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    Janet Reed

    College of Nursing
    Associate Professor
    Contact Information
    Email:
    jreed56@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-8804
    Personal Website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/janet-reed/15/a05/574

    Biography

    Janet specializes in medical-surgical nursing; she has worked in acute care, geriatrics, long-term care, rehab nursing, travel nursing, and step-down units across 3 states since 2003. She has a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction focusing on Educational Technology. Her research focuses on technology's effect on social and emotional factors and using technology to improve teaching and learning in nursing. This includes simulation anxiety, gaming, escape rooms, generative artificial intelligence, preceptor development, and innovations to improve learning as well as the health and well-being of nursing students, patients, and practicing nurses.

    Courses

    • NURS 30035 – Nursing of Adults
    • NURS 40005 – Professional Nursing Development
    • NURS 41095 - Special Topics: RN Refresher Course

    Education

    Ph.D., Kent State University, 2022
    MSN, University of Toledo, 2013
    BSN, University of Massachusetts, 2006
    ADN, Lorain County Community College, 2003

    Publications

    • Dodson, T., & Reed, J.M. (2024). Enhancing simulation preparation: Presimulation role rubrics and expert modeling videos. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 87, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2023.101498
    • Reed, J.M. & Dodson, T.M. (2023). Generative AI backstories for simulation preparation. Nurse Educator. 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001590
    • Reed, J.M., Alterio, B., Coblenz, H., O’Lear, T., & Metz, T. (2023). AI image generation as a teaching strategy in nursing. Journal of Interactive Learning Research. Special issue on artificial intelligence. 34(2), 369-399. Waynesville, NC: Association
    • Dodson, T.M., Reed, J.M., & Cleveland, K. (2023). Exploring nursing students’ ineffective communication behaviors in simulation: A thematic analysis. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2023.06.019
    • Reed, J.M. (2022). Simulation anxiety and its effect on clinical judgment for undergraduate nursing students. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 73, 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2022.08.005
    • Reed, J.M., & Ferdig, R.E. (2021). Designing escape rooms for stress reduction in nursing students. Well Played: Journal on Video Games, Value, and Meaning, 10 (1), 186-212. https://press.etc.cmu.edu/index.php/product/well-played-vol-10-no-1/
    • Reed, J. M., & Ferdig, R. E. (2021). Gaming and anxiety in the nursing simulation lab: A pilot study of an escape room. Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(2), 298–305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.01.006
    • Reed, J. (2020). Gaming in nursing education: Recent trends and future paths. Journal of Nursing Education. 59 (7), 382-387
    • Reed, J.M., Dodson, T., Ferdig, R.E. (2020, October). High flow nasal cannulas: Risks and benefits in response to COVID-19. American Nurse Journal. 15 (10). www.myamericannurse.com
    • Woolverton, C., Ferdig, R., Snyder, A., Reed, J., Dodson. T., & Thomas, S. (2020, May 7). Repurposing surgical wrap textiles for use as protective masks during pandemic response. Applied Biosafety, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1177/1535676020925958

    Affiliations

    • Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
    • National League for Nursing
    • Midwest Nursing Research Society

    Awards/Achievements

    • 2023- Nominee for Daisy Faculty Award- Kent State CON
    • 2023- Platinum Teaching Recognition Award- Center for Teaching & Learning, Kent State University
    • Nominee and Finalist for Distinguished Teaching Award, 2022 KSU Stark campus
    • Recipient of UTC Summer Teaching Development Grant for “RN Refresher” course 2020
    • Advisor Excellence Award- Kent State Stark Office of Student Life- May 2016
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