Kimberly Horns
Retired Faculty or Staff,
College of Health Solutions
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NHI Health North, 301H PHOENIX, AZ 85004-3020
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Long Bio
Kimberly LaBronte (PhD, RNC, NNP) is a clinical professor and specialty track coordinator for the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University. Her research interests include neonatal thermoregulation and physiologic stability of the very-low-birth-weight infant. Among her awards and honors was selection for the March of Dimes' Nurse of the Year Award, Phoenix Chapter (2009) and recognition as one of the Top 10 Articles of the Decade for her publication, “Being in-tune Caregiving,” in the Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing (2006).
Education
- Ph.D. Physiological Nursing, University of Utah 1995
- Post-Master's Certification. Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, University of Utah 1990
- M.S.N. Maternal-Newborn Nursing, University of Arizona 1979
- B.S.N. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 1975
Research Interests
Neonatal thermoregulation, Physiologic Stability of the Very low Birth Weight Infant
Publications
Recent Publications
- Horns, K. M. (2004). Immunity and infectious disease. In AWHONN: Core curriculum for neonatal intensive care nursing (3rd ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier.
- Bryant, K. G., Horns, K. M., Longo, N., and Schiefelbein, J. (2004). A primer on newborn screening. Advances in Neonatal Care: The Official Journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nursing, 4(5), 306-317.
- Prince, W., Horns, K. M., Latta, T. M., and Gertsmann, D. R. (2004). Treatment of neonatal pain without a gold standard: the case for caregiving interventions and sucrose administration. Neonatal Network, Jul-Aug; 23(4), 33-45.
- Horns, K. M. (2002). Comparison of two microenvironments and nurse caregiving on thermal stability of ELBW infants. Advances in Neonatal Care: The Official Journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nursing, 2(3), 149-160.
- Horns, K. M., and Loper, D. (2002). Medication error: Analysis not blame. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecological, and Neonatal Nursing, 31, 347-354.
Research Activity
Current/Recent Grants and Projects
- Clinical Study to Evaluate the Accuracy of SpaceLabs MedicalsTM Pulse Oximetry (SpO2) Technology on Neonates, (Principal Investigator). SpaceLabs Medical, Redmond, WA. 2000, $15,000.
- Innovative Non-invasive Measures of Neonatal Temperature Assessment, (Principal Investigator). Incentive Seed Grant, Funded by the University of Utah Research Committee and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Utah Medical School. 1999-2001; $36,600.
- Physiological and Behavioral Responses: Impact of Bathing in the First 25 Hours of Life in VLBW Infants, (Principal Investigator). Faculty Grant, University of Utah Research Committee and Wayne State University; 1999-2000, $16,500.
Honors / Awards
- March of Dimes, Nurse of the Year Award, 2009, Phoenix Chapter
- Top 10 Articles of the Decade, for “Being in-tune Caregiving,” Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 2006
- Mentor of the Year Award, Critical Care Nurse, AACN, 2002
- Service Appreciation Award, Member 2001 Program Planning Committee, National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 2001
- Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 1998
- Excellence in Advanced Clinical Practice Award, Advanced Practice SIG Award, National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 1992