Carolyn Scheese received her BSN from Weber State University, and her MS in Nursing Education and DNP with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership from the University of Utah where she also earned a Certificate in Informatics. Her interests include human factors and human systems interaction and applying AI to teaching and Informatics. She has a joint appointment the Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI). 

She began teaching at the University of Utah, College of Nursing in 2007. Carolyn has served as the Operations Director Simulation Learning Center and the Director of the RN-BS Program and is currently the Director of Graduate Studies at BMI for the MS program. She has taught in the undergraduate baccalaureate program where she loves to teach students in the traditional program and to help RN’s complete their degree in the RN to BS program and currently teaches graduate students in the Nursing Education and Nursing Informatics and BMI programs. 

She has 23 years’ experience at a trauma one facility in the Operating Room working in a variety of roles including: scrub, circulator, Transplant Team Coordinator, Unit Educator, and as Program Director for the Intermountain Healthcare Surgical Technology Program and RN Perioperative Program for 11 years. She also had the opportunity to go on two missions with Operation Smile to Manizales, Colombia, where they performed cleft lip and palate repairs.

Recent Publications and Presentations:   

Sloss, E. A., McPherson, J. P., Beck, A. C., Guo, J-W., Scheese, C. H., Flake, N. R., Chalkidis, G., & Staes, C. J. (2024). Patient and caregiver perceptions of an interface design to communicate artificial intelligence-based prognosis for patients with advanced solid tumors. ASCO JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. Vol 8.  https://doi.org/10.1200/CCI.23.00187

Staes, C. J., Beck, A. C., Chalkidis, G., Scheese, C. H., Taft, T., Guo, J. W., Newman, M. G., Kawamoto, K., Sloss, E. A., & McPherson, J. P. (2023). Design of an interface to communicate artificial intelligence-based prognosis for patients with advanced solid tumors: a user-centered approach. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 31(1), 174–187. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocad201

Sloss, E.A., Staes, C.J., McPherson, J.P., Scheese, C.M., Taft, T., & Guo, J. (2023). Information needs when deciding to start a new line of therapy for advanced cancer: Are patients, caregivers, and oncologists aligned? JCO Oncol Practice, 19(11_suppl): 315-315. doi:10.1200/OP.2023.19.11_suppl.315  (Abstract)

Scheese, C.H. (2023). Operations and management of environment, personnel and non-personnel resources.  In Wilson, L. & Whittmann-Price, R. (Eds.), Certified healthcare simulation education (CHSE) review manual. 3^rd (p. TBD).  New York: Springer Publishing. [Book chapter]

Scheese, C.H., Nerges, J., Sneddon, C. S., & Morton, P. G. (2023). Strategies for transitioning from a clinical position to a faculty role. Journal of Professional Nursing. (online pub 10/2023). 

Scheese, C.H. (2023). Coming full circle: A transplant nurse on why tissue donation matters: A son’s loss and the healing power of giving. American Journal of Nursing. (June 2023). 123(6). 64. DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000938760.53953.63

Scheese, C., Tometich, C. & Miklius, A. (2019) Using Leadership & Theory to Implement an Automated PHQ-9 into an EMR & Provider Workflow. Poster Presentation. Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference.

Rhees, J. R., Scheese, C., Ward, D. E., Hollister, L., Blamires, T., Wilkins, D. G., & Madden, C. (2015). Clinical practice simulation for blood transfusion reactions: An interprofessional approach. Clinical Laboratory Science. 28 (4), 224-231. ISSN: 0894-959X (Received ASCLS CLS Clinical Practice Distinguished Author Award).

Scheese, C. (2007). CD-ROM Instructional. Preoperative Surgical Procedures Interactive CD-ROM, Subject Matter Expert/Author; Albany, New York. Thompson Delmar Publishing. ISBN: 1-4180-9814-9