Kelly Marchant joined the undergraduate nursing faculty at Simmons in 2015. She has been a registered nurse since 1995 and has worked at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in the intensive care unit and post-anesthesia care unit.
Recognizing her passion for learning, teaching, and caring for patients, Marchant earned a master’s degree in nursing education from Georgetown University in 2015. While in her master’s program, she began teaching at Simmons University, and after graduation, began teaching full time as an Associate Professor of Practice. At Simmons, she has taught all levels of undergraduate nursing, including Pharmacology, Health Assessment, Medical-Surgical Nursing, and Leadership and Management. She is the course lead for Care of the Complex Patient, a course she developed that explores both acute and chronic aspects of long-term illnesses.
In 2018, she joined a collaboration with members of the Simmons faculty, healthcare professionals from Massachusetts General Hospital and Ayat Education in Bangladesh to support academic program development of Ayat College of Nursing and Health Sciences and to serve as a clinical resource for nurses providing patient care in Bangladesh during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
Education
- Certificate, Advanced Graduate Studies in Health Professions Education, from Simmons University (March 2022)
- MS, Nursing Education, from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (August 2015)
- BS, Nursing, from Salem State University (May 1995)
Area of Expertise
- Acute Care and Intensive Care Nursing
- Nursing Education
Courses
- Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing
- Care of the Complex Patient
- Leadership & Management
- Medical-Surgical Nursing II
Kelly Marchant in the News
Nursing Faculty and Alumnae/i Receive Award for Advancing Palliative Care in Bangladesh
Professor Emerita Anne-Marie Barron and Associate Professor of Practice Kelly Marchant, along with collaborators Emily Erhardt, Jocelyn Hulburt ’08BSN, and Nisha Wali ’21FNP, recently received the 2023 Award of Excellence from the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC).
From Simmons to Bangladesh: Award-Winning Associate Professor's Teaching Spans the Globe
Associate Professor of Practice Kelly Marchant received the Award for Excellence in Nursing Education from the American Nurses Association. "I try to remember what it was like when I was in nursing school, trying to learn these concepts," says Kelly...
Shout-outs from Students and Alums
Simmons Nursing and Dix Scholar Alum Offers Palliative Care to Navajo Nation
Susan Perron ’18 received a DAISY award for her work as a palliative nurse at the Northern Navajo Medical Center. Perron reflects on the award and her work for the Indigenous community.