Kimberly Hillyer
December 2022
Kimberly
Hillyer
,
DNP, RN, LNC, NNP-BC
Advanced Practice Services - Pediatrics
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda
,
CA
United States
While for many the types of setbacks that she has been subjected to are crippling for most, she has risen up to the challenges and dealt with them.
When thinking about a DAISY nurse, I think of someone whose passion drives them to always want to be the best, someone who is loyal, a person that continually looks at different ways to improve their profession, and a person aware of their surroundings. I think of someone who uses setbacks as stepping stones and uses accomplishments as examples so that others can be inspired to make their world a more beautiful world.
Today, I would like to nominate Dr. Kimberly Hillyer for the DAISY Award. Dr. Hillyer started her nursing career in the NICU as a bedside nurse. She quickly found that she aspired to be a neonatal nurse practitioner. After meeting the requirements for school, she applied and was granted admission to Loma Linda University School of Nursing. I met her here and immediately I knew that she was a very special person. I found her tireless desire to know and understand the material and her attention to detail spoke volumes about her passion for her tradecraft.
After our training, Kim remained on at Loma Linda, while I moved around to several different facilities. When I returned, I found her still tirelessly working to improve her knowledge of our profession, and as well I could see how much she had grown. When she communicated with neonatologists they listened. She has remained at LLU her entire career and just recently celebrated her 20th anniversary which illustrates her loyalty to Loma Linda.
Kim has always been one of our top NNP’s when it comes to advancing our practices. She is consistently going to get information to share with parents from the pharmaceutical representatives. She has taken the lead countless times in the orientation of newly graduated NNP’s. She is constantly working with resident physicians, helping them become better physicians. She also has helped develop several different documents in Epic that the entire unit uses, from progress notes to history and physicals. It is not uncommon to hear our neonatologists, when it comes to creating a document for epic, say, “We better get Kim on it.”
Away from the unit, Kim hosts a podcast sponsored by Neonatology Today where she talks to industry leaders in neonatology about new advances, just so that others will have access to that knowledge.
Finally, like all of us, Kim has had several setbacks. While for many the types of setbacks that she has been subjected to are crippling for most, she has risen up to the challenges and dealt with them. In my conversations with her about these challenges and why she is so driven, her reply was, “I am because of my family. Because I want my children to know that while there are challenges, those challenges are there so that we can make a better tomorrow”. It is with great admiration and adoration I nominate Dr. Kimberly Hillyer for the DAISY Award.
Today, I would like to nominate Dr. Kimberly Hillyer for the DAISY Award. Dr. Hillyer started her nursing career in the NICU as a bedside nurse. She quickly found that she aspired to be a neonatal nurse practitioner. After meeting the requirements for school, she applied and was granted admission to Loma Linda University School of Nursing. I met her here and immediately I knew that she was a very special person. I found her tireless desire to know and understand the material and her attention to detail spoke volumes about her passion for her tradecraft.
After our training, Kim remained on at Loma Linda, while I moved around to several different facilities. When I returned, I found her still tirelessly working to improve her knowledge of our profession, and as well I could see how much she had grown. When she communicated with neonatologists they listened. She has remained at LLU her entire career and just recently celebrated her 20th anniversary which illustrates her loyalty to Loma Linda.
Kim has always been one of our top NNP’s when it comes to advancing our practices. She is consistently going to get information to share with parents from the pharmaceutical representatives. She has taken the lead countless times in the orientation of newly graduated NNP’s. She is constantly working with resident physicians, helping them become better physicians. She also has helped develop several different documents in Epic that the entire unit uses, from progress notes to history and physicals. It is not uncommon to hear our neonatologists, when it comes to creating a document for epic, say, “We better get Kim on it.”
Away from the unit, Kim hosts a podcast sponsored by Neonatology Today where she talks to industry leaders in neonatology about new advances, just so that others will have access to that knowledge.
Finally, like all of us, Kim has had several setbacks. While for many the types of setbacks that she has been subjected to are crippling for most, she has risen up to the challenges and dealt with them. In my conversations with her about these challenges and why she is so driven, her reply was, “I am because of my family. Because I want my children to know that while there are challenges, those challenges are there so that we can make a better tomorrow”. It is with great admiration and adoration I nominate Dr. Kimberly Hillyer for the DAISY Award.