Katerina Melino, RN, MS, NP

Title(s)Associate Professor, Community Health Systems
SchoolSchool of Nursing
Address490 Illinois Street, #9312
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-476-6930
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    UCSF, San Francisco, CAMS 2014PMHNP
    University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaBScN2010Nursing
    University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaBA2005Anthropology
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaPhD (in progress)Nursing
    University of California, San Francisco, CA10/2022Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    UCSF School of Nursing2020  - 2021Excellence in Clinical Mentoring Teaching Award

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    Kate Melino is an Associate Clinical Professor and co-director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program at the UCSF School of Nursing. In addition to ongoing curriculum development, her teaching foci include structural competency, reflexive practice, therapeutic communication, trauma-informed care, and PMHNP role development.

    Kate has U.S. and international experience as a psychiatric provider, administrator, and clinical leader across the continuum of mental health services. Her clinical interests include integration of primary and behavioural health care, concurrent treatment of mental health and substance use disorders, geriatric psychiatry, and LGBTQ mental health.

    Kate is a member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators.

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    1. Deconstructing Professionalism as Code for White (Power): Authenticity as Resistance in Nursing. Nurs Philos. 2025 Jan; 26(1):e70002. Melino K, Bell B, Freborg K. PMID: 39526480.
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    2. Towards a new (or rearticulated) philosophy of mental health nursing: A dialogue-on-dialogue. Nurs Philos. 2023 Mar 10; e12433. Collier-Sewell F, Melino K. PMID: 36899484.
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    3. A Concept Analysis of Structural Competency. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2023 Apr-Jun 01; 46(2):188-198. Melino K, Olson J, Hilario C. PMID: 36036684; PMCID: PMC10153664.
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    4. How PMHNP Program Directors Facilitate Psychotherapeutic Skill Acquisition. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2024 Apr; 30(2):288-299. Wesemann D, Convoy S, Goldstein D, Melino K. PMID: 35923067.
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    5. Structural Competency in Health Care. Nurs Clin North Am. 2022 09; 57(3):433-441. Melino K. PMID: 35985730; PMCID: PMC9300050.
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    6. Transitioning from clinician to nurse practitioner clinical faculty: A systematic review. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2020 Oct; 32(10):652-659. McQuilkin MA, Gatewood E, Gramkowski B, Hunter JM, Kuster A, Melino K, Mihaly LK. PMID: 31855871.
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    7. Exploring Readiness for Teleprecepting in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Training. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2021 Mar-Apr; 27(2):169-173. Johnson DS, Ling A, Melino K. PMID: 32772880.
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    8. Two Different Buprenorphine Treatment Settings With Similar Retention Rates: Implications for Expanding Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2019 Jul/Aug; 25(4):305-313. Tierney M, Melino K, Adeniji A, Shumway M, Allen IE, Waters CM. PMID: 30295107.
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    9. Nurses' Communication of Safety Events to Nursing Home Residents and Families. J Gerontol Nurs. 2018 Feb 01; 44(2):25-32. Wagner LM, Driscoll L, Darlington JL, Flores V, Kim J, Melino K, Patel HD, Spetz J. PMID: 28990635.
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