{"id":109142,"date":"2020-05-06T08:49:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=109142"},"modified":"2020-09-25T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:26:09","slug":"ucf-online-doctoral-student-dedicates-career-to-educating-er-nurses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-online-doctoral-student-dedicates-career-to-educating-er-nurses\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Online Doctoral Student Dedicates Career to Educating ER Nurses"},"content":{"rendered":"

For two decades, Kellie Chapman made a difference as a nurse at the bedside of her patients. About four years ago, the UCF Online<\/a> doctoral student realized how she could extend that impact even further \u2013 by teaching the nurses around her.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a nurse, you may touch several patients a day,\u201d she says. \u201cBut as an educator you\u2019re providing good knowledge to impact many patients for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chapman serves four hospitals in Brevard County as an ER educator. Under normal circumstances, the training she provides to nurses is key in the high stakes world of emergency and trauma medicine. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is even more crucial.<\/p>\n

She spends long days educating nurses about different kinds of personal protective equipment, ventilator protocols and best practices in safety policies and procedures. Chapman credits an incredible team of educators at her side to support education across all specialties.<\/p>\n