PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Experience
PART TIME FACULTY
August, 2023- Present
Georgian College, Barrie, ON
Teaching experience
NURS 2010 - Pharmacology​
FULL TIME FACULTY
August, 2019- Present
St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON
Coordinator for years 3 and 4 in the BScN program
Coordinator for Perioperative Program (RN and RPN post grad certification)
Teaching experience in St. Lawrence College/Laurentian University collaborative in years 1, 2, and 4 including:
LUSL1004 Nursing Praxis and Professional Caring I (2020)
LUSL 1206 Relational Practice I (2019)
LUSL 1207 Relational Practice II (2020)
LUSL 1007 Health and Healing I (2020, 2021)
LUSL 2084 Nursing Praxis and Professional Caring III (2019, 2020, 2021)
LUSL 4056 Professional Growth V (2023)
LUSL 4057 Professional Growth IV: Nurses Influencing Change (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
LUSL 4094 Nursing Praxis and Professional Caring VIII - Faculty Advisor / lab faculty for OR specialty Consolidation Students (2021, 2022, 2023)
Perioperative Nursing Training (Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fa;; 2022, Winter 2023)​
Teaching experience in St. Lawrence College stand alone degree program in year 2:
BNUR 2900 Medical Surgical Nursing 1 (2022)
BNUR 2901 Clinical Practice 3 (2022)
BNUR 3004 - Diverse Populations (2023)
PART TIME LECTURER
January, 2019 – February, 2019
George Brown College, Toronto, ON
Intercessional lecturer in the Perioperative Nursing Program
ADJUNCT FACULTY
April 2016Â - March 2022
Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Visiting lecturer for NUR 461 Primary Health Care: Nursing Perspectives Global Health
Preceptor for nursing students completing primary health care placements
INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST
April, 2017 – Present (casual as of August 2019)
Centre for Global Child Health, SickKids, Toronto, ON
Expertise in curriculum development for nursing specialization programs (1 year paediatric specialization post graduate certificate), continuing professional development courses (Nutrition, Sickle Cell Disease and Newborn Care) and individualized faculty development plans
Provide Mentorship to local colleagues to build on their context specific specialized knowledge while translating content into active learning programmes
Provide leadership to SickKids colleagues during program implementation while developing their capacity building skills with Ghanaian nurse educators and faculty from the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, in both classroom and clinical settings
Utilize project management skills, conflict resolution, critical thinking and organizational skills to ensure success with both students and local faculty
Employ creative and fluid problem solving and teaching skills while working in low resourced settings
Provide consultancy support to improve current teaching of Specialized Newborn Care Education in both Tanzania and Ethiopia through incorporation of interactive learning strategies into the current national newborn curriculum and training of local trainers
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
January 2018-April 2018
Yates School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Collaboration with a research team, performing independent environmental and literature scans on the use of Experiential Learning within masters level programs across Canada
NURSE EDUCATOR - PERIOPERATIVE NURSING TRAINING PROGRAM
December 2013 – April 2015
Centre for Global Child Health, SickKids, Toronto, ON
Worked within set objectives to develop a curriculum and lead a one month post graduate training specialization (classroom and clinical) to Operating Room RNs in Ethiopia
Capacity building and knowledge translation goals achieved in low resourced setting, utilizing exceptional problem solving, critical thinking and organizational skills
Clinical Experience
REGISTERED NURSE - OPERATING ROOM
June, 2008 – Present
(casual as of August 2019)
SickKids, Toronto, ON
Collaboration and partnership with multidisciplinary team members to provide excellence in care to children undergoing surgery
Developed leadership skills as a charge nurse, hospital nursing council representative and through membership within multiple working groups, preceptor and mentor to new staff
REGISTERED NURSE - POST OPERATIVE CARE UNIT
SickKids, Toronto, ON
June 2011 – June 2012
REGISTERED NURSE & TEAM LEADÂ - COVID ASSESSMENT CENTRE
Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON
Team lead (Charge Nurse) at the Covid assessment centre.
August 2020Â - January 2022