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Dr. Mykin Higbee

Email: [email protected]
Office: 203-R
Phone: 801-863-8198
Mail Stop: 172

Biography

Dr. Mykin R. Higbee is an Assistant Professor at Utah Valley University’s Department of Nursing. Her healthcare experience started as a home health aid which lead to her obtaining her LPN and then RN license. Dr. Higbee is primarily a critical care nurse with 24 years of bedside experience. She has also worked in other clinical environments including med-surg, fluoroscopy, a GI clinic, and the emergency department. Dr. Higbee has a BSN from Brigham Young University (1995), an MSN in Nursing Education from Utah Valley University (2013), and a PhD in Nursing Research from the University of Texas at Tyler (2017).

Her research interests include caffeine and energy drink consumption habits of nurses and nursing students.

In her free time, Dr. Higbee loves to spend time outdoors hiking, skiing, and visiting National Parks. She loves to travel with her husband and six kids when they can all be together.

Education

PhD, University of Texas at Tyler, 2017

Major: Nursing Research

MSN, Utah Valley University, 2013

Major: Nursing Education

BSN, Brigham Young University, 1995

Major: Nursing

Teaching

NURS 2420

Nursing Care of the Aging Population, Spring 2025

NURS 441G

Nursing in Global Perspective GI, Spring 2025

NURS 2325

Nursing Practice Simulation and Skills Lab I, Spring 2025

NURS 3355

Nursing Practice Simulation and Skills Lab III, Spring 2025

NURS 3445

Nursing Practice Simulation and Skills Lab IV, Spring 2025

Presentations

Higbee, Mykin , Cardiac Life Support Interventions, "Cardiac Life Support Interventions & EKG Review", JNF General Hospital - St Kitts, Dr. Daveen Wilkin, St Kitts. (May 29, 2025)

Higbee, Mykin , The Period Summit, "Period University 101", Utah Valley University and The Girl's Company, Keller Bldg, Utah Valley University. (September 20, 2024)

Higbee, Mykin , 12th World Congress on Nursing Education & Practice, "Caffeine Consumption Habits, Sleep Quality, Sleep Quantity, and Perceived Stress of Undergraduate Nursing Students", Prague, Czech Republic . (June 28, 2024)

Higbee, Mykin , Taylor, Noelle , Mulitalo, Karen , Betts, Andrea , Women in Medicine, "Women in Medicine Panel", UVU Student Nurses Association , UVU, Orem Utah. (March 26, 2024)

Higbee, Mykin , Interprofessional Panel Related to Women's Physical, Mental and Emotional Health, "Period's Reimagined", Women's Success Center at UVU, Center Stage. (March 5, 2024)

Taylor, Noelle , Higbee, Mykin , Gaul, Raiden , 2024 Conference on Community-Engaged Scholarship and Teaching, "Empowering Indigenous Youth by Building Collaborative Nursing Education Partnerships", Utah State University, Moab, Utah. (February 8, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Taylor, Noelle , Higbee, Mykin , Gaul, Raiden , "Promising Practices to Address Healthcare Needs" . United States: Transforming Communities. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/tcjournal/

Maughan, Dale , Bagley, Katie , Jensen, Francine , Nichols, Nyree-Dawn , Higbee, Mykin , Ensign, Allison , (2025) "2024 ACEN Self-Study Document for Utah Valley University - Nursing Department" .

Higbee, Mykin , Gipson, Christine S, (2025) "Exploring energy drink consumption among nursing students_ A qualitative study" . Elsevier Publishing: Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/home/CNG

Gaul, Raiden , Higbee, Mykin , Taylor, Noelle , Ensign, Allison , Monson, Natalie , Price, Jared , (2022) "Response to Nursing Education_ Philosophical Perspectives on Current Challenges and Crisis in Competency_ A Defining Moment in Nursing Education" . United States: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. https://ojin.nursingworld.org/letters-to-the-editor/response-by-gaul-higbee-taylor-ensign-monson--price/

Higbee, Mykin R, Gipson, Christine S, El Saidi, Mohammed A, (2022) "Caffeine Consumption Habits, Sleep Quality, Sleep Quantity, and Perceived Stress of Undergraduate Nursing Students" (Issue: 2, vol. 47). United States: Nurse Educator. https://journals.lww.com/nurseeducatoronline/abstract/2022/03000/caffeine_consumption_habits,_sleep_quality,_sleep.19.aspx

Gaul, Raiden , Higbee, Mykin , Taylor, Noelle , Ensign, Allison , Monson, Natalie , Price, Jared , "Confronting Academic Tradition to Advance the Nursing Profession" . United States: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.

Awards

Excellence in Scholarship

Sigma Global Nursing Excellence - Iota Iota Chapter - February 25, 2025

I am honored to have been selected to receive an award recognizing my research and scholarly work focused on the use of energy drinks among nurses and nursing students. As the primary investigator, I have led both qualitative and quantitative studies exploring the patterns, motivations, and potential health implications associated with energy drink consumption in these populations. This recognition highlights the importance of addressing wellness and behavioral health within the nursing profession, and I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this important area of inquiry.

Nominated - CHPS Faculty Senate Award

Faculty Senate - January 20, 2025

I was nominated for the CHPS Faculty Senate Award, which recognizes full-time faculty who have made significant contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

Service Learning Superstar

Center for Social Impact - April 1, 2024

Each month during the academic year, the Center for Social Impact recognizes the fantastic work of service-learning faculty members on campus and in our community with a monthly Service-Learning Superstar Award. I was recognized for my work with nursing students and our interactions with older adults in the community and at Senior Centers in Utah, Salt Lake, and Summit counties.

Nominated - Faculty Excellence Award (FEA)

Gaul, Raiden , Higbee, Mykin , Taylor, Noelle , Sigma Theta Tau 34th International Annual Nursing Congress, "Current Initiatives by Nursing Academic, Clinical, and Policy Leaders to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals", , Sigma Theta Tau, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (virtual). (July 23, 2023)

Higbee, Mykin , Taylor, Noelle , Gaul, Raiden , Nurse Educator's Conference of the Rockies (NEC), "Empowering Indigenous Youth to Seek Health Care Education Opportunities", , Breckenridge, Colorado. (July 14, 2023)

Gaul, Raiden , Higbee, Mykin , Taylor, Noelle , International Council of Nurses World Congress, "International Collaboration in Nursing_ A Key Strategy to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals", , International Council of Nurses, Montreal, Canada. (July 2, 2023)

Higbee, Mykin R. (Presenter & Author), Building Healthy Academic Communities Summit, "Exploring Energy Drink Consumption Habits of Nursing Students", , Healthy Academics - Ohio State University - Sponsor, Wilmington, North Carolina. (April 21, 2023)

Higbee, Mykin , Taylor, Noelle , Mulitalo, Karen , Betts, Andrea , Women in Medicine, "Women in Medicine Panel", , UVU Student Nurses Association , UVU, Orem Utah. (March 24, 2023)

Gaul, Raiden , Higbee, Mykin , Taylor, Noelle , International Academic Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals “Why It Matters" , "International Collaboration in Nursing Education_ A Key Strategy to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals", , Orem, Utah. (October 6, 2022)

Taylor, Noelle , Higbee, Mykin , Gaul, Raiden , Ensign, Allison , National League of Nursing (NLN) Education Summit, "Gamification: Excellence and Fun in Nursing Education", , NLN, Las Vegas, Nevada. (September 28, 2022)

Higbee, Mykin , Gaul, Raiden , Taylor, Noelle , Engaged Faculty Retreat-Service Learning Conference, "Challenges and New Service-Learning Opportunities due to COVID-19", , Weber State University, Moab, Utah. (February 11, 2022)

Ensign, Allison , Gaul, Raiden , Higbee, Mykin , Monson, Natalie , Price, Jared , Taylor, Noelle , Nurse Educator's Conferenced of the Rockies (NEC), "Is your teaching in Jeopardy? Heads-up! It’s time to get a Clue! ", , Copper Mountain, Colorado (held virtually due to COVID-19). (May, 2021)

Gaul, Raiden , Ensign, Allison , Higbee, Mykin , Monson, Natalie , Price, Jared , Taylor, Noelle , Nurse Educator’s Conference (NEC) of the Rockies, "Innovative Scholarship Through Clinical Practice", , Copper Mountain, Colorado (held virtually due to COVID-19). (May, 2021)

Higbee, Mykin , Array, "Four Steps to a Smoother Publishing Experience", , Faculty Development Committee - Nursing Department - UVU, Nursing Department. (October, 2020)

Gipson, Christine , Higbee, Mykin , Pedroza, Azucena Cortez , Lyceum Research Conference, "The Caffeine Consumption Habits, Sleep, and Perceived Stress of Nursing Students ", , University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas. (April, 2020)

Monson, Natalie , Higbee, Mykin , Brunger, Candice , Ensign, Allison , Gaul, Raiden , Taylor, Noelle , (2021) "Standardized skill pass-offs and nursing student confidence_ A qualitative study" (Issue: 3, vol. 16). United States: Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2021.04.003

Higbee, Mykin R, (2020) "Nurses Consuming Energy Drinks Report Poorer Sleep and Higher Stress" (Issue: 1, vol. 42). United States: Western Journal of Nursing Research. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0193945919840991

Higbee, Mykin , (2018) "Concept Analysis of Unintended Consequences" (Issue: 2, vol. 24). United States: Creative Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1891/1078-4535.24.2.99

Higbee, Mykin , (2018) "Energy: A Concept Analysis from a Nursing Perspective" (Issue: 2, vol. 53). United States: Nursing Forum. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nuf.12234