Merline Dessalines MSN, MHA, RN
Cancer Care Nurse Navigator
VA Charleston health care
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Merline Dessalines MSN, RN, MHA, is a dedicated healthcare professional with over 25 years of experience.
Merline received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina and a dual master’s degrees in nursing and healthcare administration from University of Phoenix.
Merline began her journey with the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2011 at the Columbia VA, where she worked as a procedural nurse, nurse circulator, GI case manager and liver transplant care coordinator. She later served at the Atlanta VA, where she worked as a hospice-palliative care case manager, before transitioning to the role of Surgical Oncology Nurse Navigator at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System in 2022. Merline Dessalines brings her expertise and compassion to patient care.
Beyond the hospital walls, Merline Dessalines finds joy in gardening alongside her spouse of 35 years and cherishing moments with their two daughters and her four sisters.