Laura Hays

Assistant Professor

UAMS

Faculty Researcher

College of Nursing

16 h-index 65 pubs 1,091 cited

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Laura Hays, an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, researches the healthcare experiences and needs of individuals with congenital heart disease (CHD), particularly focusing on the transition to adult care and women's health needs. Her work investigates patterns in clinical treatment, emergency medical service utilization, and the association between periconceptional folic acid supplementation and cardiovascular disease risk in women with a history of delivering a child with CHD. Hays also explores barriers to integrating family health histories into patient care and the lived experiences of females with CHD during healthcare transitions.

Her scholarship includes studies on sickle cell treatment patterns and outcomes, emergency medical services for heart failure patients, and the relationship between congenital heart defects in offspring and maternal cardiometabolic health. Hays has published 65 works, accumulating 1,091 citations, and holds an h-index of 16. Her recent collaborations at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include work with Laura E. Hays, Laura M. Hays, Mohammed S. Orloff, and Emine Bircan.

Metrics

h-index: 16
Publications: 65
Citations: 1,091

Selected Publications

Abstract 4344025: Is Periconceptional Folic Acid Supplementation Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Later in Life among Women who Delivered a Child with Congenital Heart Disease? (2025)

Circulation DOI OpenAlex
Care interrupted: a mixed-methods study of lapse in primary care and cardiology services for women with CHD (2025)

Cardiology in the Young DOI OpenAlex
jabbrv-ltwa-all.ldf jabbrv-ltwa-en.ldf Her Heart, Her Health: Lived Experiences of Healthcare Transitions and Unmet Women’s Health Needs in Adult Females with Congenital Heart Disease (2025)

DOI OpenAlex
Barriers to Leveraging Valuable Health Data for Collaborative Patient Care: How Will We Integrate Family Health Histories? (2025)

Systems DOI OpenAlex
P498: Clinical treatment patterns and outcomes of sickle cell from the Arkansas newborn screening long term follow-up database study: 2011-2023 (2024)

Genetics in Medicine Open 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Resilience and Adaptability of Older Adults: Findings from the COVID-19 Impact Survey (2024)

OBM Geriatrics DOI OpenAlex
The Three-Generation Pedigree (2023)

Advances in Family Practice Nursing DOI OpenAlex
Leadership, health systems and policy: Doctoral education and integrated clinical application (2020)

Journal of Professional Nursing 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Recruitment Issues in Emerging Adult Populations: Focus on Adult Congenital Heart Disease (2020)

Nursing Reports 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
Self-management Needs of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease (2020)

The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
Societal value of newborn screening for severe combined immune deficiency in Arkansas: An economic analysis (2019)

Public Health Nursing 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

Co-Propel for the Arkansas Coordinated NBS Expansion through Collaboration and Technology (CNECT) Program Health Resources & Services Administration Principal Investigator