Jocelyn A. Ludlow

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Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Simulation, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
B.S., University of Mary Hardin Baylor, 2000, Nursing
M.N., University of Washington, 2009, Nursing
Ph.D., Washington State University, 2021, Nursing
Phone: (949) 824-4469
Email: ludlowj@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
1110 Nursing & Health Sciences Hall
Mail Code: 3959
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Healthcare Simulation, Nursing Simulation, Prebriefing, Nursing Curriculum, Nursing Education, Online Learning, Medical-Surgical Nursing
Short Biography
Dr. Jocelyn Ludlow is Director of Simulation and an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California Irvine Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing. In 2021, she received her PhD in nursing from Washington State University where she studied the prebriefing practices of prelicensure nursing programs in the United States. Her expertise has influenced simulation at the national level as a member of the prebriefing and simulation design INACSL Healthcare Standards of Best Practice subcommittees. She has presented at the local and national level at simulation, nursing science, and nursing education conferences on a variety of topics including prebriefing in simulation, in situ simulation programs, and innovations in nurse education. She has been a registered nurse since 2000 and has practiced in a variety of settings with a focus on cardiac and telemetry nursing. She has been a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) and a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) since 2016, and a certified medical-surgical nurse (CMSRN) since 2017. She is also been trained in FEMA Incident Command System, AVADE and CPI De-Escalation, and Quality Matters.
Her research interests include simulation prebriefing methods, healthcare education and simulation, and applying teaching learning theory to simulation.

Publications
Ludlow, J. (2020). Prebriefing: a principle-based concept analysis. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Volume 56, p22-28.E1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2020.11.003
INACSL Standards Committee, Watts, P.I, McDermott, D.S., Alinier, G., Charnetski, M., Ludlow, J., Horsley, E., Meakim, C., & Nawathe, P. (2021). Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best PracticeTM Simulation Design. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, Volume 58 p14-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.08.009
INACSL Standards Committee, McDermott, D., Ludlow, J., Horsley, E., & Meakim, C. (2021). Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best PracticeTM Prebriefing: Preparation and Briefing. Clinical
Simulation in Nursing. Volume 58 p9-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.08.008
McDermott, D. S., Ludlow, J. (2022). A prebriefing guide for online, virtual, or distant simulation experiences. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Volume 67, p1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2022.03.004
Professional Societies
INACSL
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
Last updated
07/06/2023