Janet Reed

Biography

Janet specializes in medical-surgical nursing; she has worked in acute care, geriatrics, long-term care, rehab nursing, travel nursing, and step-down units across 3 states since 2003. She has a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction focusing on Educational Technology. Her research focuses on technology's effect on social and emotional factors and using technology to improve teaching and learning in nursing. This includes simulation anxiety, gaming, escape rooms, generative artificial intelligence, preceptor development, and innovations to improve learning as well as the health and well-being of nursing students, patients, and practicing nurses.

Courses

NURS 30035 – Nursing of Adults
NURS 40005 – Professional Nursing Development
NURS 41095 – Special Topics: RN Refresher Course
NURS 60605 – Teaching with Technology

Education

Ph.D., Kent State University, 2022
MSN, University of Toledo, 2013
BSN, University of Massachusetts, 2006
ADN, Lorain County Community College, 2003

Publications

Reed, J.M, Ferdig, R. E., Dodson, T. M., Gunstad, J., & Hughes, J. W. (2026). AI literacy and scenario-based ethical judgment about generative AI among undergraduate students. Journal of Academic Ethics, 24(82). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-026-09757-w
Reed, J.M. (2025). Empowered yet uneasy: AI augmented pedagogy in nursing education. Nursing Nexus. https://nursingnexus.net/empowered-yet-uneasy-ai-augmented-pedagogy-in-nursing-education/
Reed, J.M., Dodson, T., Comi, J., & Brown, K. (2026). Nursing students’ acceptance and experiences in AI-powered virtual reality for therapeutic communication practice: A mixed methods study. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 37(3), 237-261.
Reed, J.M., Dodson, T., Hughes, J, & Petrinec, A., & Miller, R. (2025, Sept/Oct.). The HARMONEE project: Using GenAI images for reminiscence with older adults in long-term care. Geriatric Nursing. Vol. 65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.103448
Reed, J.M., Aebersold, M., & Lasater, K. (2025). From noticing to clinical judgment: Exploring anxiety in virtual reality nursing simulation. Nurse Educator, 51(1), 35-40. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000002008
Reed, J.M., Maas, M., & Shaffer, D. (2025). Healing the healers: A multifaceted mental health retreat for nurses to improve self-care. Advances in Medical Surgical Nursing, 1 (6), 100035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsn.2025.100035
Dodson, T., Thompson-Hairston, K., & Reed, J.M. (2025). Nursing students' AI literacy and ethical understanding of AI in nursing education. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. 20, 390- 394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2025.07.004
Reed, J.M., Dodson, T., Petrinec, A., Tennant, D., Chmelik, J., and Cripple, S. (2025, May). Artificial intelligence and images portraying nurses through the decades. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 30(2), Manuscript 5.
Reed, J.M. & Dodson, T.M. (2024). Generative AI backstories for simulation preparation. Nurse Educator, 49(4), 184-188.10.1097/NNE.0000000000001590
Reed, J.M., Alterio, B., Coblenz, H., O’Lear, T., & Metz, T. (2023). AI image generation as a teaching strategy in nursing. Journal of Interactive Learning Research. Special issue on artificial intelligence. 34(2), 369-399. Waynesville, NC

Affiliations

Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
National League for Nursing
Midwest Nursing Research Society

Awards/Achievements

2023- Nominee for Daisy Faculty Award- Kent State CON
2023- Platinum Teaching Recognition Award- Center for Teaching & Learning, Kent State University
Nominee and Finalist for Distinguished Teaching Award, 2022 KSU Stark campus
Recipient of UTC Summer Teaching Development Grant for “RN Refresher” course 2020
Advisor Excellence Award- Kent State Stark Office of Student Life- May 2016