurse consultant at the WVAMC.

Prior to embarking on her professional journey, Ms. Baker earned a registered nurse associate degree from Delaware Technical and Community College in 2008. She then attained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Wilmington University in 2022 and was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Omicron Gamma in 2022. Well-qualified in her field, she is a registered nurse and is certified in wound care by the National Alliance of Wound Care. In recognition of her excellent work, she was honored with a Secretary's Award for Nursing Excellence in 2016 and was named a VA Star Employee for Wilmington by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2019. Ms. Baker intends to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing Leadership and Management with Western Governors University, courses starting in 2023.

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