Jeffrey Keely, RN

care, public health, home health, and disaster response. Beginning his career as a Licensed Vocational Nurse in the late 1980s, he advanced to become a Registered Nurse, earning his Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a specialization in public health. Throughout his career, Jeffrey developed deep expertise in cardiopulmonary care, particularly in ventilator management, working across high-acuity environments including cardiothoracic critical care, post-trauma units, and acute dialysis settings.

In addition to his clinical work, Jeffrey has made significant contributions as an educator and program developer. He authored and taught a Board of Registered Nursing–approved continuing education course on home ventilator care, helping address critical training gaps for nurses caring for complex patients. His passion for education extended into formal teaching roles, where he trained healthcare professionals in ventilator care, case management, and home health practices. His leadership experience also includes roles as Director of Nursing, Clinical Educator, and Quality Assurance specialist, where he focused on improving patient outcomes and strengthening clinical systems.

Jeffrey also served as a disaster nurse with the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), responding to major emergencies including wildfires and international disaster deployments. His diverse career reflects a commitment to service, adaptability, and lifelong learning. Now retired from clinical practice, he is focused on writing and publishing, drawing from his extensive experience to educate and inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals.

• Licensed Vocational Nurse program, 1988-89
• Wound Ostomy Course, Texas Tech University
• Associate Degree in Nursing, San Diego City College, 1996
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing with specialization in Public Health, University of Phoenix, 2002
• One year of Family Nurse Practitioner Master's Program, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, 2003

• Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• ACLS Certified

• Awards and recognition from DaVita Dialysis
• Requested by Johns Hopkins University Medical Center to be a People's Ambassador to China for the 2005 USA-China Health Exposition

• California Nurses Association
• American Nurses Association
• San Diego County Disaster Volunteers Healthcare Volunteers
• National Nurses Response Team (NNRT)
• San Diego CERT Teams (Community Emergency Response Teams)

• Disaster Medical Assistance Team California 4 and California 6
• 7 years
• San Diego County Disaster Volunteers Healthcare Volunteers
• 20+ years
• National Nurses Response Team
• San Diego CERT Teams

I wrote a CE program approved by the Board of Registered Nursing for 12 CEUs titled 'Home Care of the Respiratory Insufficient, Tracheotomy, & Mechanically Ventilated Patient' to certify nurses in home ventilator care. The reason I created this program was because there was such a shortage of nurses and LVNs, and we couldn't find any qualified staff, so I wrote the program, submitted it for approval, and started teaching it. I've been teaching it pretty much ever since, and now I've turned it into a book that I'm working on getting published. I also wrote a Brain Trauma Rehab Program for Excel Home Health, which we implemented successfully.