Professional Degrees

• D.N.P., University of Colorado, 2009
• M.S.N., Orvis School of Nursing Graduate School, 2002
• B.S.N., California State University, Los Angeles, 1979

Certifications and Credentials

• Family Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Emergency Nurses Association - Pediatric Emergency Nursing Certification
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification
• Certified Emergency Nurse - Emergency Nurses Association
• Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support Certificate
• Society of Critical Care Medicine: Fundamentals in Critical Care Support Certification

Courses

• NURS 12 - Nursing Care of Adults
• NURS 123 - Nursing Families in Complex Illness
• NURS 210 - Nursing Research as a Foundation for Advanced Practice
• NURS 213 - Role Praxis
• NURS 214B - Education Program Development
• NURS 231 - Advanced Pharmacology
• NURS 293 - Practicum in Acute care

Roles

• Student Affairs Committee, Chair
• Advisor for MSN/FNP students

Professional Actvities

• Affiliate Faculty & Program Coordinator, American Heart Association, Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Legal Nurse Consultant, Medical-Surgical, Emergency and Critical Care Nursing and Nurse Practitioner for Urgent and Emergent Settings
• Advisory Board Member, Nurse Family Partnership Program for Yuba and Sutter Counties
• Medical Resource for Disaster Management
• Practicing Nurse Practitioner, California Emergency Physicians

Publications, Grants, and Awards

• Kelly, K. (2012). Nursing management of endocrine problems. In Medical – Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems (9^th Ed.). Elsevier.
• Curtis, A., & Kelly, K. A., (2011). DNP workforce perspective: Response from the trenches. Nursing Outlook, 59(3), 128-134.
• Kelly, K., & Osborn, K., (2010). Caring for the patient with female reproductive disorders. In Medical – Surgical Nursing: Preparation for Practice. Pearson. Upper Saddle River, NJ.
• Impact of Chronic Pain Patients on a Community Emergency Department. Capstone Project. University of Colorado, Denver. Chair: Joan Nelson DNP. May 2009.
• Nurse Practitioner Foundation Grant for Mid Level Model on the management of chronic pain, May 2009
• Kelly, K., & Brady, D. (2009). Endocrine Emergencies. Journal of Emergency Nursing.
• Kelly, K., & Johnson, L. Managing Emergency Access in the New Health Care Environment. A Provider Manual written for the California Association of Hospitals and Health Services Task Force on Triage.
• Patterns of Adaptation in Victims of Domestic Violence: Graduate Thesis. University of Nevada, Reno. Chair: Julie Johnson (Department Chair), May 2002
• Kelly, K., & Englander, A. (1997). Dear Diary, I'm Pregnant. A self-help book for Pregnant Teens. Annick Press, Toronto.
• Kelly, K. (1994). Triaging out of the emergency department to primary care settings: One successful emergency deparment's experience. Journal of Emergency Nursing.
• Kelly, K. (1994). Shifting the cost of caring for non emergency patients from crowded emergency departments to primary care settings. Journal of Emergency Nursing.