• Ph D, Nursing , Walden University, 2025
• Post-Masters Certificate, Online Teaching in Higher Education, Walden University, 2021
• Post-Masters Certificate-Public Health, Public Health Nursing, University of North Dakota, 2015
• MS, Walden University, 2011
• BS, Mount Marty College, 1986

• CPR Healthcare Provider, AHA
• Registered Nurse, State of Nebraska

• Registered Nurse Training Program (RNTP), Health Resource & Services Administration, (2022 - 2025)
• Lighting a SPARK (Serving Underserved Populations through Advance Care Planning, Respect and Knowledge) in South Dakota, Bush Foundation, (2017 - 2019)
• Advance Care Planning in South Dakota: Engaging Interprofessional Teams to Implement Quality Conversations, USD, (2016 - 2017)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Kupershmidt, Sabina, Hegge, Helene, Kupershmidt, Sabina, Kupershmidt, Sabina, Kupershmidt, Sabina, and Kupershmidt, Sabina. Comparing the Efficacy of Interprofessional versus Single Profession Teams in Promoting Quality Conversations About Advance Care Planning . The Journal of Hospice and Pallitive Nursing, 2021.
• Kupershmidt, Sabina, Fischbach, Cheryl, Hegge, Helene, Abou Samra, Haifa, Penisten, Linda, and Dieter, Carla . Nurse Educators Establish and Evaluate Community Coalition to Promote Statewide Advance Care Planning Though RE-AIM., Editors Betty Rolling Ferrell, 305 - 311. Vol. 22, Iss. 4 Philadelphia, PA: Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 2020. (DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000662)

• 2024-2025 Excellence in the Spirit of Caring, USD Nursing, 2025
• Joy of Nursing Award, SDNA, 2023
• SDNA District 11 Nurse of the Year, South Dakota Nurses Association, 2021
• Professor of the Game, Academic Affairs, 2017
• The Nurse Educator Award, South Dakota Nurses Association, 2016

• Kleinhesselink, Anne, Hegge, Helene, Warren, Dawn, Cima, Victor , Finnigan, Sadie, and Viercek, Dan, Expanding the Nursing Workforce in South Dakota, US Through a HRSA Grant. Presented at the Global Rural Nursing Exchange Network Webinar Series, Virtual. (November 01, 2023)
• Nimely, George, Kupershmidt, Sabina, Fischbach, Cheryl, Hegge, Helene, and Pithan, Anne, Promoting Quality Conversations about Advance Care Planning in South Dakota through the Respecting Choices Model. Presented at the Southeastern SD Research Symposium, Sioux Falls. (June 15, 2022)
• Dieter, Carla , Fischbach, Cheryl, Hegge, Helene, Kupershmidt, Sabina, Abou Samra, Haifa, and Bloom, Katherine, Advance Care Planning in South Dakota: Engaging Interprofessional Teams to Implement Quality Conversations. Presented at the 2016 International Rural Nursing Conference, Rapid City, SD. (July 19, 2016)
• Hegge, Helene, Tesch, Christine, Stolle, Barbara, , and , Advancing the field of public health nursing: Clinical Prevention Simulation. Presented at the Public Health Nursing: Key to Our Naton's Health, Indiabapolis, IN. (June 03, 2016)
• Fischbach, Cheryl L., and Hegge, Helene, "Advance Care Planning". Presented at the South Dakota Nurses Association, Sioux Fall, SD. (May 12, 2016)
• Hegge, Helene K., The Use of Docucare to Promote Active Learning., National Webinar. (March 28, 2014)