Our President

President, Jocelyn Nelms

Hello Everyone,

I am excited to be chosen to serve in the capacity of President for the Arizona Simulation Network (the Network). It is a passion of mine to promote simulation in various arenas including clinical and classroom and support clinical educators in the practice environment as they use simulation to onboard, remediate, update annual competencies and bring innovative simulation practices to bedside practitioners. 

I have been a member of the Network since its inception. I have previously served as the Membership and Education chairs and bring the experience of fulfilling those roles into this position. 

I currently work for the University of Arizona, as Principal Lecturer, for the Masters Entry to the Profession of Nursing (MEPN) program.  In this role I am able to combine simulation, clinical instruction, didactic and lab instruction into one job!

One of my goals over the next couple of years is to strengthen the network by promoting multiple disciplines to join the network and consider conducting simulations together. Imagine the impact if we can develop more multidisciplinary simulations and secure relationship between all areas-academia, medicine, nursing, pre-hospital, pharmacy, etc. 

Looking forward to seeing you all at our first quarterly meeting for 2022!

All the best,

Jocelyn Nelms