Aimme Jo McCauley is the Director of the Nursing Skills and Technology Center (NSTC) and an Instructor of Clinical Nursing at the Louisiana State University Health New Orleans – School of Nursing. She earned a baccalaureate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2002, a Master of Science in Nursing with a specialty in Nursing Informatics, a post-graduate certificate in Nursing Education, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) specializing in Healthcare Systems Leadership in 2020 from Chamberlain University. She holds CNE and CHSE credentials. Dr. McCauley is published on topics including simulation, supporting new graduate nurse’s transition to practice through the COVID-19 pandemic, and preventing falls in intensive care environments. Her scholarly interests include healthcare simulation, quality improvement in nursing and education, the advancement of transcultural nursing and cultural humility, and improving workflow and well-being in nursing environments. In 2024, she was awarded the Sister Henrietta Guyot Research award for The Use of Standardized Patients to Measure Baccalaureate Nursing Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in the Use of Spanish Language for the Provision of Nursing Care. Dr. McCauley has provided instruction to nursing students in the classroom and online environments since 2017, sharing over 20 years of adult nursing experience from critical care specialties (cardiac, surgical, medical, neuro) to rehabilitation and home health settings. In addition to ensuring quality educational methods in the NSTC, Dr. McCauley provides practice change project experience as a lead and team member to graduate students, and coordinates NURS 4120 Beginning Spanish for Nursing. In 2020, she was presented with The DAISY Faculty Award, in December 2021 she was honored to receive the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Nursing Caring Award – Faculty, and in 2023 she was honored as a recipient of the 2023 Chancellor’s Excellence Award for LSU Health New Orleans.

Ms. Hogan is a Simulation Operations Specialist in the Nursing Skills and Technology Center (NSTC) at LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans School of Nursing (LSUHSC-NO SON). She also holds the rank of Instructor in the LSUHSC-NO SON and received her Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) certification. Ms. Hogan also earned a teaching certification and worked seven years in secondary science education prior to transitioning into post-secondary health sciences education at LSUHSC-NO where she developed, improved, evaluated and refined various interprofessional education curricula. She has worked in the NSTC for the past year in her current role. She co-teaches the Beginning Spanish for Nursing elective which uses simulation-based learning to improve student fluency and confidence when working with Limited-Language Proficiency patients. Her research interests include simulation student engagement and skills-based education interprofessional education and collaborative practice and cultural competency and inclusive care. In 2024 she was awarded the Chancellor’s Excellence Award at LSU Health New Orleans. She is a member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare where she is a peer reviewer for the STORM Magazine and an active member of the SOTS Nominations Workgroup and the Simulation Operations Technology Section.

Mrs. Hopkins Ibsen joined the faculty of LSU-SON in January 2021 during height of the Covid pandemic and she had to hit the ground running. She was able to prepare and present theory content on multiple topics covering adult health issues. She presented PowerPoint presentations that included Socratic questioning through the Zoom format due to Covid-19 restrictions. Along with presentation of theory content she assisted in the simulation lab providing hands on instruction guidance and evaluation of simulated clinical scenarios. She provided real-life clinical training and patient care with students at University Medical Center’s adult med-surg units. In the spring of 2022 she moved into the critical care nursing course to teach and take students for 2 rotations to West Jefferson’s Neuro Critical Care unit. In March 2023 Mrs. Hopkins Ibsen moved into a Simulation Faculty position in the Nursing Skills and Technology Center (NSTC). This was an area of nursing education that she developed a deep passion for. She loves being able to create scenarios and situations that are realistic and meaningful to students and allow them to develop and foster creativity clinical decision making collaboration and clinical judgement. These experiences foster their confidence while allowing for a physically and psychologically safe environment to make mistakes and learn best practices. Mrs. Hopkins Ibsen’s research interests are in healthcare simulation and technology safe medication administration including dosage calculation critical care nursing student and community engagement. She is a member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning Sigma Theta Tau International-Epsilon Nu Chapter National League for Nursing Professional Nurse Educator Group and American Association of Critical Care Nurses.