Helen Hurst, DNP, RNC, APRN-CNM

  • Assistant Professor and LGMC/BORSF Endowed Professor
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette, College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions
    P.O. Box 43810
  • PHONE: (337)-482-5635
  • EMAIL:helenhurst@louisiana.edu

Education

  • D.N.P. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
  • M.S.N. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
  • B.S.N. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana
  • B.S. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana

Post-Graduate/Specialty Training

  • Certificate in Nurse Midwifery

Licensure and Board Certifications

  • ACC certified as a Certified Nurse-Midwife
  • NCC certification in Inpatient ObstetricsNRP
  • RN and APRN-CNM State of Louisiana Licensure

Academic Positions

  • Assistant Professor and LGMC/BORSF Endowed Professor in Nursing, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Honors & Awards

  • 2011 Nominee for the Ray P Authement Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Acadiana Celebrates Nursing Honoree

Professional Affiliations

  • Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
    1. The Louisiana Section Chair
    2. Acadiana Region Chapter Chair
  • Editorial Advisory Board AWHONN Healthy Mom and Healthy Baby
  • National League of Nursing
  • Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing: Delta Eta Chapter
  • NCSBN NLEX Test Item Writer
  • Manuscript reviewer for the AWHONN Nursing for Women's Health
  • Manuscript reviewer for Clinical Simulation in Nursing
  • Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
  • Office of Public Health Region IV Fetal & Infant Mortality Review Case Review Member
  • Editorial Board Member for the journal entitled Nursing For Women's Health

Areas of Research Interest

  • Evidence based practice in obstetric nursing.
  • Clinical simulation in obstetric nursing

Selected Publications & Presentations

  • Broussard, A. B., & Hurst, H.M. (2010). Antepartum-intrapartum complications. In M. T. Verklan & M. Walden (Eds.), AWHONN: Core curriculum for neonatal intensive care nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders.
  • Hurst, H. M. (2009). Alphafetoprotein testing: understanding when you may want this second trimester screening. Available at http://www.health4mom.org/a/alpha_fetoprotein_testing_745
  • Guilbeau, J.R., & Hurst, H. M. (2009). Brush up: periodontal disease and pregnancy. Nursing for Women’s Health, 13(6), 496-499.
  • Hurst, H.M. (2009). Fundal pressure: practiced maneuver, uncertain rules. Nursing for Women’s Health, 13(4), 331-334.
  • Heinrich, K.T., Hurst, H. Leigh, G., Oberleitner, M., & Poirrier, G. (2009).The teacher-scholar project:  How a Center of Excellence™ is preparing faculty to meet nursing’s millennial challenge. Nursing Education Perspectives, 30(3), 181-186.
  • Broussard, A. B., & Hurst, H.M. (2009). Antepartum-intrapartum complications. In M. T. Verklan & M. Walden (Eds.), AWHONN: Core curriculum for neonatal intensive care nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders.
  • Leigh, G., & Hurst, H. M. (2008). We have a high-fidelity simulator, now what? Making the most of simulators," International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. 5(1). Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ijnes/vol5/iss1/1 (peer reviewed)
  • 2009 Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Regional Fall Conference. “Fundal Pressure: Practiced Maneuver, Uncertain Rules.” Shreveport, LA.
  • 2009 Drexel University Women's Health Conference. "Transitioning from Traditional Skills Testing to Scenario Based Validation for OB and Women's Health." Atlantic City, NJ.
  • 2008 AACN Baccalaureate Education Conference, San Antonio Texas. "Transitioning to Scenario Based Group Skills Validation." Poster presentation
  • 2008 Lafayette General Medical Center. "Care of the Postpartum Patient." Inservice.
  • 2007 Labor Support Past and Present at the conference, "Preserving Normal Birth." Lafayette, Louisiana

Selected Funded Projects and Research

  • Hurst, H., & Leigh, G. T. (2009). “Making Your Online Course Engaging and Exciting.”
  • Hurst, H., & Gauthier, D. (2008). "Statistics for Nursing Research."
  • Broussard, L., Hurst, H., & Leigh, G.  (2006). “Enhancing Maternal Child Nursing Skills Through Patient Simulation”, Board of Regents Support Fund.