Kristen Brown

DNP, MS, BSN, RN

APRN, CHSE-A, CPNP-AC, CRNP

FAAN

Associate Dean for Simulation and Immersive Learning

Kristen Brown is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) and the Simulation Strategic Projects Lead for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center. In her faculty role, Dr. Brown develops simulation curriculum, plans innovative, immersive training events, and studies the use of simulation as a teaching method. Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Brown completed a two-year simulation fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center. Dr. Brown was the first nurse to be named the Zamierowski Simulation Fellow. Her passion for simulation education stems from her years in clinical practice as a pediatric critical care nurse practitioner. She has had a 17-year nursing career devoted to the care of critically ill children and has worked in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Johns Hopkins Hospital as a nurse practitioner for the past 14 years. For her doctoral work, she designed, implemented, and studied a multi-institutional, high-fidelity simulation boot camp training event for advanced practice nurses. This innovative training has sparked an annual training event. She was selected into the National League for Nursing (NLN) Simulation Leadership Program for Simulation Educators and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator-Advanced® (CHSE-A), a certification from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare that distinguishes those who have proven themselves to be advanced educators and leaders in their healthcare simulation practice. In her faculty role, she is currently incorporating simulation into advanced practice programs, and she has also led efforts to implement and study new technology to provide innovative solutions for distance learning, including telepresence robots and virtual simulation, including screen-based and virtual reality platforms (VR) across all programs at JHSON. Dr. Brown earned her BSN from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing; her MS with an acute care pediatric nurse practitioner focus from the University of Maryland School of Nursing; and her DNP from JHSON.

JHU Center Affiliation:
Center for Immersive Learning & Digital Innovation

Full CV

[email protected]

@kristenb01

Specialties and Expertise

Acute/Critical Care
Cardiovascular
Education
Interprofessional
Pediatrics
Resuscitation Training
Simulation

Publications

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/White Papers (*data-based)
**Indicates author was my student, trainee, or mentee at the time of the work

Birido, N., Brown, K.M., Olmo-Ferrer, D., Friedland, R., Bailey, S.K.T, Wawersik, D., Charnetski, M., Nair, B., Kutzin, J.M., Gross, I.T., Palaganas, J.C. (2024) Healthcare simulation in-person and at a distance: a systematic review. Simulation in Healthcare, 19(1S), S65-S74. DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000763

Brown, K.M., Perretta, J., Anderson, M., Gilbert, G.E., Miller, G., Horvath, C., Sullivan, N., Jeffers, J.M., Swoboda, S., Green, D.**, Mudd, S.S. (2023). Deconstructing Healthcare Silos: Multi-player Virtual Reality for Interprofessional & Intraprofessional Education. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 34(3), 495-513. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222425/ *

Brown, K. M., Swoboda, S. M., Gilbert, G. E., Horvath, C., & Sullivan, N. (2023). Curricular integration of virtual reality in nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 62(6), 364-373. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20230110-01 *

Brown, K. M., Swoboda, S. M., Gilbert, G. E., Horvath, C., & Sullivan, N. (2021). Integrating virtual simulation into nursing education: A roadmap. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 12 (8), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.08.002 (Feature article) *

D’Aoust, R. F., Brown, K. M., McIltrot, K., Adamji, J. M. D**., Johnson, H., Seibert, D. C., & Ling, C. G. (2022). A competency roadmap for advanced practice nursing education using PRIME-NP. Nursing outlook, 70(2), 337-346. DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.10.009 *

Brown, K.M., Mudd, S.M., Perretta, J.S., Dodson, A. Hunt, E.A, Nelson McMillan, K. (2021). Rapid cycle deliberate practice to facilitate “Nano” in situ simulation: An interprofessional approach to just-in-time training. Critical Care Nurse, 41 (1): e1–e8. DOI: 10.4037/ccn2021552 (Feature article; CEU’s) *

Brown, K.M., Hunt, E.A., Duval-Arnould, J., Shilkofski, N.A., Keslin, A.N**., Stella, A., Budhathoki, C., Ruddy, T., Perretta, J. S., Slattery, J.M.**, Nelson McMillan, K. (2020). Pediatric critical care simulation curriculum: training nurse practitioners to lead in the management of critically ill children. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 34(6) 584-590. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2020.07.001 *

Lioce, L., Conelius, J., Brown, K.M. (editors). (2020). Simulation Guidelines and Best Practices for Nurse Practitioner Programs. National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Washington: D.C. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/docs/simulationnewfolder/20201022_sobp_final.pdf

Perretta JS, Duval-Arnould J, Poling S, Sullivan N, Jeffers JD, Farrow L, Shilkofski NA, Brown K.M., Hunt EA. (2020). Best practices and theoretical foundations for simulation instruction using rapid-cycle deliberate practice. Simulation in Healthcare 15(5), 356-362. DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000433

Mudd, Shawna S.; McIltrot, Kimberly S.; Brown, K.M. (2020). Utilizing telepresence robots for multiple patient scenarios in an online nurse practitioner program. Nursing Education Perspectives, 41 (4), 260-262. DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000590

Brown K.M., Mudd SS, Hunt EA, Perretta JS, Shilkofski NA, Diddle JW, Yurasek G, Bembea M, Duval-Arnould J, Nelson McMillan K. (2018). A multi-institutional simulation boot camp for pediatric cardiac critical care nurse practitioners. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 19(6), 564-571 DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001532 *

2023 Society for Simulation in Healthcare: 2023 Educator of the Year

2023 Society for Simulation in Healthcare Articles of Influence for 2022-23: Curricular integration of virtual reality in nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 62(6), 364-373

2023 Nursing Outlook 2023 Author Awards- Excellence in Education for: A competency roadmap for advanced practice nursing education using PRIME-NP (2022)

2022 Johns Hopkins University Isabel Hampton Robb Fellowship (Multi-Player VR for IPE)

2021 The 2021 University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Alumni Award- Teaching Excellence

2020 Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN)

2020 The 2020 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Dean’s Award-Outstanding Nurse Educator Award

2019 AACN-Apple Digital Innovation Bootcamp: From Content to Action, 2019 selected participant

2019 National Association of Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Lisa Milonovich Acute Care PNP (ACPNP) SIG Scholar Award

2018 NLN Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators, Selected Participant

2017 New Nurse Faculty Fellowship, Maryland Higher Education Commission

2017 Professors’ Choice for Best Poster, The International Pediatric Simulation Society Symposia and Workshop: A High-fidelity Simulation Boot Camp for Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Nurse Practitioners; Boston, MA

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