Dr. Kim Hutchinson is an advance practice psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist. She is a former faculty consultant with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)/Nursing Knowledge Center. Clinical work involved assuring that healthcare systems interfaced and integrated an understanding of behavioral health treatment through standard evidence-based practices.

Dr. Hutchinson collaborated in writing the 5th edition Review and Resource Manual for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses. In this work, success in attaining board certification (BC) in psychiatric mental health nursing is the intended outcome. Knowledge is derived from role delineation studies for the purpose to develop case study materials, question, answer and rationale test banks, workbooks, media-based learning modules. Dr. Hutchinson is a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). Dr. Hutchinson began nursing practice in 1976 and has functioned as clinician, university faculty, researcher, expert, author, test item writer (NCLEX-RN, ANCC, Addictions nursing exam), consultant, and lecturer/speaker.