Jennifer Humphries, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC

Dr. Humphries is a Board Certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP). She has over 20 years of experience that includes registered nurse in the Burns and Trauma Unit and Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UAB, SICU at Walker Baptist Medical Center, and Psychiatric Unit at Montclair Baptist. She found her calling in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and furthered her career as an advanced practice nurse practitioner. She currently works at Northport Medical Center. In addition Dr. Humphries plans to expand her career to include education and leadership. Ms. Humphries graduated from Bevill State Community College with an Associate degree in Nursing (ADN) in 2001, received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree (BSN) from the University of North Alabama in 2011, her Master of Science in Nursing degree (MSN) in the NNP tract at the University of Alabama of Birmingham (UAB) in 2014 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) and Nursing Education Certification at UAB in 2019. She was recently awarded the Kim Noland Sprit Award from the Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (FANNP). Additionally, she received two scholarships from FANNP while in graduate school. She published a literature review titled Perinatal Palliative Care in the FANNP newsletter in 2018 and a peer reviewed article in the Alabama Nurse titled Early Placement of PICC Lines and Early Removal of UVC to Reduce CLABSIs in the NICU in 2019. She holds memberships with ASNA, ANA and FANNP. In 2018, she served as President Elect of District 2, 2019 as the District’s president and currently serves as the Vice President at the state level. In addition she is involved in a non-profit organization Project Sweet Peas (PSP) that provides support and assistance to NICU families and patients. In the past year she has developed a committee of NICU nurses to expand the PSP outreach. Jennifer’s passion is improving quality of care for patients. She wishes to be more involved with local, regional, and national communities by volunteering to serve on boards and being more involved in legislation. This passion is what led her to be involved with ASNA. She realized the strong impact that ASNA has on her state and wanted to be a part of the voice for nurses. Her goal as Vice President of ASNA is to increase membership by creating awareness on the membership benefits and improve retention.