Kelsey
Petersen
December 2020
Kelsey
Petersen
,
BA, RN
Augustana University
Kelsey was nominated by students who had the following comments: "Kelsey is a very knowledgeable clinical instructor who made an impact on his clinical group. I learned so much from Kelsey during the two semesters of clinical with him. Kelsey is highly skilled and an excellent interdisciplinary team leader who made clinical an awesome experience." Another student wrote: "Kelsey is such an amazing nurse and instructor. He really encourages students and helps them to seek opportunities to learn. He is very intelligent, yet is able to explain things in a way students can understand. You can tell that he is passionate about teaching and wants his students to succeed. As a first-year nursing student, I was so intimidated by clinical, but Kelsey made transitioning from the classroom to the bedside so easy." And finally, another student commented, "Kelsey is exemplary because he invests time into every student's individual learning. He made sure each student received time to ask in-depth questions about anything that was taking place pertaining to their patient. Kelsey took the time to make sure I understood my patient's situation fully and receive clarity upon any questions individually with me, truly shocked me. I even asked the students around me, "Does he always do this?" With their response being, "Every clinical. Every time." Never before had I experienced an educator patient enough to not only stop everything they were doing, but stop everything I was doing, and physically sit down with me to go over my patient and any questions."