Elizabeth “Hope” Hinchman has been a part time instructor at UNLV School of Nursing since 2019. She is a UNLV alumna, having earned her BSN from UNLV in 2015 as well as an MSN in 2019. Through hands-on work in lab and clinical settings, Hope not only cultivates, implements, and evaluates new teaching strategies, but fosters relationships between students and clinical agency staff, as well.

Hope received the 2022 Outstanding Teaching by Part Time Faculty Award, was recognized as a Spring 2021 Bright Light, received the SON’s Outstanding Part Time Instructor Award in 2022, was awarded the Tony and Renee Marlon Nursing Fellowship, and was granted a scholarship from the SNA to present at the Baccalaureate Education Conference in Florida. She was elected and currently serves as the Sigma Theta Tau International VP, acts as a Rebel Nurse Mentor, and was recently nominated for a Daisy Award for her work as a floor nurse.