Background

Dr. Herbert joined the College of Nursing faculty in the fall of 2019. She has been a nurse for over 30 years and has held many different leadership positions, including Assistant Nurse Manager, Nurse Manager, and Director while working in areas such as cardiac telemetry, step-down ICU, cardiopulmonary rehab, diabetes education, nursing education, and the emergency department. She is currently a certified Family Nurse Practitioner with the AANP and ANCC and works in Internal Medicine. Dr. Herbert received an associate degree in Nursing from Midlands Technical College, her undergraduate degree in Health Sciences from the Medical University of South Carolina, her Master of Science in Nursing concentrating in Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of St. Francis, and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of South Carolina.  

Teaching

Dr. Herbert has taught the following courses:

Undergraduate Nursing

• N311L Nursing Health Assessment Lab
• N324 Chemical Therapeutics (Course Coordinator)
• N428 Nursing Leadership & Management (Course Coordinator)
• N435 Senior Nursing Capstone, Clinical group

Graduate Nursing

• N711 Pharmacotherapies for Nursing Practice (Course Coordinator)
• N758 Acute Care for the FNP (Course Coordinator)
• N783 Clinical Project Immersion & Proposal Development
• N819 Evidence & Nursing Practice (Course Coordinator)
• N897 DNP Project Preparation & Residency (Project Chair and Co-Chair)

Research

• Diabetes
• Primary Care
• Teaching Innovations

Dissemination 

Herbert, L., Ribar, A., Mitchell, S., & Phillips, C. (2019). Monitoring Metformin-Induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, (Volume Online Now). https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000312

Herbert, L. (2019, April). Discovering Metformin-Induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care. Poster session at University of South Carolina Research Day, Columbia, SC.

Herbert, L. (2016, May). Chlorhexidine Baths to Prevent Blood Stream Infections. Poster session presented at University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois.

Professional Service

• American Association of Nurse Practitioners
• South Carolina Nurses Association
• Sigma Theta Tau International
• Coalition for Access to Healthcare

 Professional Practice

• Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, Primary Care (2022 – present)
• The Free Medical Clinic, Family Nurse Practitioner (2019 – present)
• Palmetto Health USC Medical Group, Midlands Internal Medicine, Family Nurse Practitioner (2016 – 2019)
• Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge, Emergency Department (2013-2015)
• Palmetto Health Richland, Nursing Education (2010-2013)
• Providence Hospital / Providence Heart Institute (1988-2010)

Publications (selected)

• Haverkamp, J., Herbert, L., Polyakova-Norwood, V., & Ribar, A. (2022). Curriculum and Teaching Methodologies that Effectively Refine DNP Students’ Project Proposals. Journal of Professional Nursing, 43, 140-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.10.005
• Herbert, L., Slone, S.E., Johnson, R.R., Jones, K., Ribar, A.K., Andrews, J.O. (2022). Recommendations for Evolving a Doctor of Nursing Practice Program. Journal of Professional Nursing, 43, 12-21.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.08.002
• Custer, S. & Herbert, L. (2021). Implementing pre-exposure prophylactic therapy in primary care. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 18(1), 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.08.019
• Ribar, A., Herbert, L., Keane, P. (2020). Hereditary hemochromatosis: new guidelines and implications for primary care. The journal for Nurse Practitioners (Online, in press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.10.016
• Herbert, L., Ribar, A., Mitchell, S., & Phillips, C. (2019). Discovering metformin induced B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 33(2), 174 - 180. https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000312