Kim Steanson DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC

Director, Pediatric NP-Acute Care Specialty
Assistant Professor

Bio

Dr. Steanson is an assistant professor in the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner program.

She is board certified in both primary and acute care pediatrics. She has almost 20 years of experience as a nurse practitioner caring for critically ill children. She maintains current clinical practice as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.

Education

DNP, University of South Alabama
Post-Master's Certificate, University of South Alabama
MSN, Vanderbilt University
BSN, Texas Woman's University

Current Research/Scholarly Interests

Negotiating failure experiences in nurse practitioner students
Knowledge, confidence, and anxiety in new graduate nurses in the pediatric cardiac ICU
Transition of nurses from bedside to provider roles

Representative Publications

Book Chapters

Steanson, K. (2020). Malaria. In: Kline-Tilford, A. and Haut, C. Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. Hoboken: Wiley

Steanson, K. (2020). Osteomyelitis. In: Kline-Tilford, A. and Haut, C. Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. Hoboken: Wiley

Representative Presentations

Steanson, K. An antibiotic spectrum: An approach to choosing antibiotics using an antibiogram. (2020,February). Music City NAPNAP chapter, Nashville, TN.

Steanson, K. (2021, March). An antibiotic spectrum: An approach to choosing antibiotics using an antibiogram. 42nd National Conference on Pediatric Health Care, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. [virtual]

Professional Organizations

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Programs
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Tennessee Nurses Association
American Nurses Association