Heather Guest

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing

Heather Guest MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE is an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing and teaches in the traditional undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in Abilene, Texas. Her nursing practice includes over 25 years of nursing experience in a variety of specialties including Medical-Surgical, Intensive Care, Post-Anesthesia Care, Chemotherapy Infusion, and Breast Cancer Nurse Navigation. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) and a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE).

Heather serves as a member of the Big Country Human Trafficking Coalition and is on the leadership committee for the TTUHSC Human Trafficking Collaborative. Heather serves on the West Texas Human Trafficking Research Collaborative under the Office of the Texas Governor, Child Sex Trafficking Team.

Heather received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and her Master of Science in Nursing Education from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Heather is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas Tyler campus and is focusing her research on trauma-informed care in health professions’ simulation curricula.