Kelli Giffin
Kelli Giffin Director, Clinical Simulation Center Instructor, Professional Nursing Practice Academic Department Kelli Giffin, MS ‘98, is an educator and a nurse innovator who manages Georgetown University’s Clinical Simulation Center.
She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing (1995) and Georgetown University (1998) as a Family Nurse Practitioner. In leading the Simulation Center, she focuses on developing the competencies and critical thinking abilities of both undergraduate and graduate students, building on her expertise in clinical hospital-based practice. She also works as a bedside nurse at MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center. In 2017, Giffin received an International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) Simulation Fellowship. In recognition of her outstanding leadership in the field, in 2021, she received the Georgetown Women in Medicine Mentoring Award. Giffin is well-known for reflecting Jesuit principles and a Hoyas for Others perspective. During the pandemic she led a pivot of teaching methods toward developing and implementing virtual simulation learning, a change that enabled students to continue gaining skills through distance learning. Using 360-degree photos, videos, and audio files, she conceptualized and created a web-based tool to reflect simulations that had previously been conducted on campus. The simulations and supply kits were individualized based on the stage at which students were in their education. Giffin’s creativity and dedication enabled Georgetown’s nursing students to continue their studies throughout the difficult Covid-19 period. Her work has provided a powerful human element to the Simulation Lab, before, during, and after the pandemic, and her simulations are still used for clinical makeup in order to augment clinical experiences and assist with the development of critical thinking skills.
Jeremy Sabatino
Jeremy Sabatino, MS, RN, is an Instructor at the Georgetown University School of Nursing (GUSON).
Mr. Sabatino joined the School of Nursing in 2024. He completed his Masters in Nursing Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Mr. Sabatino earned his BSN at Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Kean University. Mr. Sabatino has over two decades of nursing experience in Level 1 Neuro Trauma, Critical Care, Cardiac Sub Specialties (Heart Transplant, CCU, CTICU, telemetry, Cardiac Testing), and Rehabilitative Medicine. His nursing leadership includes Critical Care/CTICU, Pain Management, Wound Care/Hyperbaric, Infusion Services and Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Mr. Sabatino was instrumental in orchestrating and collaborating all Cardiac Nursing Education for the Gagnon Heart Hospital and Atlantic Health System in New Jersey. In addition, Mr. Sabatino has an array of educational teaching experience encompassing didactic, clinical rotations, and simulation lab for technical programs, online universities, associate degrees, and baccalaureate institutions. He was also responsible for the formation and execution of the Cath Lab Grand Rounds at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey and the construction of a Cardiac focused nursing education series for the Atlantic Health System. Mr. Sabatino utilizes his vast experience in the practice setting to enrich learning for students. His teaching philosophy emphasizes the importance of communication and inclusion of all with the goal of cultivating accountable, skilled, compassionate, and hard working nurses.