Melanie Gates

Experience

Melanie Gates is a Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner specializing in Nurse Practitioner. Currently working at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. Nurse Practitioners are advanced practice nurses who diagnose conditions, prescribe medications, and manage patient care with a high degree of clinical autonomy.

Education

About Virginia Mason Medical Center

Position in NurseSend Database

• 95,391 healthcare professionals in NurseSend hold the Nurse Practitioner specialty. Melanie Gates is one of them.
• 1,564 Nurse Practitioners are based in WA (out of 16,490 total healthcare contacts in that state).
• 233 contacts at Virginia Mason Medical Center are tracked in NurseSend.
• Typical Nurse Practitioner compensation in WA: $96,000 – $185,000 (median $136,000). Source: BLS OEWS adjusted for state cost of labor.
• Top employers of Nurse Practitioners in WA: Multicare Health System (53), Seattle Children's (50), Providence Health & Services (30).
• 1% of Nurse Practitioners in WA hold a senior title (Manager, Director, Charge Nurse, Supervisor, Lead, etc.).
• 82% of Nurse Practitioners in WA have verified education credentials on file.

Data refreshed November 2026 · Compiled from NPI registry public licensing data and public LinkedIn profile data. Methodology & sources.

Recruiting Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) provide advanced clinical care and often practice with independence. Recruiting an NP like Melanie Gates typically requires emphasizing autonomy, patient panel size, and prescriptive authority. NPs are in high demand for primary care, urgent care, and specialty clinics.

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