Hyejin Kim is an assistant professor at Chung-Ang University Red Cross College of Nursing, starting on March 1, 2019. Dr. Kim received her PhD in Nursing (with a focus on palliative and end-of-life care) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She was a 2016 Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA predoctoral (F31) Fellow and a 2013-2015 National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Patricia G. Archbold scholar during her doctoral education. Upon the completion of her doctoral education, she pursued post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for Nursing Excellence in Palliative Care at Emory university School of Nursing. Her research has been focused on improving the quality of care and promoting palliative care for older adults who have lost decision-making capacity, and their surrogates. Her research areas include palliative and end-of-life care (particularly goals-of-care discussions and advance care planning); dementia and long-term care; and qualitative & mixed-methods research. Dr. Kim also has various clinical experiences including critical care, cardiovascular nursing, rehabilitation, and nursing home care. She worked as a registered nurse at the Asan Medical Center (CSICU) in Korea and the Good Shepherd Penn Partners (LTACH) in Pennsylvania, USA, and as a nurse practitioner in nursing homes in Pennsylvania, USA. She teaches Adult and Gerontological Nursing.

PhD, 2017, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
MSN, 2008, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Specialty: Adult & Gerontology Nurse Practitioner)
MSN, 2006, Korea University College of Nursing (Specialty: Adult Nursing)
BSN, 2002, Korea University College of Nursing

Palliative & End-of-life are
Dementia Care
Long-term care
Qualitative & Mixed Methods
Adult & Gerontological Nursing

American Nurses Association
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Gerontological Society of America
Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing
Korean Nurses Association
Korean Gerontological Nursing Society

(*data-based publications; +corresponding author)

● *Kim, H., Cho, J., Park, W. S., & Kim, S. S. (2021). Characteristics of Advance Care Planning Interventions Across Dementia Stages: A Systematic Review. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 53(2), 180-188. doi:10.1111/jnu.12624
● *Kong, E.H., Kim, H., & Kim, H. (2021). Nursing home staff’s perceptions of barriers and needs in implementing person-centred care for people living with dementia: A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, [published Feb 23, 2021] doi: 10.1111/jocn.15729. [Online ahead of print]
● *+Han, E. J., Lee, J., Cho, E., & Kim, H. (2021). Socioeconomic Costs of Dementia Based on Utilization of Health Care and Long-Term-Care Services: A Retrospective Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2). doi:10.3390/ijerph18020376
● *Cho, E., Kim, H., Chang, S. J., Kim, H., & Kim J. (2020). Exploring Nurses’ Perceptions of Nursing Home Care in South Korea: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing, 22(2), 85-94
● *Song, M. K., Ward, S. E., Hepburn, K., Paul S., Kim, H., Shah, R. C., Morhardt, D. J., Medders, L., Lah, J. J., Clevenger, C. C. (2019). Can persons with dementia meaningfully participate in advance care planning discussion? A mixed-methods study of SPIRIT. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 22(11), 1410-1416. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0088
● *+Cho, J., Jeong, K., Kim, S., and Kim, H. (2019). Exploring the healthcare seeking behavior of Medical Aid beneficiaries who overutilize healthcare services: A qualitative descriptive studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(14), 2485. doi:10.3390/ijerph16142485
● *+Cho, E, Lee, K., Min, D., Chang, S., Kim, J., & Kim, H. (2019). Development and validation of the Nursing Home Care-Related Quality of Life Scale. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 20(11), 1412-1418. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.05.002
● *Kim, H., Park, E.M., Henry, C., Ward, S. E., & Song, M.K. (2019). Control conditions that are neither usual care nor no treatment in randomized trials of psychoeducational palliative care interventions: A systematic review. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 36(4), 339-347. doi: 10.1177/1049909118805936
● *+Kim, H., Bradway, C., Hickman, S. E., & Ersek, M. (2019). Exploring surrogate-provider communication during POLST discussions for individuals with advanced dementia. Aging and Mental Health, 23(6), 781-791. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2018.
● *Hardley, D. E., Packel, L., Kim, H., Darrah, N. J., LaMarra, D., & Bradway, C. (2018). Faculty facilitator’ and standardized family members (SFMs) perceptions of student teamwork during an interprofessional education simulation workshop. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 32(6), 786-789. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2018.1509845
● +Kim, H. & Song, M. K. (2018). Medical decision making for adults who lack decision-making capacity and a surrogate: State of the science. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 35(9), 1227-1234. doi: 10.1177/1049909118755647
● *+Kim, H., Bradway, C., Hickman, S. E., & Ersek, M. (2018). Surrogates’ experiences of engaging in POLST discussions for persons with advanced dementia. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(2), 69-77, doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000024
● Kim, H. & Cho, J. (2017). Understanding quality of life among adult patients with terminal cancer in South Korea: An integrative review. Korean Journal of Adult Nursing, 29(4), 419-431. https://doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2017.29.4.419
● *Cho, E., Kim, H., Kim, J., Lee, K., Meghani, S., & Chang, S. (2017). Older adult residents’ perceptions of daily lives in nursing homes. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 49(5), 495-503. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12314
● Abboud, S., Kim, S. K., Jacoby, S., Mooney-Doyle, K., Waite, T., Froh, E., Sefcik, J. S., Kim, H., Sowicz, T. J., Kelly, T., & Kagan, S. (2017). Co-creation of a pedagogical space to support qualitative inquiry: An advanced qualitative collective. Nurse Education Today, 50, 8-11. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.12.001
● *+Kim, H., Sefcik, J., & Bradway, C. (2017). Characteristics of qualitative descriptive studies: A systematic review. Research in Nursing and Health, 40(1), 23-42. doi: 10.1002/nur.21768
● *+Kim, H., Deatrick, J. A., & Ulrich, C. M. (2017). Ethical frameworks for surrogates’ end-of-life planning experiences: A qualitative systematic review. Nursing Ethics, 24(1), 46-69. doi: 10.1177/0969733016638145
● Sefcik, J. S. & Kim, H (2016). Guest editorial: A need for strong partnerships for successful nursing home research. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 9(4), 158-160. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20160609-01
● +Kim, H., Ersek, M., Bradway, C., & Hickman, S. (2015). Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment paradigm for nursing home residents with dementia. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 27(11), 606-614. doi: 10.1002/2327-6924.12258
● *Ersek, M., Thorpe, J., Kim, H., Thomasson, A., & Smith, D. (2015). Exploring end-of-life care in VA community living centers, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63(4), 644-650. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13348