Joanna Willett MSN, RN, CNE, CEN
Director of the Nursing Simulation Lab
Office
MNSC Mcn Simulation Center 146c
Office Hours
M-F 8a-4p
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
I am a certified nurse educator currently directing the nursing simulation lab at ISU. My interest areas are nursing simulation, health assessment, XR technology in healthcare education, and emergency nursing.
Teaching Interests & Areas
Nursing and Healthcare Simulation; Physical Assessment
Research Interests & Areas
Clinical Judgement across the Nursing Curriculum
Clinical Judgement in the Simulation Debriefing Process
Trauma Informed Nursing
Virtual Reality Applications for Nursing and Healthcare
OSCE simulations in the Undergraduate Nurse Program
MSN
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
RISE to the Covid Challenge Award
Illinois State University
2020
Grants and Contracts
A Mental Health Objective Structured Clinical Exam for Undergraduate Nursing Education
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Cherrill Stockmann, Joanna Willett.
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Grant.. - May 2023
Development of a mental health Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for undergraduate nursing education.
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Cherrill Stockmann, Joanna Willett.
University Research Grant. - May 2024
Journal Article
A Mental Health Objective Structured Clinical Examination to Evaluate Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Clinical Competence
Cherrill Stockmann, Theresa Adelman-Mullally, Joanna Willett.
Nursing Education Perspectives, 46 (6), 369-371, (2025), 10.1097/01.nep.0000000000001351
Clinical Competence and Satisfaction With Virtual Reality Versus Live Simulation
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Joanna Willett, Agnes Mang'erere, Seon Yoon Chung.
Nurse Educator, 100 (0), (2025), 10.1097/NNE.0000000000002069
A mental health Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to evaluate undergraduate nursing students’ clinical competence.
Cherrill Stockmann, Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Joanna Willett.
Nursing Education Perspectives, (10-1097), (2024)
Implementation of a Mental Health Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Using Standards of Best Practice
Cherrill Stockmann, Theresa Adelman-Mullally, Joanna Willett, Mary J. Dyck.
Nursing Education Perspectives, 45 (5), 313-315, (2024), 10.1097/01.nep.0000000000001302
Implementation of a mental health Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) using standards of best practice.
Cherrill Stockmann, Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Joanna Willett, Mary J. Dyck.
Nursing Education Perspectives, 45 (5), 3, (2024)
Virtual Reality Simulation Integration in a Prelicensure Nursing Program
Joanna Willett, Theresa Adelman-Mullally, Holly Ng, Seon Yoon Chung.
Nurse Educator, 49 (4), 217-221, (2024), 10.1097/nne.0000000000001586
Virtual reality simulation integration in a nursing undergraduate program: Lessons learned.
Joanna Willett, Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Holly Ng, Seon Yoon Chung.
Nurse Educator, 10-1097, (2024)
Presentations
Virtual reality simulation integration lessons learned
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Joanna Willett, Holly Ng, Seon-Yoon Chung.
Nurse Educator, Online, March, 2024
Virtual reality simulation integration lessons learned
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Joanna Willett, Holly Ng, Seon-Yoon Chung.
Nurse Educator, Online, March, 2024
A mental health Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to evaluate undergraduate nursing students’ clinical competence.
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Cherrill Stockmann, Joanna Willett.
Midwest Nursing Research Society 46th Annual Research Conference, Des Moines, IA, March, 2023
Simulation in the Classroom! Critical Thinking Day 1
Megan Rappleyea, Patricia Pence, Joanna Willett.
CTLT Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal, IL, January, 2022
CJM in the Classroom
Desha Cobb, Joanna Willett.
Faculty Retreat- Undergraduate Pre-Licensure Program, Normal, IL, May 7, 2021
Clinical Judgement Across the Curriculum
Valerie M Wright, Megan Rappleyea, Joanna Willett, Desha Cobb.
NurseThink® for Nurse Educators NEXT GEN LEARNING: Fundamentals, NCLEX®, and Beyond, online, February 18, 2021
Clinical Judgement Model in Nursing Simulation
Valerie Wright, Desha Cobb, Joanna Willett.
Clinical Judgement Model in Nursing Simulation, online, October 27, 2020