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Deanna Bland Hiott
College of Health Professions
College of Health Professions
Associate Professor of Nursing
dhiott@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 231-5629
University Center Greenville Suite B3
Academic Background
Dr. Deanna Hiott is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Anderson University, where she works in the graduate department with Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students. She is passionate about adolescent health. Her dissertation at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) focused on screening adolescents for risky behaviors within the primary care setting.
AAS in Dental Hygiene, Greenville Technical College
ADN, University of South Carolina Upstate
BS in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of South Carolina Upstate
BSN, University of South Carolina Upstate
MSN, Charleston Southern University
Ph.D in Nursing Science, Medical University of South Carolina
Fast Facts
I am humbled to be able to work at Anderson University (AU) and engage in the University’s mission and vision “and to devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care” (Florence Nightingale Pledge, 1893). Professionally, this applies to my patients and my students. Personally, it applies to everyone that crosses my path. God has blessed me with a passion for caring for others, but He has gifted me with teaching abilities and the gift of exhortation and encouragement. Sharing the art and science of the nursing profession with future nurse leaders is humbling and exciting; being able to share it in a distinctly Christian setting is gratifying.
One of the greatest things about nursing is that it can equip you with the ability to move into new areas of interest and reinvent yourself as you move through life. Along the way, you meet new people, learn new things, and explore new settings. I have had the privilege to work in homes, hospitals, clinics, and schools. I have cared for patients and families, initiated quality improvements within organizations, and researched ways to improve adolescent health. I have taught future colleagues and generated lasting professional relationships. Never did I realize all the places nursing could take me, all the people I would meet, and all the awe-inspiring moments and opportunities that would arise from this single life choice.
I participated in a grant that focused on instructing nurses to be quality improvement specialists. Through this opportunity, I earned my White, Yellow, and Green Belts in Lean Six Sigma (LSS). This introduction to the world of quality improvement and research ignited a passion that I still have for evidence-based practice (EBP), quality improvement (QI), and research.
I love working at Anderson University. The historical campus is beautiful. But it is the heart of the university that has touched me most. The first summer I worked here, we had camps for teens on campus. AU leadership and staff went out of their way to make them all feel welcome. Then, as a pediatric instructor and mother of six children, this was important to me. It’s easy to talk about God’s love, but putting the needs of noisy teenagers first exemplifies it!
My professional clinical background includes working as a nurse in labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum (LDRP), and mom/baby before working as a nurse and educator in pediatrics. I also have experience as a medical-surgical and home health nurse, and I have taught nursing in the clinical setting, classroom environment, as well as online.
I have a green belt in Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and enjoy research and quality improvement. My research focuses on the identification of adolescent risk behaviors and risk screening in the primary care setting.
PUBLICATIONS:
Dahlberg, D., Wilson, C., Hiott, D.B. (2019). Implementing pediatric fluoride varnish application in a rural primary care medical office: A feasibility study. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 33(6),702-710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2019.06.002
Hiott, D. B., Phillips, S., & Amella, E. (2017). Adolescent risk screening instruments for the primary care setting: An integrative review. Comprehensive Child
and Adolescent Nursing, 41(4), 255-275. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2017.1330372
Hudson, S.M.; Hiott, D.B.; Cole, J.; Davis, R.; Egan, B.M. & Laken, M.A. (2014). Increasing capacity for quality improvement in underresourced primary care settings. Quality Management Health Care, 23(3), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1097/QMH.0000000000000031
PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS
Hathcock, S.B., Hiott, D.B., Archuleta, C.K. (2024, May 17). Increasing nursing faculty resilience through the lens of gratitude: Is it feasible? Poster presentation. Low Country Nursing Research Conference: Bridging the Gap Between Research and the Bedside. Charleston, S.C.
Hiott, D. B., Phillips, S., Amella, E., Mueller, M., & Rushton, F. (2018, September 28). The HEEADSSS psychosocial interview: An integrative review using the Donabedian Framework [Poster presentation]. Fifteenth Annual Upstate Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Research Symposium: Transforming Clinical Practice and Education. Greenville Technical College, Barton Campus, Greenville, S.C.
Hiott, D. B., Phillips, S., Amella, E., Mueller, M., Nichols, M., & Rushton, F. (2016). Youth risk screening instruments for the primary care setting: An integrative review utilizing the Donabedian Framework [Poster Presentation]. Fourteenth Annual Upstate Area Health Education Center, (AHEC) Research Symposium: Research Impacting Clinical Practice. Greenville Technical College, Barton Campus, Greenville, S.C.
Hiott, D. B., Guyton, M., O’Connor, S., & Kimble, C. (2015). The UCAYA Adolescent Health Model: Takeaways for multidisciplinary collaborative development [Conference session]. Thirteenth Annual Upstate Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Research Symposium: Integrating Research with Action to Promote Health Equity, Greenville Technical College, Barton Campus, Greenville, S.C.