Master’s-Prepared ICU Nurse | NCLEX Coach | Tele-ICU Education Leader

Alyssa Chen never intended to become an educator. Her original plan was to spend her entire career in critical care, and for years she thrived in high-acuity ICU settings—cardiogenic shock, acute stroke codes, trauma resuscitations. But over time, mentoring new grads became the part of her shift she looked forward to most.

Now, as a seasoned CCRN-E with an MSN in Clinical Nurse Leadership, Alyssa blends that ICU realism into every NCLEX concept she teaches. “Safety, prioritization, communication—these aren’t test strategies. They’re survival skills,” she tells students.

She’s coached hundreds of candidates through NCLEX success, especially those struggling with select-all-that-apply and pharmacology anxiety. Her approach is deeply empathetic and strategy-driven, often using actual ICU scenarios to teach about delegation, time-sensitive interventions, and medication side effects.

As an eICU educator and remote preceptor, Alyssa also trains nurses across state lines—proof that great clinical reasoning travels, even through a screen.