Vanessa Walkley,

My name is Vanessa Walkely(formerly VanDomelen) and I have been a RN for 33 years.  I graduated from Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in 1985 with a diploma. After helping raise four daughters, I returned to complete my BSN at Linfield Good Samaritan School of Nursing in 2012.  I finished my MSN in nursing education from Lamar UniversityAugust 20,2016. I completed the healthcare simulation education graduate certificate from Boise State University June 9th, 2017.  I currently hold WOCNCB certifications in wound,ostomy and foot and nail care. I also hold certification as a certified foot care specialist through the American Foot Care Nurses Association. I teach on line as a guest lecturer twice a year for the Valley Foundation School of Nursing Wound and Ostomy program-San Jose State University for their foot and nail portion of the wound instruction. My favorite focus is simulation, standardized patient and preventative foot and nail care education.  

I grew up in the farming community of Mountaindale, Oregon on Dairy Creek where my family maintains a Sesquicentennial Oregon Century Farm that remains in active farming.  My family is registered in the first book of Oregon. I am embarking on a new trail discovering what healthcare simulation can bring to the future for nursing, interprofessionally and for patient delivery. I currently am the simulation/lab coordinator for George Fox University School of Nursing. It is my goal to obtain the (CHSE) certified healthcare simulation educator certification.