Kim Stevens

Contributing Faculty
College of Nursing
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Dr. Kim Stevens provides informatics guidance and act as a liaison between clinical and IT departments in healthcare operations, leveraging both clinical knowledge and informatics knowledge to provide innovative solutions. Dr. Kim is a Registered Nurse with 27 years of practice who began her nursing career in 1993 with an Associate of Nursing degree from Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California as an infirmary nurse at a juvenile detention center servicing the misguided and underserved teenage population in Compton, California. She later transitioned her practice to emergency medicine for both the pediatric and adult population and graduated with her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Walden University in 2011. In 2013, she graduated from Walden University with an Masters of Science in Nursing specializing in Nursing Informatics and practiced as a Nurse Informaticist for Howard University Hospital, Southern Regional Hospital, The George Washington University Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland where she supervised the EHR training team and the User Access Management team and as a coordinator of practicum experiences for graduate-level nursing informatics students. Dr. Kim completed Walden University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice curriculum with a focus in clinical informatics in 2019 and is currently advocating on improving usability of information systems and clinical applications for clinical end-users. She also practiced as a Senior Clinical Informaticist with the Cerner Corporation Bear Institute in Washington D.C., and for the Task Force for Global Health. Currently she practice as an Clinical Informatics Associate Manager for Accenture Corporation and Contributing Faculty (DNP) at Walden University, Limited Term Lecturer at Purdue University Northwest, College of Nursing, Nursing Informatics course for ungraduated and graduate students and as an Academic Coach for Instructional Connections. Dr. Kim is a member of Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), SIGMA Theta Tau International (Gamma Beta and Phi Nu chapters) and The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS).

Education

DNP, Walden University

MSN, Walden University

BSN, Walden University

AS, Golden West College