DNP Coordinator, Clinical Assistant Professor
Education
Biography
Dr. Simmons is a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor and the Coordinator of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. She holds a BSN and MSN from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a DNP from the University of Alabama. With extensive experience in pediatric critical care, she has worked in emergency, air medical transport, neonatal, and pediatric intensive care. Dr. Simmons is a board-certified Acute and Continuing Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, maintaining a clinical practice in inpatient pediatric cardiac care at Children’s of Alabama. Her scholarship interests include quality improvement, faculty development, safe sleep for infants, and employee well-being and resilience.