Professional Degrees

• D.N.P., University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
  
• M.S.N., Orvis School of Nursing Graduate School
  
• B.S.N., California State University, Los Angeles, 1979
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Certifications and Credentials

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor, 1984
• Affiliate Faculty for the American Heart Association, 1990-present
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Facilitator
• Emergency Nurses Association - Pediatric Emergency Nursing Certification
• Society of Critical Care Medicine - Fundamentals of Critical Care, 2010, 2014
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 1994, 1998, 2002
• Sexual Assalt Nurse Examiner, 1996
• Certified Emergency Nurse - Emergency Nurses Association, 1990
• Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support Certificate, 1998
• Family Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2003

Courses

• NURS 112 - Nursing Care of Adults
• NURS 123 - Nursing Families in Complex Illness
• NURS 210 - Research as a Foundation for Advanced Practice
• NURS 213 - Role Praxis in Advanced Nursing
• NURS 231 - Advanced Pharmacology

Research Interests

• Management of Chronic Pain in the Emergency Setting
• Informatics Curriculum for Undergraduate Nursing
• Legal Implication of Nursing Documentation in Electronic Environment
• Standards of Care for Trauma Victims

Professional Activities

• Sigma Theta Tau - President Zeta Eta at Large Chapter
• Expert Witness - Legal Nurse Consultant
• State Board Member - Nurse Family Partnership
• Affiliate Faculty - American Heart Association, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 1989

Publications

• 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.
• Kelly, K.A. (2012). Endocrine Disorders. In Medical – Surgical  Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. 9^th ed. Elsevier. St Louis, Mo.
• Kelly, K.A. (2016) Assessment of Endocrine System. In Medical – Surgical Nursing: Assessment of Endocrine System. 10^th ed. Elsevier. St Louis, Mo.
• Kelly, K.A. (2018) Endocrine Disorders. In Medical – Surgical Nursing: Management of Alterations in Endocrine Function 10^th ed. Elsevier. St Louis, Mo.
• 2015 Endocrine Disorders. In Medical – Surgical  Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. 9^th ed. Elsevier. St Louis, Mo
• 2011 Curtis, A., Kelly, K.A., DNP Workforce Perspective: Response from the Trenches.  Nursing Outlook.  Vol 59 (3), p 128-134.
• Kelly, K., Brady, D. Endocrine Emergencies. 2009. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 
• 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. Co authored with Loren Johnson, MD
• Dear Diary, I'm Pregnant. A self-help book for Pregnant Teens. Co authored with Anrenee Englander. Published by Annick Press of Toronto. Distributed by Firefly Books. 1997 
• Journal of Emergency Nursing: Triaging Out of the Emergency Department to Primary Care Settings: One Successful Emergency Department's Experience. 1994

Awards

• 2014 Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching, College of Health and Human Services