Haley M. Hays, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ENP-C, AGACNP-BC
Interim Assistant Dean - West Nebraska Division
Clinical Assistant Professor, UNMC College of Nursing
Dr. Haley Hays serves as the Interim Assistant Dean for the West Nebraska Division, Clinical Assistant Professor, and Specialty Coordinator for the Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Nursing.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UNMC in 2014, followed by a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner certification from the University of Wyoming in 2017. Dr. Hays completed a Post-Graduate Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certificate at UT Health in 2019 and a Post-Graduate Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate at UNMC in 2020.
Dr. Hays is a Partner, Nurse Practitioner, and the LEAD Advanced Practice Professional with Aligned Providers of Wyoming. She primarily practices at Kimball Health Services in Kimball, Nebraska, and maintains clinical affiliations with Regional West Medical Center and Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
- 2014, BSN, UNMC
- 2017, DNP, UW
- 2024-2025 Women Investing In Nebraska (WIN): UNMC CON Post-Graduate Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program Development, Award Amount: $122,376, Role: Hays, H (P.I.)
- Hays, H. (2024). Emergency Medicine Case Study on Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity. Journal of Advanced Emergency Nursing 46 (3): p 234-240, July/September 2024. doi:10.1097/TME.0000000000000529.
- Nebraska State Representative for American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP)
- Nominations Committee for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- Past Nomination Chair & Legislative Committee for Nebraska Nurse Practitioners (NNP)
- Regional West Medical Center - Urgent Care
- Cheyenne Regional Medical Center - Emergency Nurse Practitioner
- American Academy Of Emergency Nurse Practitioner
- Wyoming Council for Advanced Practice Nursing
- Nebraska Nurse Practitioners
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Received 40 under 40 Nebraska Nurse Association (NNA) in 2023
- Received the 2025 University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Rosalee C. Yeaworth Teaching Excellence Award
- Received the 2025 University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Virginia Tilden Leadership Development Award
- Received the 2025 Outstanding Rural Practitioner Nebraska Rural Health Association
- 2025 NurseTRUST Emerging Leader Fellow