Kelley Connor has been teaching in the Nursing program at Boise State University since 2006. She completed a B.S. in Nursing at Arizona State University, and has earned her M.S. in Nursing as well as a B.A. in studio art from the University of Minnesota. Her work has primarily been in perinatal settings as a staff nurse and as a clinical educator. She maintains certification in inpatient obstetric nursing. Kelley's current research interest is in exploring virtual reality opportunities to create realistic simulated learning experiences for students.
Articles
Immersive virtual environments for perioperative nursing, Perioperative Nursing Clinics (2012)
Synopsis Perioperative nurses require ongoing education throughout their career to stay current in their practice....
Collaborative Practice Through Simulations in a Multiuser Virtual Environment (with Maximilian Veltman, Michelle Honey, Scott Diener, and David Bodily), CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing (2012)
Content delivery and clinical education methods have been changing over the last decade in nearly...
Teaching With Second Life®: Hemorrhage Management as an Example of a Process for Developing Simulations for Multiuser Virtual Environments (with Michelle Honey, Max Veltman, David Bodily, and Scott Diener), Clinical Simulation in Nursing (2011)
This article describes the process used for developing a simulation in Second Life®, a multiuser...
Practical Tools for Rural Education: Integrating Technology Into the Teaching-Learning Process (with Kathy Reavy and Mary Hereford), International Journal of Child Health and Human Development (2011)
Teaching with technology is an obvious solution to meeting the higher education needs of rural...
Contributions to Books
Practical Tools for Rural Education: Integrating Technology into the Teaching-Learning Process (with Kathy Reavy and Mary Hereford), Rural Medical Education: Practical Strategies (2011)
The need to better prepare physicians for rural and remote practice continues to be a...
How to Make Sure Your Poster is Worth a Thousand Words (with Diana Mixon), A Nurse's Guide to Presenting and Publishing: Dare to Share (2008)
Presentations
The Value of Second Life to Nursing, The University of Texas at Arlington Center for Continuing Education (2010)
Transforming Learning: Using a Multi-User Virtual Environment for Simulation (with Michelle Honey), 9th Annual Health Informatics New Zealand Conference (2010)
Simulations are well known in education, including health professional education. Traditionally simulations have included role...