Faculty and Staff Profile

Kim Anne Pickett

Educational Background

PhD Nursing Science
Medical University of South Carolina 2018

MS Family Nurse Practitioner
Wright State University 2003

BS Nursing
Andrews University 2000

AD Nursing
Lansing Community College 1993

Courses Taught

NURS 3190 Health Assessment for RNs
NURS 3300 Research in Nursing
NURS 8060 Advanced Assessment in Nursing
NURS 8040 Knowledge Development in Adv Practice
NURS 8480 Health Policy and Economics
NURS 9090 DNP Practice Integration Project I
NURS 9210 DNP Role, Theory and Philosophy
HCG 9910 Doctoral Dissertation Research

Profile

Dr. Pickett teaches Advanced Physical Assessment. A Family Nurse Practitioner with 30 years of clinical nursing experience, Dr. Pickett also holds a board certification in Advanced Diabetes Management through the American Association of Diabetes Educators. She currently maintains an active NP practice with Medical Group of the Carolinas Senior Health and St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic in Spartanburg, SC. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau.

Research Interests

Health promotion in patients who live with Type 1 and 2 diabetes, transcultural nursing, tobacco cessation in patients with cancer, psychosocial determinants of health, health promotion in marginalized populations, hypertension

Research Publications

Pickett, K. A., & Pomarico-Denino (2021). Assessment of the transgender patient. In M. Goolsby & L. Grubbs (Eds.), Advanced assessment: Interpreting findings and formulating differential diagnoses. Fifth edition. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company

Pickett, K. A., & Aramburu Alegri­a, C. (2019). Assessment of the transgender patient. In M. Goolsby & L. Grubbs (Eds.), Advanced assessment: Interpreting findings and formulating differential diagnoses. Fourth edition. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company

Cartmell, K. B., Sterba, K. R., Pickett, K., Zapka, J., Alberg, A. J., Sood, A. J., & Esnaola, N. F. (2018). Availability of patient-centered cancer support services: A statewide survey of cancer centers. PloS One, 13(3), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194649

Scordo, K., & Pickett, K. A. (2017). Triglycerides: Do They Matter? American Journal of Nursing, 117(1), 24-31. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000511539.37103.0b

Pickett, K. A. (2016). Microvascular complications of diabetes: What's relevant for practice? Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 12(10), 683-689

Pickett, K. A. (2016). Evaluation and treatment of male hypogonadism in primary care. Nurse Practitioner, 41(8), 1-6. doi:10.1097/01.NPR.0000488713.97938.0f

Scordo, K. A., & Pickett, K. A. (2015). Hypertension guidelines in the spotlight. Nursing Management, 46(7), 22-27. doi: 10.1097/01.numa.0000466487.00580.57

Scordo, K. A., & Pickett, K. A. (2014). Hypertension in 2014: making sense of the guidelines. Nurse Practitioner, 39(6), 18-23; doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000446869.87081.9b

Honors and Awards

2019 Greenville Health System - Health Sciences Center Seed Grant for pilot study: "The Effects of Resistance Exercise on Post-Prandial Glycemic Control in Obese and Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes"
2013 Dorothy Johnson Crews Scholarship Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
2011 Letter of Appreciation of Graduate Teaching - USAF at Wright State University Dayton, OH
2011 Award for Graduate Clinical Teaching Excellence Wright State University Dayton, OH
2008 Award for Undergraduate Clinical Teaching Excellence Wright State University Dayton, OH