Haesook Kim

Programs and Courses Taught

NURSG 6077 Advanced Pharmacology
NURSG 679L Advanced Health Assessment Lab 
NURSG 675L Care of Acute & Episodic Conditions Lab
N678L/N679L/N680L. Faculty in Practice. FNP clinical (ELMSN/FNP)
N773. Ethics & Policy in APN (DNP)
N730/N731/N732. Advanced Nursing Practice Residency I, II, III (DNP)
NURSG 774 Population Health & Clinical Prevention (DNP)
NURSG 700 Evidence-based Translation for Advanced Nursing Practice (DNP)

About Me

Dr. Haesook Kim has worked to improve the quality of care for older adults and to advance nursing education. As a clinician, she has worked in orthopedics, telemetry, geriatrics, pain management clinics, and nonprofit clinics.

Education

She earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, MSN/GNP from the University of Michigan, and BSN from Hanyang University in Korea.

Teaching Interests

As person-centered and evidence-based care has been the core values in her nursing practice and education, she has always tried to incorporate these core values in her teaching.

Scholarly Interests

She has participated in various research projects, including behavioral symptoms of dementia, elder mistreatment, and culturally competent care for ethnic minority older adults. The findings from those studies have been published in journals and presented at conferences. Recently, her research has expanded to focus more on nursing education, particularly on integrating Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) into the Nurse Practitioner curriculum. For the SIGMA (International Nursing Honor Society), she currently serves as Treasurer of the Nu Xi at Large chapter and Region One.

Publications

Smith, J., Wyckoff, M., Kim, H., Proctor, S. (2026). Implementing a Fall Risk Protocol in an Ambulatory Surgery Center. Journal of Peri Anesthesia Nursing, 41 (4), 892-900.

Song, Y., Ryan, G., Lee, D., Kim, H., Martin, J., Kramer, B., Hays, R., & Choi, S. (2022). Experiences of Sleep Problems among Older Korean Immigrants. Research in Gerontological Nursing. 15(4), 193-202.

Son-Hong, G., Kang, H., Oh, E., Park, Y., & Kim, H. (2016). Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Perceived Stress Scale (K-PSS-10) in Older Adults. Research in Gerontological Nursing. 9, 45-51.

Ruiz, M, E., Phillips, L. R, Kim, H., & Woods, L. Older Latinos: Applying the ethno-cultural Gerontological Nursing Model. (2016). J. of Transcultural Nursing, 27, 8-17.

Phillips, L. R., Salem, B., Jeffers-Skrine, K., Kim, H., Ruiz, M., Salem, N. & Woods, L. (2015). Developing and proposing the Ethno-cultural Gerontological Nursing Model. J. of Transcultural Nurs, 26, 118-128.

Kim, H., Woods, L. & Phillips, L. Ruiz, M. E., Salem, B., Jeffers-Skrine, K. & Salem, N. (2015). Nursing assistants' communication styles in Korean American older adults with Dementia: A Review of the Literature. J. of Transcultural Nurs, 26, 185-192.

Kim, H., Woods, L., Mentes, J., Martin, J., Moon, A. & Phillips, L. (2014). The Nursing Assistants’ communication style and the behavioral symptoms of dementia in Korean-American nursing home residents. Geri Nurs, 35, S11-S16.

Woods, L., Kim, H. & Yefimova, M. (2013). To nap or not to nap: Excessive daytime napping is associated with elevated evening cortisol in nursing home residents with dementia. Bio Res for Nurs, 15, 185-190.

Phillips, L., Guo, G. & Kim, H. (2013). Elder mistreatment in U. S. residential care facilities: The scope of the problem. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 25, 1-21.

Kim, H. & Woods, L. (2012). The development of direct-care staff social interaction coding schemas for nursing home residents with dementia. Ger Nurs, 33, 113-117.

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

American Association of Nurse Practitioners
California Association of Nurse Practitioners
Sigma Theta Tau, Nu Xi at Large chapter (SMU & CSUEB)
Treasurer of the Nu Xi at Large chapter (Samuel Merritt University, California State University East Bay), 2019-2026, and Region One, 2021-current.

Community Service

FQHC/Nonprofit clinic
Geriatric population
Ethnic minority

Honors & Awards

Sigma Theta Tau International, Gamma Tau Chapter Research Grant, UCLA, Feb 2010

John A. Hartford Foundation’s National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Scholarship, UCLA, Fall 2008 - Spring 2010 (Mentors: Lynn Woods, PhD, RN & Linda Phillips, PhD, RN, FAAN)

Graduate Division Fellowship, UCLA, Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

Glacier Hills Gerontological Award, University of Michigan, May 2005 • John A. Hartford Foundation Master Program Scholarship, University of Michigan, Fall 2002 - Winter 2004 (Mentor: Donna Algase, PhD, RN, FAAN)

Lead, Link, and Learn Research fellowship, Fall 2003 - Winter 2004