Joyce LeFever Kee received her bachelor of science and master of science in nursing degrees from the University of Maryland, and earned 36 postgraduate credits from the University of Delaware. She was an instructor at the University of Maryland for four years and later spent 27 years at the University of Delaware - first as an instructor, and then as an associate professor. While there, she taught undergraduate- and graduate-level pharmacology, pathophysiology, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, and medical-surgical nursing in classroom and clinical settings. She retired as Associate Professor Emerita from the University of Delaware.

Through the years, Kee has given numerous lectures and presentations in both the United States and Barbados, and has written various articles in the American Journal of Nursing, Nursing Clinics of North America, Nursing Journal, and Critical Care Quarterly. She has authored and coauthored several texts and reference books, including Fluids and Electrolytes with Clinical Applications (2010); Handbook of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances (2010); Pharmacology: A Nursing Process Approach, 8th Edition (2015); Clinical Calculations in General and Specialty Areas, 8th Edition (2017); Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th Edition (2017); and Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 10th Edition (2018). She has also developed supplementary student and instructor resources for many of these texts.

Kee is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. She received the Excellence in Teaching Award, and was inducted into the Mentor's Circle at the University of Delaware. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling to fascinating places around the world with her husband