Jessica Dawn Benes, NNP-BC, Msn, Aprn

Kristen Elmore is a nurse practitioner who provides care for neonates at Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital. She is certified by the National Certification Corporation and is a member of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses and Nurse Practitioners and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.Ms. Elmore is originally from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Culture from the College of Charleston and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina. Ms. Elmore completed her graduate education at Duke University, receiving a Master of Science in Nursing.Ms. Elmore developed her love for the neonatal population during her undergraduate years at the College of Charleston while volunteering to rock infants in the neonatal intensive care unit at MUSC. She later returned to work at MUSC, initially as a patient care technician, in the Pediatric Emergency Department followed by her first position as a staff nurse in MUSC's neonatal intensive care unit. She gained a wealth of additional NICU nursing experience working at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC and Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. She now rejoins MUSC from Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH, continuing in her role as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. Ms. Elmore is thrilled to continue to manage the care of this fragile but mighty patient population.Ms. Elmore's interests include health disparities, infant mortality, discharge planning and home care.Ms. Elmore's interests include health disparities, infant mortality, discharge planning and home care.