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Kimberly Hughes

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Kimberly N. Hughes, DNP, RNC-OB, CNS

Associate Professor/Clinical

Dr. Hughes is an Associate Professor/Clinical and has worked at UT School of Nursing since Summer of 2015. As a perinatal clinical nurse specialist, Dr. Hughes is an expert in maternal care practices from conception through the early postpartum period. Dr. Hughes is certified in inpatient obstetric care. Dr. Hughes teaches in Care of the Childbearing Family Clinical (N3208) and is the course coordinator and primary instructor for Care of the Childbearing Family theory course (N3207). She also periodically teaches some OB content in the accelerated Family Nursing clinical course (N3373). Dr. Hughes is the primary instructor for the OB content within the Disease Management theory courses (N4502) and teaches in the corresponding clinical course (N4533). Dr. Hughes engages students in community health promotion activities such as breastfeeding education, infant safe sleep and shaken baby prevention thereby increasing knowledge within the community and fostering understanding about the importance of patient education for the nursing students.  Dr. Hughes also mentors DNP students on their final project in the DNP project implementation and dissemination courses (N7305, N7306 and N7307) and guest lectures in the DNP Dissemination course (N7307) 

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2017 - Doctor in Nursing Practice - Educational Leadership - American Sentinel University
    • 2011 - Master of Science in Nursing - Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist - University of California at San Francisco
    • 2002 - Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing/Magna Cum Laude - Winston-Salem State University

    Highlights

    Licensure and Certifications

    • Registered Nurse (Texas)
    • Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) Program 
    • Advanced Fetal Monitoring Instructor 
    • Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Instructor 
    • RNC Inpatient Obstetric Nursing

    Honors and Awards

    • 2023 Presidential Excellence – Emerging award

    • 2018, AWHONN Emerging Leaders Program

     

    Appointments

    • 2016 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2015 - 2016 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, Department of Family and Community Health Systems
    • 2023 - Associate Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing

  • Instruction & Training

    • 2022 - Present, NURS 7305 DNP Seminar, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2022 - Present, NURS 7306 DNP Project, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2023, NURS 7307 DNP Dissemination, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2019 - Present , NURS 3207 Childbearing Families: Theory, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2018 - Present, NURS 4403 Disease Management III: Clinical Applications, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2018 - Present , NURS 4502 Disease Mgmt. II: Theoretical, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2016 - Present , NURS 3273 Health Assessment & Promotion: Clinical Applications, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2015 - Present, NURS 3208 Childbearing Families: Clinical, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2015 - 2019, NURS 3373 Family Nurse Care: Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2017 - 2019, NURS 3207 Childbearing Families: Theory, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2016 , NURS 3372 Family Nurse Care: Theoretical, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing

  • Research & Grants

    Grants

    Completed Research/Projects: 

    • 2018 – 2020, Funder: The UT Health School of Nursing, Nursing Advisory Council, Project #160782, $2,521.50. Title: Utilization of Safe Sleep Baby Boxes by Women upon Hospital Discharge. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Grant Detail: The purpose of this project is to describe 5 safe sleep practices (supine sleep, room sharing, sleep surface, breastfeeding, and pacifier use) of mothers receiving a baby box at hospital discharge. 
    • 2015 - Present, Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices (CHAMPS) program, University Hospital System (UHS) CHAMPS Acting as a consultant for the Implementation team to improve breastfeeding practices 
    • 2018 - 2020, Utilization of Safe Sleep Baby Boxes by Women upon Hospital Discharge, The purpose of this project is to describe 5 safe sleep practices (supine sleep, room sharing, sleep surface, breastfeeding, and pacifier use) of mothers receiving a baby box at hospital discharge. 
    • 2015 - 2016, Prenatal Breastfeeding Education Program, Developed a prenatal breastfeeding education program at the Robert B. Green Clinic as a DNP capstone project. Completed the capstone in December of 2016. The medical assistant scripts used to present the education are now being utilized by the remainder of the OB clinics affiliated with university health systems. 

  • Service

    School

    STUDENT MENTEES/TRAINEES   

    • 2022-2023 Connie Choi, DNP candidate, supervision of DNP Quality Improvement Project titled: Integrating the Clinical Safety Improvement Program to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury 
    • 2022-2023 Bianca Mireles, DNP candidate, supervision of DNP Quality Improvement Project titled: Increasing Attendance of Childbirth Education Classes 
    • 2022-2023 Natalie Nieto, DNP candidate, supervision of DNP Quality Improvement Project titled: A quality improvement proposal to increase chlamydia and gonorrhea screening at an Academic Wellness center 

    Institutional

    • 08/2022-Present UTHSCSA Computing Resources Committee/Member To serve in a consultative and advisory capacity to the President and Vice President/Chief Information Officer and to advise and assist in making recommendations regarding information technologies, cybersecurity, management, and services. To review and advise in developing priorities, standards and policies in the areas of information technology that affect the missions of UT Health San Antonio to ensure that the services provided by Information Management and Services reflect the needs and interests of the campus community.  

    • 08/2021-Present UTHSCSA SON Committee on Undergraduate Studies (COUS), Chair 
    • 08/2020-07/2021 UTHSCSA SON Committee on Undergraduate Studies (COUS), Chair-Elect 
    • 2017 - 2020, UTHSCSA SON, Committee on Undergraduate Studies (COUS), Member 
    • 2018 - 2020, UTHSCSA SON, Committee on Simulation and Innovation (ComSI), Member  
    • 2016 - 2018, UTHSCSA SON, Scholarship Committee, Member 
    • 2018 - 2018, UTHSCSA SON, Adhoc Mentoring Workgroup, Member 

     

    Service to the Profession

    • 2015-Present, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Delta Alpha-at-Large Chapter, Member  
    • 2009-Present, The Association of Women‘s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, Members

     

     

    Community

    • 2021, COVID 19 Clinic, UT Health School of Nursing 

  • Publications

      Peer-reviewed Articles (*indicates data-based) 

      • Hughes KN, Rodriguez-Carter, J., Hill, J., Miller, D., Gomez, C. Using Skin-to-Skin Contact to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding at a Military Medical Center Nursing for Women's Health 2015 Dec;19(6):479-489.
      •  Hughes, K., & Carder, E. (2021). Virtual Service-Learning Using Facebook Live. Nurse Educator, 46(6), E147. 

      • Hughes, K. N., Berndt, A., & Gill, S. (2022). Application of the Flipped Classroom Approach in an Undergraduate Maternal–Newborn Nursing Course to Improve Clinical Reasoning. Creative Nursing, 28(1), 48-53. 

      • Hughes, Kimberly, DNP, RNC-OB, Gill, Sara, PhD, RN, IBCLC, FAAN, Berndt, Andrea, et al. (2023). Perceptions and Use of Safe Sleep Baby Boxes at Hospital Discharge by New Mothers. MCN, American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 48, 30-35. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000000880 

       

       

      Abstracts 

      • Hughes, DNP, RNC-OB, CNS KN. Skin-to-skin contact as an intervention to improve inpatient exclusive breastfeeding rates. Proceedings in the Center for Women's Health and Wellness and Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute 11th Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference. 2016 Mar. p. 77. 

      Peer Reviewed Podium Presentations  

      • 2022 Advanced Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)  Details: 7 hours course which focuses on the advanced assessment, interpretation, and evaluation of Fetal Heart Rate tracings.  
      • 2022 Intermediate Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)  Details: Course which educates participants on assessment and evaluation of fetal oxygenation during labor 2022, Thinking Like a Nurse: Intent and Impact of Caring, International virtual launch event for Creative Nursing (Co-Presenter) Details: The launch event was to celebrate the publication of Creative Nursing Vol. 28 #1, Thinking Like a Nurse: Intent and Impact of Caring. 
      • 2021, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) Details: 7 hours course which focuses on the advanced assessment, interpretation, and evaluation of Fetal Heart Rate tracings.  
      • 2020, Intermediate Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) Details: 2 Day course which educates participants on assessment and evaluation of fetal oxygenation during labor 
      • 2020, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) Details: 7 hours course which focuses on the advanced assessment, interpretation, and evaluation of Fetal Heart Rate tracings. 
      • 2019, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) Details: 7 hours course which focuses on the advanced assessment, interpretation, and evaluation of Fetal Heart Rate tracings. 
      • 2018, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) Details: 7 hours course which focuses on the advanced assessment, interpretation, and evaluation of Fetal Heart Rate tracings. 
      • 2018, Intermediate Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) Details: 2 Day course which educates participants on assessment and evaluation of fetal oxygenation during labor.
      • 2017, Advanced Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) Details: 7 hours course which focuses on the advanced assessment, interpretation, and evaluation of Fetal Heart Rate tracings. 
      • 2017, Intermediate Fetal Monitoring, AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Course, University Hospital, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) Details: 2 Day course which educates participants on assessment and evaluation of fetal oxygenation during labor. 

      Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations  

      • 2019, Engaging Professional Organizations in the Support for Mothers, Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) National Convention, Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), Atlanta, GA (Sole Presenter) Details: National Poster
      • 2016, Skin-to-Skin Contact as an Intervention to Improve Inpatient Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates, 11th Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference Advancing Breastfeeding Policy and Advocacy: Focus on Work and Poverty, Chapel Hill, NC (Sole Presenter) Details: International Conference Poster presentation.