Faculty/Staff Directory

Judy Hiett

POSITION: Instructor of Nursing

DEPARTMENT: Nursing

Judy grew up in Harrisonburg, VA. She attended Eastern Mennonite High School, then Rosedale Bible Institute before coming to 91��. She married Richard, her best friend, in 1985 after spending a year in Richmond, VA, and working at Medical College of Virginia hospital. They have 3 adult children.
After moving back to Harrisonburg, she has worked as a nurse at Sentara RMH Medical Center since 1985. She has also taught clinical for Blue Ridge Community College and James Madison University. She worked for a short time at Lord Fairfax Community College as a nursing instructor. She has been teaching as a nursing instructor for 91�� since fall of 2012.
Some of her hobbies are reading, writing poetry, baking, sewing, piecing quilts or wall hangings, or walking/talking with a friend. She loves spring flowers, especially hyacinths. She also enjoys various cultures, traveling, and Christian music. To be a life-long learner is one of her priorities.

Education

BS, 91�� (Nursing)
MS, James Madison University (Nursing Education)

Scholarly Presentations and Abstracts
Patient Satisfaction (PowerPoint & presentation) Sigma Theta Tau conference, Harrisonburg, VA, April 2009
Church, Community and Professional Service
Member at Grace Covenant Church

Involved at Grace Covenant Church on the minstry/prayer team for healing and intercession and as a small group leader.

Camp nurse:
Highland Retreat
Brethren Woods
Teen Mania Ministries
Renew Camp (and organized nursing part of the camp)

Presented stroke teaching at Bridgewater Church of Brethren for women’s circle, April 2014
Stroke presentation at RMH for Janet Marshman to a group of older persons July 2017

Stroke presentation for Camp SRMH June 2015, June 2016, June 2017
Stroke presentation, teaching, BP checks for Aging Gracefully conference at Church of the Nazarene, May 2015, May 2016

Teaching CPR for 91��, SRMH, and SRMH Wellness Center: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Taught CPR for Mary Baldwin College May and July 2017, June 2019, May 2021

Teaching CPR for nursing (yearly: 2 classes in Jan.; 2 in June; + 3 in August or Sept.) and education (yearly: class in Oct + sometimes one in March) students at 91��

Comunity outreach:

Betel (chruch related drug and alcohol rehab community) Birmingham, England June 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019

Gift and Thrift as a volunteer: weekly April- May 2021
Certifications and Licenses
Clinical Nurse 4 for SRMH; 2013
Clinical Nurse 5 for SRMH; 2014, 2015
Basic Life Support trainer/instructor, 2014, updated: 2016, 2018, 2020
certification in cardiovascular nursing, 2013, updated in 2018
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 2013, updated: 2015, 2017
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, originally 2011, updated: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
Regent University, Life coach, 2003
Wagner Leadership Institute, MS in practical ministry, 2001
Nursing license, originally 1984
Professional Memberships
Sigma Theta Tau International
Preventative Cardiovascular Nursing Association
Professional Conferences Attended
Cardiovascular Nursing Conference,Washington D. C. , Feb. 2014
Cardiovascular Medications Conference, Baltimore, MD., Feb. 2014
Geriatric Mental Health, Roanoke, VA, Feb. 2014
Gluten Related Disorders, Charolettesville, VA, March 2014
Flipped Classroom, Charolettesville, VA, April 2014
Cardiovascular Nursing Conference, Winchester, VA, April 2014; April 2015; April 2016, April 2017, 2019, virtual 2021
Neuromuscular and Neurodegenertative Disorders, Roanoke, VA; Jan. 2015
Ultimate One-Day Diabetes Course, Fairfax, VA; Feb. 2015
Non-Medication Treatments for ADHD, Charlottesville, VA May 2015
Interdisciplinary Research and Quality Conference Winchester, VA Feb. 2016, Feb. 2017
Neuroscience Symposium, Winchester, VA; March 2016, March 2017
Cardiac Medications: Management of Complex Cardiac Diseases, Fairfax, VA; Feb. 2016
Managing Critical Care Emergecies Jan. 2017

30 hours license renewal package (completed and mailed in) Jan. 2021

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