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Faculty Profile
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Melanie Hardin-Pierce, D.N.P., R.N., A.C.N.P.,
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Assistant Professor
Faculty Status: Undergraduate/Graduate
(Associate)
Education: D.N.P., University of Kentucky,
2006
Interests: Prevention of ventilator-associated
pneumonia; improving outcomes in critically ill adults
Phone: (859) 323-5658
E-mail:
mhpier00@uky.edu |
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Melanie Hardin-Pierce has an extensive background in adult
critical care. Her research interests include improving outcomes
in mechanically ventilated adult critically ill patient
population, prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia, and
positional therapy as an adjunct treatment for acute respiratory
distress syndrome. She has written numerous textbook chapters in
the area of high acuity nursing and has been active in research
and evidence-based practice issues. Hardin-Pierce is an
assistant professor in the College where she teaches in both the
undergraduate and graduate programs. She is also an acute care
nurse practitioner and corporate nurse consultant for Select
Specialty Hospital in Lexington. She is involved in research in
the adult critical care services division at the University of
Kentucky Chandler Hospital. |
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