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Kimberly M. French, PhD, RN, CNE, serves as an Assistant Professor at Samford University's Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing, teaching undergraduate pre-licensure nursing students since her return to Samford in spring 2022. Previously, she taught for a decade at Jefferson State Community College, leveraging clinical experience spanning emergency care, GI lab, telemetry, ambulatory surgery, and PACU.
Her academic credentials include a PhD in Nursing from Mercer University (2018), MSN from Samford University (2011), BSN from Jacksonville State University (2009), and ASN from Troy State University in Montgomery (1999).
Dr. French's research centers on incivility in nursing education and evidence-based teaching strategies to enhance clinical judgment and patient safety. She investigates methods to prepare students for the Next Generation NCLEX while fostering respectful learning environments, with expertise spanning adult health, fundamentals, emergency, and perioperative nursing education.
Her recent scholarly contributions address critical nursing education challenges: the 2020 presentation on Next Generation NCLEX strategies and the 2018 work on incivility navigation demonstrate her commitment to advancing evidence-based teaching practices and professional standards in clinical education.
Her accolades include the Outstanding Doctoral Student award (2019), National League for Nursing Education Scholarship (2016), and St. Vincent's Hospital Birmingham STAR Employee Award (2007).
As an active member of Sigma Theta Tau (Gamma Eta and Pi Gamma chapters) and Alabama State Nurses Association District 3, Dr. French mentors nursing students through classroom instruction and clinical supervision, integrating her clinical expertise with research-driven teaching methodologies across multiple nursing specialties.
