NMMC of Tupelo recently honored Bill Malone Jr. with the Excellence in Nursing Award for Non-Traditional Nursing.
Bill, who lives in Ingomar, is a flight nurse with CareFlight and also works in the Critical Care Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Critical Care Transport. He joined the NMMC staff in 2004 as a respiratory therapist. He also serves on NMMC’s Nursing Shared Governance Council. He earned an associate degree in respiratory therapy from Northeast MS Community College in 2004 and an associate degree in nursing there in 2011. He trained as an Emergency Medical Technician at Creighton University in Omaha, NE in 2018 and is a Neonatal-Pediatric Respiratory Specialist by the National Registered Emergency Medical Technician. He is one of only two nurses in Mississippi who has successfully completed all five emergency nursing certification exams, and both work for NMMC.
He is a Certified Emergency Nurse, Certified Flight Registered Nurse, Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse, Certified Transport Registered Nurse and Trauma Certified Emergency Nurse, all issued by the Board of Certification of Emergency Nursing. He is certified in Neonatal Pediatric Transport by the National Certification Corporation, is a Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and a Registered Respiratory Therapist with the National Board for Respiratory Care. He is recognized as a Neonatal-Pediatric Respiratory Specialist by the National Board for Respiratory Care. Bill and his wife, Amber, have two children--Cooper, 11, and Laurel, 9. They attend Fredonia Baptist Church in Ingomar. The family also includes dogs, Mac and Miller, and cat, Moses. A graduate of Bruce High School, Bill is the son of Bill Sr. and Suzette Malone.