Hyeyeon “Hailey” Park, DNP is an assistant clinical professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions. She earned a Doctorate Degree in Nursing Practice from Vanderbilt University, post master’s in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program from Vanderbilt University, master’s degree in nursing education from Marshall University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Fairmont State University. During her time at Vanderbilt, she focused on her specialization in cardiology and critical care.

Park has an extensive clinical background in medical-surgical, telemetry, critical care, ECMO, as well as nursing education. Prior to becoming a Nurse Practitioner, Park taught as part of the faculty team for the Non-Traditional Undergraduate Accelerated Nursing Program in West Virginia. She worked on the frontline as a certified ECMO specialist throughout the pandemic in critical care. Park has practiced as an acute care nurse practitioner specializing in the cardiovascular intensive care unit/Shock/Mechanical Assist Devices. Park will proudly continue to practice in the acute care setting as a nurse practitioner.

Professional Society

Research Interests

Park’s research interests include moral distress among critical care nurses, relationship between mechanical assist devices and depression and mental health.

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (2023), Vanderbilt University
• Post-master’s certificate (2021), Vanderbilt University
• Master of Science in Nursing (2019), Marshall University
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2015), Fairmont State University
• Associate degree in nursing (2013), Fairmont State University