Research/Scholarly Work Foci

• Preterm birth
• Cesarean Birth Rate – implications for practice
• Maternal Anxiety as predictor for cesarean delivery
• Simulation in Nursing Education

Affiliations

• Member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSiH) 2021-present
• Member of the International Nursing Association of Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL) 2021-present
• Member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society 2010 – present
• Member of the National League for Nursing 2006 – present
• Member of the Kentucky League Nursing 2006 – present
• Member of the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) 1998 – present

College Service

• Parliamentarian, General Faculty Assembly and the College Faculty Assembly, per request of the Executive Council. 2019- 2020.
• Committee Member, Nursing Program 2014 Search, Program Chair
• Committee Member, Natural Sciences & Health Building Planning 2012-2014
• Parliamentarian, General Faculty Assembly and the College Faculty Assembly, per request of the Executive Council. 2011- 2014.
• Chair of the Nursing Program, Appointment by Dean of the Faculty, May 2010-2014.
• Committee Member, Faculty Learning Community Workgroup on e-Portfolios – 2012 to present
• Committee Member, Enrollment Planning Work Group—Academic Programs subgroup 2011-2012.
• Committee Member, Biology – Anatomy & Physiology Faculty Search 2011-12
• Committee Chair, Nursing Program Faculty Search 2011-2012
• Committee Member, Berea College Presidential Search 2011.
• Committee Member, Berea College Restructuring Committee: Summer Design Team C, Summer 2010
• Nursing Program Faculty Search. Committee Chair, 2010-2011

Community Service

• Council Member, Kentucky One Health – Berea, KY, Patient and Family Advisory Council, 2010 – Present
• Past Board Member, Daniel Boone Chapter of the American Red Cross 2010 – 2012

Publications

• Ponder, J. & Kirby, C. “Testing & Remediation Policies to Promote NCLEX-RN Success” Poster proposal accepted for presentation at the Kentucky League for Nursing, 12th Annual Nurse Educator Conference, May 18-19, 2016 in Louisville KY.
• Kirby, C & Ponder, J. “Testing & Remediation Policies to Promote NCLEX-RN Success” Poster presentation at the AACN Faculty Development Conference, St Petersburg, Florida. February 4-6, 2016.
• Kirby, Carol A., “Prenatal Anxiety and Cesarean Delivery in a Clinic Population” (2015). Maternal, Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Commons, Digital Commons Network, BePress.com http://network.bepress.com/medicine-and-health-sciences/nursing/maternal-child-health- and-neonatal-nursing/
• Kirby, Carol A., “Prenatal Anxiety and Cesarean Delivery in a Clinic Population” (2015). DNP Practice Inquiry Projects. Paper 39. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/dnp_etds/39
• Kirby, Carol A. “Managerial Epidemiology – Case Studies” authored for Dr. Steven Fleming, University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, “Managerial Epidemiology” textbook website (2011).
• Kirby, Carol A. Maternity & Women’s Health Subject Matter Expert / Case Study reviewer and author for 24 chapter case studies – Ricci, S. (2012). Essentials of Maternity, Newborn and Women’s Health Nursing (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (Peer reviewed, online instructor resources for text).

Presentations

• Kirby, C. Maternity Content Expert Reviewer for Ohman, Davis’s Q&A for the NCLEX-RN Examination. 2nd Edition. FA Davis. (October 2015).
• Kirby, C. “Prenatal Anxiety and Cesarean Delivery in a Clinic Population” (2015). Maternal, Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Commons, Digital Commons Network, BePress.com http://network.bepress.com/medicine-and-health-sciences/nursing/maternal-child-health-and-neonatal-nursing/
• Kirby, C. “Prenatal Anxiety and Cesarean Delivery in a Clinic Population” (2015). DNP Practice Inquiry Projects. Paper 39. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/dnp_etds/39
• Kirby. C. Maternity & Women’s Health Subject Matter Expert / Case Study Reviewer and Author for 24 chapter case studies – Ricci, S. (2012). Essentials of Maternity, Newborn and Women’s Health Nursing (3rd Ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (Peer reviewed, online instructor resources for text).
• Kirby. C. “Managerial Epidemiology – Case Studies” authored for Dr. Steven Fleming, University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, Managerial Epidemiology textbook website (2011).
• Kirby, C. “Predictors of Maternal Decision for an Elective Cesarean Birth.” Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health (submitted) 2010.
• Kirby, Carol A. “Prenatal Anxiety and Cesarean Delivery in a Clinic Population”. Presented in defense of doctorate (peer reviewed). University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 4/20/2015.
• Kirby, Carol A. “Use of PDA’s in Nursing Education”. Presented (Regional Nursing Conference – Peer Reviewed) 5th Annual Faculty Development Workshop: University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 5/21/09.
• Kirby C., Farley P., & Villaran T. “Use of PDA’s in Nursing Education”. Co-presenters 2009 Technology Integration Program for Nursing Education Practice (TIP-NEP) Conference. Funded by a HRSA grant to Duke University in collaboration with Western Carolina University.