Monica Hente, MSN, PNP-BC

I first became a nurse on a mixed unit and immediately fell in love with Oncology. I have made it my professional life’s goal and can not imagine doing anything else. When I moved into Bone Marrow Transplantation, I thought life could not get any better. Pediatric BMT is a challenge and a joy.

Education

• B.S. Nursing: Webster University, St. Louis, MO, 1991
• Master’s Degree – Nursing: University of Missouri St Louis, St Louis MO, 1996
• Doctorate of Nursing Practice:University of Missouri, St. Louis, present

Training

• CPNP, MSN, CPON, RN Kosair Children’s Hospital Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, 1997-2008
• RN, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Registered Nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, 1994-1997
• RN, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Registered Nurse in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant, 1991-1994
• RN, Barnes Medical Center in St. Louis, MO Registered Nurse in Adult Bone Marrow Transplant, 1988-1993
• RN, Barnes Medical Center in St. Louis, MO Registered Nurse in Acute Medicine, Dermatology/Oncology, 1986-1988
• RA, Maryville College in Creve Coeur, MO Resident Assistant, 1985-1986
• County Health Department in St. Louis, MO Technical Aide, 1985

Licensure and Board Certification

• Registered Nurse in Missouri
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Missouri
• American Nurses Credentialing Center-Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
• American Heart Association for Basic Life Support
• American Heart Association for the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Program
• Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Cancer Chemotherapy Course
• Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse

Honors

• CPON – Certified
• PALS – Certified
• 2008 Service Basics Award, Kosair Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY
• 2007 Better Care Award, Kosair Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY
• 1993 Nurse of the Year, Bone Marrow Transplant, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Selected Publications

1. Kline, R., Fennewald, L. Vore, M., Bertolone,S., & Hente, M.(1999). Oral Contraceptives: A Cause of Hyperbilirubinemia in Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 21, 436-440.
2. Soni, S., Hente, M. Breslin, N., Hersh, J., Whitley, C., Cheerva, A., & Bertolone, S. (2007) Pre-Stem Cell Transplantation Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Hurler Syndrome Does Not Lead to Significant Antibody Formation or Delayed Recovery of the Endogenous Enzyme Post-Transplant: A Case Report. Pediatric Transplantation, 11, 563-567.