Dr. Hite has extensive education and clinical practice in rural healthcare. This is evident through her history of service, leadership, mentoring, and organizational skills; from serving on regional, national and international organization boards, committees, and task forces. Dr. Hite has taught in undergraduate and graduate nursing courses at Pittsburg State University, since 2004. She has successfully secured four federal HRSA Grants: two for rural Nurse Practitioner Residency and two for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Projects. She serves as the Project Director for these grants. Dr. Hite has been actively involved in Professional Identity in Nursing, since 2018. She serves on the membership committee and conference planning committee for the Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers. She is an NP Residency and Fellowship site visitor for the Consortium and CCNE. Dr. Hite maintains her clinical practice, as an Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner at a Rural Level III Trauma Center and a Walk-In Care Nurse Practitioner at CHC-SEK.