Kristen Westmoreland, MSN, RNC-NIC
Simulation Educator
Work/Education
Professor Kristen Westmoreland graduated from Baylor University in 2013 with Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), magna cum laude. She also earned her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) specifically in Nursing Education in 2022 from Texas Woman’s University.
Professional Westmoreland’s professional RN experience includes working for the majority of her career in the Heart & Lung Transplant/PCU and Neonatal Intensive Care at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. She is passionate about family centered care in the NICU and parental communication. Professor Westmoreland has been involved in a variety of ways to support NICU nursing such as: being a subject matter expert; clinical coach and preceptor; serving on an education committee and participated in interdepartmental education and IRB research projects in the NICU. She also served as Adjunct Clinical Faculty at Baylor University starting in fall 2020 and later joined full time in January 2023 as a Simulation Educator. She teaches in the Professional Nursing Practice Lab with Level 1 students, facilitates Level 3 OB & Pediatric simulations and orientations, and helps coordinate the NNP Graduate immersion experience. Professor Westmoreland is revered for developing a neonatal resuscitation simulation for the high-risk OB Level 4 students.
Awards and Honors
Recognized for her outstanding leadership in the field of nursing, Professor Westmoreland received the BU LHSON Faculty & Staff Award in 2023.
Community & Family
In addition to being dedicated to her career as a nurse, she is devoted to her husband Will who she met in nursing school. He works as an Acute Care Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner in a Cardiothoracic Surgical and Trauma ICU. They are blessed with one preschool age daughter. She is an active member at Preston Trail Community Church and in her free-time enjoys reading, DIY house projects and spending time with family and friends.
Clinical Simulation Building, #:314
3700 Worth Street Dallas, TX 75246