AORN Outstanding Achievement for Perioperative Education, (Clinical/Academic) 2018. Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UBT Pristina, Kosovo December 2017.
Florida Council Operating Room Nurse, Perioperative Nurse of the Year 2013-2014.
Order of Military Medical Merit Medallion awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding service and achievements. U.S. Army Medical Department, U.S. Army Regiment. Fort Sam Houston, TX. 2013.
Military Bonze Star awarded for meritorious service in OIF 2008 – 2010.
Comeaux, J., Connelly, L. & Cohen, D. (2016) A sample toolkit for teaching vascular access to undergraduate nursing students. (Abstract). The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 21,264https://doi.org/10.1016/j.java/2016.10.073.
Roush, C., Jobli, E., Connelly, L., Cummings, C., Comeaux, J. & Kruger, B. J. (2019). Nursing student engagement in a program-wide community-based learning curriculum. In C. Winterbottom, J.S. Nicholson, & F.D. Richard (Eds.), Community-based transformational learning: An interdisciplinary inquiry into student experiences and challenges. London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc. Pending publication.
Workbook
Connelly, L. (2018). Preliminary Edition Rehab & Chronic Concepts Practice Workbook. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Podium Presentations
Connelly, L. (2023). Rules and Regulations for Nursing. Presentation to AORN of Tampa Bay. Moffit Hospital, Tampa, Florida.
Connelly, L. (2022). Clear the Air. Sigma Theta Tau Lambda Rho Research Conference, Jacksonville Florida.
Connelly, L., & Halley, M. (2022). The Trio for Education: Student-Faculty-Interpreter Collaboration. Sigma Theta Tau Lambda Rho Research Conference, Jacksonville Florida.
Connelly, L., & Marshall, L. (2022). 2022, Washington, DC. PechaKucha Presentation: The Nursing Student Clinical Experience During Covid-19. Sigma’s Creating Healthy Work Environments.
Connelly, L., & Perez, D. (2021). COVID Care at UNF: Creating Health Care in Remote Student Location. American College Health Association (ACHA) 2021 Annual Virtual Meeting. Virtual.
Connelly, L., & Richter, M. (2021). Increasing Access to Healthcare in College Student Population via Telehealth: An Evidence-Based Approach. Florida Nurse Practitioner Network Rapid Fire Presentation, Orlando, Florida.
Connelly, L., & Marshall, L. (2021). The Experience of Nursing Clinical During COVID-19. AORN Global Conference & EXPO 2021. Virtual.
Connelly, L., & Welch-Rawls, D. (2021). Transforming Global Nursing Research and Scholarship through Co-Creation, Awareness, Balance, and Purpose. Virtual presentation. Interprofessional Education with Case Competition and Simulation. Sigma’s 32 nd International Nursing Research Congress. Virtual.
Connelly, L., (2020) OR Nurses Giving STUDENT NURSES a View through their lens. Virtual AORN Surgical Conference and EXPO 2020.
Connelly, L., (2019). Love has no limit, a medical mission to Kenya. 5 th Annual Nursing Research & Evidence Based Practice Conference. Orlando, Florida.
Connelly, L. (2019). Stop the Bleed. Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) meeting. St Vincent’s South, Jacksonville Florida.
Connelly, L. (2018) Authentic Simulation for Collaboratively Preparing Student Nurses and American Sign Language Interpreting Students. Global Surgical Conference and EXPO. New Orleans, LA. (April)
Connelly, L. (2018) Interdisciplinary Simulation for Nursing Students and American Sign Language Students. Sigma Theta Tau International and National League of Nursing Education Research Conference, Bethesda, Maryland.
Poster presentations
Bosman, A., Sorenson, A, & Connelly, L. (2019). The Cochlear Implant is Not the End All to be All. National Student Nurses Association Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Guillerno, I., Ciampa, S., Hassan, R., Iloduba, L., & Connelly, L. (2019). Compassion Fatigue vs. Science of Caring. National Student Nurses Association Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Connelly, L. (2018) Flippin to a Simulation AORN Global Surgical Conference & EXPO. New Orleans, LA.
Connelly, L. & Lahey, J. (2018) Authentic Simulation for Collaboratively Preparing Student Nurses and American Sign Language Interpreting Students. AORN Global Surgical Conference & EXPO. New Orleans, LA.
Cummings, C. & Connelly, L. (2016). Nursing Graduate Perceptions of Clinical Simulation Experiences. INACSL Conference, Grapevine, Texas, July 2016.
Connelly, L., (2015) Teaching Delegation, Prioritization, & Time Management Using a Timeline. INASCL Conference, Orlando, Florida July 2015.
Connelly, L., & Avelar, R. (2015). Building Future Perioperative Nurses. National Student Nurses Association Convention, Phoenix AZ.