Kimberly Ernstmeyer, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE, APNP-BC (she/her/hers)

Open RN Project Director
Chippewa Valley Technical College
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Kim is the Project Director of the Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN) project, funded by a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Education. Kim is a certified a nurse educator and nurse practitioner who is passionate about implementing simulation and other active learning strategies to promote the development of safe clinical judgment. The Open RN project has published 7 nursing OER textbooks, 25 online virtual simulations, and 25 virtual reality scenario plans with CC-BY licensing. The online Open RN books have reached over 4 million international users with almost 10 million page views, and over 60 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada have adopted affordable print versions. Open RN textbooks won Best OER Awards from OE Global in 2020 and 2021. Kim has presented at several international conferences and recently co-authored an article entitled, “Adopting OER as an Equity Strategy” in Nursing Education Perspectives.

Presentation(s):

• 1002 - The Open RN Project: Promoting Student Success and Fostering the Development Clinical Judgment Using Open Educational Resources (OER)

  Saturday, November 18, 2023
  9:00 AM – 9:50 AM PDT