Kathyrn M Smith Hilbert, FNP

Kathyrn Smith Hilbert, DNP, FNP-C, earned her associate degree in nursing from Itawamba Community College in 2014 and her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Mississippi University for Women in 2015. She completed her master’s degree in nursing and nurse practitioner training at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2018. She completed North Mississippi Health Services’ Advanced Practice Clinician Fellowship before attaining her doctoral degree in nursing at Samford University in 2021.

 

“As a little girl, I would accompany my father when he would do hospice chaplain visits. He would talk and pray with patients, and I would sing a song,” Hilbert said. “I always wished that I could do more during that time to help comfort them. This cultivated my interest and passion to help others. I also became very interested with the human body and its many changes as a young child. As a result, my decision to enter into health care was very easy. I love helping people and making a positive lasting impact on their health. I can't imagine doing anything else. Health care is my calling and purpose.”