1 Curriculum Vitae Janet Willhaus, PhD, RN Boise State University, Boise, ID janetwillhaus@boisestate.edu 1) Academic and Professional Preparation: 1) Education: a) PhD: Nursing (2013), Washington State University, Spokane, WA b) MSN: Nursing Education emphasis (2008), Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS c) BSN (1991), Bethel College, North Newton, KS d) BS: Journalism (1985), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 2) Current RN licensure: a) State of Washington b) Previous RN licensure(s): State of Kansas 3) Professional Experience: a) Pre-doctoral Fellowship: i) New York, NY, Sept 2011-Aug 2012 National League for Nursing Simulation Scholar in Residence. Provided scholarly expertise and guidance for national simulation initiatives, authored position papers and white papers, assisted with national simulation education research initiatives b) Educational: i) Boise State University, Boise, ID, 2013-present: Assistant Professor ii) Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 2005-2009: Coordinator of Nursing Simulation Lab and Classroom/Clinical Instructor iii) Barton County Community College, Great Bend, KS 2001-2004: Adjunct clinical instructor iv) Association for Continuing Education: Nurse educator for consortium of rural hospital facilities in Western KS. 2001-2004 c) Teaching Assistantships and Research Assistantships: i) Washington State University, Spokane, WA, 2009-present: Clinical Instructor for N427 Community Health Nurse Practice; Clinical instructor for N417 Nursing Care of the
2 Childbearing family; Peer model to faculty in simulation techniques; N585 Nursing Informatics: teaching assistant for graduate course ii) Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 2004: Graduate assistant for FNP faculty and education track faculty; provided technical support and conducted literature reviews d) Clinical Practice: i) Venipuncture and lab support, Sleep Lab, Washington State University, 2009-present; performed venipuncture/iv catheter placement, collected blood samples and prepared samples for processing. ii) Nurse Case Manager, US Army, 2007-2008: Case management services for soldiers wounded/ill for the Warrior Transition Battalion, Ft Riley, KS. Caseload primarily included those with traumatic injury and mental health concerns iii) PRN Staff Nurse: Labor, Delivery, Postpartum, Nursery, Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS, 2004-2007 iv) PRN Staff Nurse: Lyons District Hospital, Lyons, KS, 2002-2004 v) Staff Nurse: Labor, Delivery, Postpartum, Nursery, Wurzburg Military Community Hospital, Wurzburg, Germany, US Army, 2002 vi) MDS Coordinator, Sterling Presbyterian Manor, Sterling, KS, 1999-2001 vii) Occupational Health Nurse, Johns Manville Corporation, McPherson, KS, 1996-1999 viii) Maternal Child Health Supervisor, Reno County Health Department, Hutchinson, KS, 1994-1996 ix) Home Health Nurse, Reno County Health Department, Hutchinson, KS, 1993 x) Staff Nurse, Lyons District Hospital, Lyons, KS 1991-1993 2) Scholarly Activities: a) Research, Grants and Contracts: i) Research completed: (1) Doctoral Dissertation work: Measures of Physiological and Psychological Stress in Novice Health Professions Students during a Simulated Healthcare Emergency; Primary
3 Investigator: Janet Willhaus; IRB# 12753-002. Funded by NLN Jonas Scholarship for dissertation research ($6,000). (2) Pilot study: Measures of Stress During Simulated Patient Care Among Health Professions Students: Primary Investigator: Janet Willhaus; IRB# 11882-001. (3) Comparison of Virtual and Live Intravenous Cannulation Success Among Novice Nursing Students, Primary Investigator: Janet Willhaus; Master s Thesis Research; completed Spring 2008. ii) Grants Submitted and not funded: (1) American Nurses Foundation: Physiological and Psychological Measures of Stress during Simulated Healthcare Education; Primary Investigator: Janet Willhaus; (2) Sigma Theta Tau/ Western Institute of Nursing: Measures of Stress During Simulated Patient Care Among Health Professions Students (IRB #11882), Primary Investigators: Janet Willhaus and Suzan Kardong-Edgren; Pilot study completed fall 2011. b) Scholarly Publications/Print & Electronic i) Non-invited Refereed Data-based (1) Adamson, K. A., Kardong-Edgren, S., & Willhaus, J. (2013). An updated review of clinical simulation evaluation instruments. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 9(9), e393- e400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2012.09.004 (2) Kardong-Edgren, S., Willhaus, J., Bennett, D., & Hayden, J. (2012). Results of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National Simulation Survey: Part II. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 8(4), e117-123. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2012.01.003 (3) Willhaus, J. K. (2010). Interdepartmental Simulation Collaboration in Academia: Exploring Partnerships with Other Disciplines. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 6(6); e231-e232. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2010.02.011 (4) Willhaus, J., Adamson, K. A., & Waggoner, L. (2010). Nursing and criminal justice: lessons learned from deadly force simulations. Communicating Nursing Research. 43; 412. ii) Non-refereed
4 (1) Rizzolo, M. A. & Willhaus, J. [Letter to the Editor] (2012) Simulation for high stakes evaluation. Nurse Educator. 37(5); 182. doi: 10.97.NNE.0b013e318262eb43 (2) Willhaus, J. & Cline, D. [Letter to the Editor] (2012) Response to Integrating Simulation Into a Foundational Gerontological Nursing Course. Journal of Nursing Education 51(3); 125. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20120221-02 (3) Willhaus, J. (2012) Headlines at the NLN: Working on interprofessional education with simulation. Nursing Education Perspectives.33(2); 134. iii) Collaborative White Papers (1) Willhaus, J., Palaganas, J., Manos, J., Anderson, J. Cooper, A., Jeffries, P., Mancini, M. E. [report] (2013, January): Interprofessional Education and Healthcare Simulation Symposium, conducted at the meeting of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA. http://ssih.org/uploads/static_pages/ipe-final_compressed_1.pdf (2) NLN: White Paper on Think Tank for Interprofessional Education from Nursing s Perspective http://www.nln.org/facultyprograms/facultyresources/pdf/nursing_perspective_sim_educ ation.pdf iv) In Progress: (1) Willhaus, J. [book chapter] Using Clinical Simulation to Promote Decision Making, in Jeffries, P. (Ed) Concepts, trends and possibilities for using clinical simulations in nursing education. New York: Lippincott c) Podium/Poster Presentations (1) International (a) Willhaus, J., Cato, M. (Panel Member), Gantt, L. (Panel Member), Harder, N. (Panel Member), International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, "You're getting on my last nerve: Techniques for studying stress and anxiety during simulation," Society for Simulation in Healthcare, San Franciso, CA. Accepted. Not Published in Proceedings. Peer-Reviewed/Refereed.
5 (b) Willhaus, J (2013). Physiological and Psychological Measures of Stress during Simulated Healthcare Education Accepted poster presentation: Sigma Theta Tau International 42 nd Biennial Convention, Indianapolis, (fall) (c) Rizzolo, M. & Willhaus, J. (2013). Joining Forces: Using simulation to teach about the care of veterans. Accepted podium presentation: International Nursing Society for Clinical Simulation and Learning conference, Las Vegas (d) Willhaus, J. (2012). Comparison of psychological and physiological measures of health professions students during stressful simulations, International Nursing Simulation/learning Resources Center Conference, poster presentation, San Antonio, TX (e) Willhaus, J. K., Adamson, K. & Waggoner, L. (2010). Nursing and Criminal Justice: Lessons Learned During Deadly Force Simulations. poster presentation, International Conference of Simulation and Gaming, Spokane, WA, April 2010. (f) Willhaus, J. K., & Wyatt, C. (2009) Infection Control: Don t Spread the Glow. poster presentation and abstract publication, SimTec Conference, Melbourne, Australia (g) Willhaus, J. K., & Insley, C. (2009) Novice to Expert: Teaching Assessment to Beginning Nursing Students Using Simulation. podium presentation and abstract publication,, SimTec Conference, Melbourne, Australia (h) Willhaus, J. K. & Sander, R. (2009) Pencil to Practice: Nursing Student Recognition of an Emergent Condition. poster presentation and abstract publication, SimTec conference, Melbourne, Australia. (i) Willhaus, J. K. & Sander, R. (2007) Mock Code Blue for Nursing Students. podium presentation, poster and abstract publication, SimTech Healthcare Simulation Conference, Brisbane, Australia. (j) Willhaus, J. K. & Riffle, K. (2007) Improving Nursing Student Assessment Skills for Mother and Newborn Care. podium presentation, poster and abstract publication,, SimTech Healthcare Simulation Conference, Brisbane, Australia
6 (2) National (a) Willhaus, J., Sigma Theta Tau International 42nd Biennial Convention, "Measures of physiological and psychological stress in novice health professions students during a simulated patient emergency," Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis, IN. Accepted: November 2013. Not Published in Proceedings. Peer-Reviewed/Refereed. (b) Willhaus, J. (2013). Simulation: New ideas, new evidence. Plenary speaker. NLN Technology Conference, Philadelphia, PA (c) Rizzolo, M., Willhaus, J. & Forneris, S. (2013) New ACES unfolding cases for Veterans and Alzheimers patients. Concurrent session, NLN Technology Conference, Philadelphia, PA. (d) Willhaus, J. & Forneris, S. (2013). Unconference Simulation. Concurrent session. NLN Technology Conference, Philadelphia, PA (e) Haerling, K. A. & Willhaus, J. (2013). Evaluation in Simulation. Post conference education meeting, NLN Education Summit, Washington, DC (f) Rizzolo, M. A. & Willhaus, J. (2013). Unfolding cases and resources to advance care excellence for Veterans. Podium presentation, NLN Education Summit, Washington, DC (g) Jeffries, P, Manos, L., Skiba, D., & Willhaus, J. (2012). Interprofessional Education Update. Panel Discussion, NLN Technology Conference, Spokane, WA. (h) Willhaus, J. (2012). Joining Forces: NLN update on Veterans simulation project; podium presentation, NLN Technology Conference, Spokane, WA. (i) Willhaus, J. (2012).Simulation-based interprofessional learning: the way forward; podium presentation, NLN Education Summit, Anaheim, CA. (j) Willhaus, J. & Ganzer, A. (2012). Joining Forces: NLN update on Veterans simulation project; Special Session podium presentation, NLN Education Summit, Anaheim, CA (3) Regional, State, Local
7 (a) Allen, C., Paul, R.,; Shishani, K. & Willhaus, J. K. (2010). Listen to learn and learn to listen: Cultural competency using a standardized patient. Keynote address, Interprofessional Conference for Integrative Technologies in Education Conference, Spokane, WA. (b) Willhaus, J. K. (2010). Bringing other disciplines to the table, podium presentation. Interprofessional Conference for Integrative Technologies in Education Conference, Spokane, WA. (c) Bolenus, C., Willhaus, J. K., Wilson, S. & Wolff, J. (2010). Moulage: Bringing realism to simulation, interactive session. Interprofessional Conference for Integrative Technologies in Education Conference, Spokane, WA. (d) Willhaus, J. K. & Hickman, J. (2010). Best educational practice: Pediatric simulations across a clinical semester course, poster presentation, WIN conference, Phoenix, AZ. (e) Willhaus, J. K., Adamson, K. & Waggoner, L. (2010). Nursing and criminal justice: Lessons learned during deadly force simulations. poster presentation, WIN conference, Phoenix, AZ. (f) Willhaus, J. (2010). I no speak English : Using simulation to help nursing students understand communication. podium presentation, WSU Diversity Conference, Spokane, WA.. (g) Willhaus, J. K. & Orth, D. (2009). Best educational practice: Teaching vital signs using simulations, poster presentation, Washington State University, Spokane, WA. (h) Willhaus, J. K. (2009).Comparison of virtual and live intravenous cannulation success among novice nursing students, poster presentation, Washington State University, Spokane, WA. (i) Willhaus, J. K. & Orth, D. (2008). Best educational practice: Teaching vital signs using simulation, roundtable session, Fort Hays State University Multidisciplinary Practice Conference, Hays, KS 2) Honors, Awards and Scholarships
8 a) Rise Star of Scholarship and Research Award (2013), Washington State College of Nursing, b) NLN Jonas Scholar (2012) for Dissertation Research ($6,000) c) Fellowship Award: NLN Simulation Scholar in Residence (2011-2012) d) 2008 Top Prof Award, Fort Hays State University Mortar Board Chapter e) 2008 Army Commendation Medal (US Army) for case management contributions at the Warrior Transition Battalion, Ft Riley, KS f) 2005 Meritorious Service Award (US Army) for successful company command 4204 th US Army Hospital 3) Professional and Community Service a) National i) Reviewer NLN ACES Alzheimer Unfolding Cases (2013) ii) Consultant/collaborator NLN Simulation Webinar series (2013) iii) Reviewer Clinical Simulation in Nursing 2009-present iv) Collaborator for NLN High Stakes Simulation grant v) Collaborator on NLN/Laerdal Joining Forces Simulation grant vi) Technical and content consultant, Advancing Care Excellence in Nursing (ACES) continuing education programs 2011-2012 (California, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada) vii) Development manager for advanced courses on NLN Simulation Innovation Resource Center viii) Peer advisor for NLN Simulation Leaders 2011-2012 ix) Consultant National Council of State Boards of Nursing investigation 2011 x) Member: International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) xi) Member: Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSiH) xii) Member: American and Washington Nurses Association (ANA & WSNA) b) University and Community i) Washington State University (1) Sigma Theta Tau chapter Vice President (2011), President (2012) (2) Continuing Education Program: Teaching Simulation: Hybrids, Standardized Patients and Manikins, Aug 3-5, 2011 Suzie Kardong-Edgren, Janet Willhaus, & Kevin Stevens
9 ii) Fort Hays State University (1) Program Life (Curriculum) Committee 2004 to 2009; secretary 2008-2009 (2) Streamline Focus Group (University technology advisory committee) Fall 2008 c) Student Activities i) President Riverpoint Interprofessional Education and Research student group 2010-2011 ii) Chancellor's student advisory committee 2009-2011 d) Certifications i) Basic Life Support (CPR), American Heart ii) Mental Health First Aid Provider 4) Education and Teaching a) Teaching assignments (last five years) i) Boise State University (1) Fall 2013 (a) Standardized patient and simulation coordinator for NURS 335: behavioral health ii) Washington State University (1) Summer 2013 (a) Nurs 405 Nursing Leadership (online RN-BSN program) (2) Spring 2013 (a) Nurs427 Community Health Nurse Price (clinical instructor, 50% simulation group National Council of State Boards of Nursing study) (b) Peer Mentor (Simulation) (3) Fall 2012 (a) Nurs417 Nursing Care of the Childbearing family (clinical instructor, 25% group National Council of State Boards of Nursing study) (b) Peer Mentor (Simulation) (4) Spring 2011: (a) Nurs417 Nursing Care of the Childbearing family (clinical instructor) (b) Nurs585 Nursing Informatics (teaching assistant)
10 (5) Fall 2010: (a) Nurs417 Nursing Care of the Childbearing family (clinical instructor) (b) Peer Mentor (Simulation) (6) Spring 2010 (a) Nurs417 Nursing Care of the Childbearing family (clinical instructor) (b) Peer Mentor (Simulation) (7) Fall 2009 (a) Nurs417 Nursing Care of the Childbearing family (clinical instructor) (b) Peer Mentor (Simulation) iii) Fort Hays State University (1) Spring 2009 (a) N422L Nursing Care of Young Adult (clinical) (b) N420L Nursing Care of Children (clinical) (c) N491: Healthcare Systems, Policy and Cost (d) Simulation Director (2) Fall 2008 (a) N422L Nursing Care of the Young Adult (Clinical) (b) N491: Healthcare Systems, Policy and Cost (c) Simulation Director b) Continuing Education attendance i) National League for Nursing Educaiton Summit, Washington, DC ii) International Association of Clinical Simulation in Nursing, Las Vegas, NV (2013) iii) National League for Nursing Simulation and Technology Conference, Spokane, WA (2012) iv) National League for Nursing Education Summit, Anaheim, CA (2012) v) International Association of Clinical Simulation in Nursing, San Antonio, TX (2012) vi) NET/NEP Conference, Baltimore, MD (2012) vii) Interprofessional Education Conference, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (2012)
11 viii) Interprofessional Education Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2012) ix) International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA, 2012 x) Interprofessional Education Healthcare Simulation Symposium, San Diego, CA, 2012 xi) National League for Nursing Leadership Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2012 xii) National League for Nursing Technology Conference, Durham, NC, 2011 xiii) National League for Nursing Education Summit, Orlando, FL, 2011 xiv) Coordinator training for Community Action Poverty Simulation, Jefferson City, MO, 2011 xv) "Spit Camp" training for saliva processing and collection, State College, PA, 2010 xvi) Clinical Simulation in Nursing Education (doctoral course), Portland, OR, 2010 xvii) International Simulation and Gaming Conference, Spokane, WA 2010 xviii) Interprofessional Conference for Integrative Technologies in Education Conference, Spokane, WA 2010 xix) Western Institute of Nursing Conference, Phoenix, 2010 xx) Washington State University Diversity Conference, Spokane, 2010 xxi) SimTech 2009, Melbourne, Australia xxii) SimTech 2007, Brisbane, Australia