Kevin Hook

Kevin Hook, DNP, MSB, MA, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, APN (he/him/his) is a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. He is board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. Before joining NYU Meyers, Prof. Hook was Director of Community-Based Palliative Medicine at Samaritan Healthcare and Hospice in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. He was also most recently a lecturer at the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.

Before joining NYU Meyers, Hook held numerous leadership positions in the post-acute care domain as well as spending several years as a critical care nurse before starting his graduate nurse practitioner studies. His research and practice interests are focused on the care of elders, palliative care, organizational and medical ethics, and nursing leadership and innovation. His DNP work focused on nursing leadership and self-efficacy.

In leadership positions, Hook has focused on evidence-based programming to initiate transitional care, palliative care, and policy analysis and planning using nursing leadership at all levels.