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Nursing

Heather Swift

Assistant Professor of Nursing

(865) 777-5113

[email protected]

Bio

Heather Swift, MSN, RN, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Tennessee Wesleyan University, where she has taught since 2015. She brings over 20 years of healthcare experience spanning clinical areas of emergency, perioperative, critical care and community health. Indirect care includes clinical informatics- specializing in EMR and CPOE implementation and healthcare consultant roles developing protocols and onboarding materials for major healthcare systems.

Beyond the classroom, Ms. Swift is a frequent contributor to nursing education publications, writing about trauma-informed teaching and addressing adverse childhood experiences and violence and their profound impacts on health and wellness. She is passionate about holistic, trauma-informed nursing education and preparing nurses to provide compassionate, evidence-based care to vulnerable and underserved populations.

Courses

  • NUR 416

    Community Health Clinical Capstone

  • NUR 442

    Leadership and Management for the RN

  • NUR 451

    Leadership and Management Clinical Capstone

  • Challenge Exams for NUR 301 (Pharmacology), NUR 303 (Health Assessment) and NUR 431 (Advanced Nursing Concepts)

Publications

  • Law and Ethics: U.S. Immigration Enforcement (ICE) and Healthcare (2025) VAP Outcomes & Indicators Module (2025)

  • “How Nurse Educators Can Become the Leader in Treating Domestic Violence” (2023) “Including Adverse Childhood Experiences Across Nursing Curriculum” (2024)

  • Expert Insights Contributor for Wolters Kluwer, Nursing Education (2022-2024)