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Sakina Abbas RNFOO Gala Scholarship (Masters) Sakina has been working as a Registered Nurse in the community, and has also done volunteer work in Pakistan and Peru. She recently completed the Master of Nursing degree at Ryerson University. Sakina consolidated her studies at SickKids International where she made recommendations on the use of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy as a useful framework to develop nursing curricula for Africa. She will use this knowledge to guide her practice in Kenya on a 6 month internship through the College of the Rockies, undertaken within the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy with a contribution from the Canadian International Development Agency. Breanne Anderson The Jennifer Award With a BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Guelph, Breanne worked for several years in a physician’s office, where she developed a profound appreciation for client- centered clinical practice. To gain a better research and evidence-based practice foundation, Breanne pursued her MSc in cancer prevention. While working on her graduate studies, she served on numerous committees and took on diverse student leadership roles. To formally connect her research and clinical experience, she is now finishing her BScN at McMaster University. Breanne has also been a long-term volunteer, and recently completed a clinical placement at Diabetes Care Guelph. Kimberly Belluz Julie Hall Scholarship for Neuroscience Nursing Kim is a fourth year post RN BScN nursing student at Lakehead University. She currently is a staff nurse on the Neurosurgical Unit in Thunder Bay. She has demonstrated a very strong commitment to her patients and colleagues through ongoing education in nursing and Neuroscience. Kim has a great interest in Neuroscience nursing and strives to improve the care of neurosurgical patients. She completed her CNA Neuroscience Certification in 2005 and maintains her CNN(c) credential. Kim is interested in pursuing a Master’s degree in nursing in the future. Sarah Benbow Dr. Hildegard E. Peplau Award - Mental Health Nursing Interest Group (MHNIG) Sarah Benbow is a third year doctoral student in nursing at the University of Western Ontario. Her research and clinical interests include working with marginalized populations such as individuals with mental illness, and individuals experiencing homelessness. Specifically, her dissertation research will be focused on examining exclusionary practices experienced by mothers experiencing homelessness in London, Ontario. Striving for social justice and advocating for more equitable health practices and policy are guiding her interests, research, and practice. Arnel Borras Regina Borowska Scholarship Arnel is a Registered Practical Nurse in a Long-Term Care facility pursuing his Bachelor of Science for Internationally Educated Nurses, Honours Degree, at York University. He is a member of the Faculty of Health Dean’s Honour Roll, 2010-2011 academic sessions. He has a Canadian equivalency of Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and two-year post-graduate studies earned from the Philippines. He plans to finish his Certificate in Health Informatics from York University before taking up his Master’s Degree and eventually, his PhD. His nursing passion is to serve the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable sectors in our society. Amber Brophy Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Book Award (Gift certificate) Amber Brophy has been an RPN for 4 years now and is currently furthering her education by taking her BScN, part time, through Nipissing University. She has many interests in the nursing field, but would like to continue developing her love for psychiatric nursing as well as public health. She is a huge advocate for sexual health at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, where she currently works. Amber has recently become a first time mother. Donna Brown Maternal Child Nurses Interest Group (MCNIG) Scholarship - PhD Donna is third year PhD student at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. Her PhD dissertation will describe sleep characteristics in a sample of women experiencing pregnancy complications in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Donna is a Nurse Practitioner/Patient Care Manager at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre where her clinical focus is on high risk pregnancy in the inpatient and ambulatory populations. Leigh Chapman Dorothy Ferguson Scholarship Provincial Nurses Educators Interest Group (PNEIG) Leigh is a doctoral student at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. Through experience in acute care, research, academic, regulatory, and professional practice settings, Leigh has developed expertise in nursing education and leadership. Leigh’s doctoral research will examine the assessment of nurses’ competence in the workplace. Her research goal is to explore the continuing competence of nurses in an acute care hospital setting and respective roles of the employer and individual nurses in supporting nurses’ continued competence. 2012 RNFOO Award Winners 2012 RNFOO Award Winners

RNFO Gala Program 2012 · Greeshma Jacob Prenatal & Parenthood Education Services Greeshma completed her BScN from York University in June 2009 and has been working as an obstetrical

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den

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niv

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tern

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rest

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sity

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e is

als

o a

fu

ll-ti

me

stu

den

t an

d V

anie

r S

cho

lar

pu

rsu

ing

a P

hD

in t

he

Sch

oo

l of

Nu

rsin

g a

t M

cMas

ter

Un

iver

sity

an

d a

co

ncu

rren

t d

iplo

ma

in H

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h S

ervi

ces

and

Po

licy

Res

earc

h t

ho

ug

h

the

On

tari

o T

rain

ing

Cen

tre.

Her

do

cto

ral r

esea

rch

is f

ocu

sed

on

th

e m

ult

i-le

vel f

acto

rs

that

in"

uen

ce t

he

hea

lth

of

imm

igra

nt

wo

men

po

stp

artu

m a

s w

ell a

s th

e fa

cilit

ato

rs a

nd

b

arri

ers

to a

cces

sin

g h

ealt

h c

are.

Kate

Gen

t T

he E

vely

n C

am

ero

n M

em

ori

al

Bu

rsary

(P

ed

NIG

)

Kat

e is

a R

egis

tere

d N

urs

e in

Gen

eral

Pae

dia

tric

s an

d R

esp

irat

ory

Med

icin

e at

Th

e H

osp

ital

fo

r S

ick

Ch

ildre

n. S

he

has

wo

rked

as

a cl

inic

nu

rse,

a r

esea

rch

nu

rse

in t

he

Res

pir

ato

ry M

edic

ine

pro

gra

m, a

nd

as

a cl

inic

al s

up

po

rt n

urs

e o

n t

he

in-p

atie

nt

un

it.

Sh

e h

as b

een

invo

lved

wit

h S

ick

Kid

s In

tern

atio

nal

in a

nu

rsin

g e

du

cati

on

pro

ject

. Sh

e is

cu

rren

tly

pu

rsu

ing

Mas

ter

of

Nu

rsin

g a

nd

Nu

rse

Pra

ctit

ion

er d

egre

es w

ith

a f

ocu

s o

n

mat

ern

al, i

nfa

nt

and

ch

ild h

ealt

h.

Sh

e h

op

es t

o w

ork

as

an A

dva

nce

d P

ract

ice

Nu

rse

in

the

area

of

pae

dia

tric

s w

hile

co

nti

nu

ing

to

be

invo

lved

in g

lob

al c

hild

hea

lth

init

iati

ves.

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a G

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an

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n M

urp

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ori

al

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bete

s A

ward

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s N

urs

ing

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tere

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up

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are

t M

yers

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lin

ical

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ctic

e A

ward

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iab

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s N

urs

ing

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tere

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p (

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IG)

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a is

wo

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g a

s a

Clin

ical

Nu

rse

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ecia

list

inte

rn f

or

in-p

atie

nt

dia

bet

es m

anag

emen

t.

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a g

rad

uat

ed f

rom

th

e B

ScN

pro

gra

m a

t R

yers

on

Un

iver

sity

an

d is

cu

rren

tly

wo

rkin

g

tow

ard

s th

e co

mp

leti

on

of

her

Mas

ters

Deg

ree

at t

he

Un

iver

sity

of T

oro

nto

. Sh

e w

ou

ld li

ke

to c

on

tin

ue

her

ed

uca

tio

nal

jou

rney

by

pu

rsu

ing

her

Ph

D in

ed

uca

tio

n. S

he

has

a p

assi

on

fo

r d

iab

etes

ed

uca

tio

n a

nd

asp

ires

to

imp

rove

th

e liv

es o

f th

ose

livi

ng

wit

h t

his

dis

ease

.

Terr

y H

oll

an

d

Els

ev

ier

Can

ad

a B

oo

k A

ward

Terr

y H

olla

nd

is a

reg

iste

red

pra

ctic

al n

urs

e, p

urs

uin

g h

er b

acca

lau

reat

e d

egre

e in

nu

rsin

g

at A

thab

asca

Un

iver

sity

. Ter

ry c

urr

entl

y h

old

s th

e p

osi

tio

n o

f P

ract

ice

Co

ord

inat

or

at

Qu

inte

Hea

lth

Car

e in

Bel

levi

lle, O

nta

rio

. Her

pro

fess

ion

al p

ract

ice

role

is f

ocu

sed

on

p

rom

oti

ng

bes

t p

ract

ice

and

nu

rsin

g e

xcel

len

ce, a

nd

en

han

cin

g a

ttri

bu

tes

of

a q

ual

ity

pra

ctic

e en

viro

nm

ent

at Q

HC

.

Terr

y h

as w

ork

ed a

s a

com

mit

tee

and

co

un

cil m

emb

er w

ith

th

e C

olle

ge

of

Nu

rses

of

On

tari

o, a

nd

ser

ved

a t

erm

as

RP

N V

ice-

Pre

sid

ent

of

Exe

cuti

ve C

ou

nci

l wit

h t

he

Co

lleg

e.

Sh

e lo

ok

s fo

rwar

d t

o c

om

ple

tin

g h

er n

urs

ing

deg

ree

by

the

end

of

2012

.

Gre

esh

ma J

aco

b

Pre

nata

l &

Pare

nth

oo

d E

du

cati

on

Serv

ices

Gre

esh

ma

com

ple

ted

her

BS

cN f

rom

Yo

rk U

niv

ersi

ty in

Ju

ne

2009

an

d h

as b

een

wo

rkin

g

as a

n o

bst

etri

cal R

N s

ince

Mar

ch 2

010.

Gre

esh

ma

is c

urr

entl

y p

urs

uin

g a

Mas

ter’

s o

f S

cien

ce in

Nu

rsin

g D

egre

e at

Yo

rk U

niv

ersi

ty. T

he

qu

anti

tati

ve r

esea

rch

co

urs

e th

at

Gre

esh

ma

has

tak

en d

uri

ng

th

e M

ScN

pro

gra

m h

as s

par

ked

her

inte

rest

in r

esea

rch

, an

d

she

ho

pes

to

pu

rse

a P

hD

in t

he

nea

r fu

ture

. Sh

e is

pas

sio

nat

e ab

ou

t o

bst

etri

cal n

urs

ing

an

d is

ver

y in

tere

sted

in t

he

teac

hin

g-l

earn

ing

asp

ect

of

nu

rsin

g p

ract

ice.

Her

go

al is

to

b

eco

me

an o

bst

etri

cal n

urs

e ed

uca

tor

or

a co

lleg

e/u

niv

ersi

ty p

rofe

sso

r.

Sara

h J

en

nis

on

T

he S

t. E

lizab

eth

Healt

h C

are

Co

mm

un

ity

Nu

rsin

g S

cho

lars

hip

Sar

ah J

enn

iso

n lo

ves

peo

ple

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ticu

larl

y th

ose

wh

o a

re ‘a

litt

le r

ou

gh

aro

un

d t

he

edg

es’.

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rren

tly

a th

ird

yea

r B

ScN

stu

den

t at

McM

aste

r U

niv

ersi

ty, S

arah

ho

pes

to

bec

om

e a

com

mu

nit

y h

ealt

h n

urs

e. A

ctiv

e in

her

co

mm

un

ity,

Sar

ah v

olu

nte

ers

wit

h a

n a

fter

-sch

oo

l p

rog

ram

in o

ne

of

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ilto

n’s

po

ore

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ou

rho

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d is

th

e p

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t o

f a

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pu

s cl

ub

th

at r

un

s a

dro

p-i

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wn

th

at h

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om

co

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r ad

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abili

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r in

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cit

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Sh

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ld C

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e ev

er

reti

re, S

arah

wo

uld

ver

y m

uch

lik

e to

att

emp

t to

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her

sh

oes

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ra K

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ar

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ala

Sch

ola

rsh

ip

Bah

ar is

a 2

nd

yea

r st

ud

ent

in t

he

RP

N-B

ScN

pro

gram

at

the

Un

iver

sity

of O

nta

rio

In

stit

ute

o

f Tec

hn

olo

gy. S

he

has

bee

n s

ucc

essf

ully

bal

anci

ng

her

ro

les

as m

oth

er, R

egis

tere

d P

ract

ical

N

urs

e, s

tud

ent

wit

h h

igh

aca

dem

ic s

tan

din

gs, a

nd

act

ive

mem

ber

of s

oci

ety.

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er o

bta

inin

g

her

BS

cN, s

he

pla

ns

to b

e in

volv

ed i

n p

oli

cy a

nal

ysis

, tea

chin

g, a

nd

ad

min

istr

atio

n. S

he

is a

lso

pla

nn

ing

to

ap

ply

to

th

e co

mb

ined

Mas

ter

of

Hea

lth

Ad

min

istr

atio

n/

Mas

ter

of

Nu

rsin

g p

rog

ram

in

201

3 to

gai

n t

he

nec

essa

ry k

no

wle

dg

e to

bu

ild

up

on

her

lea

der

ship

ca

reer

. Her

lo

ng

ter

m a

spir

atio

n i

s to

bec

om

e a

glo

bal

hea

lth

lea

der

.

Van

na K

azazia

n

Th

e J

en

nif

er

Aw

ard

Van

na

is in

her

th

ird

yea

r o

f th

e B

ScN

pro

gra

m a

t R

yers

on

Un

iver

sity

. Van

na

curr

entl

y vo

lun

teer

s as

a r

esea

rch

ass

ista

nt

at t

he

Ho

spit

al f

or

Sic

k C

hild

ren

stu

dyi

ng

pai

n

man

agem

ent

in c

hild

ren

wit

h ju

ven

ile id

iop

ath

ic a

rth

riti

s an

d t

ran

siti

on

rea

din

ess

in

child

ren

wit

h c

hro

nic

illn

esse

s. V

ann

a al

so v

olu

nte

ers

as a

n e

xecu

tive

mem

ber

of

the

Can

adia

n N

urs

ing

Stu

den

ts’ A

sso

ciat

ion

at

Rye

rso

n U

niv

ersi

ty. I

n a

dd

itio

n, V

ann

a is

cu

rren

tly

emp

loye

d in

her

cap

acit

y as

a n

urs

ing

stu

den

t at

Ho

llan

d B

loo

rvie

w K

ids

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abili

tati

on

Ho

spit

al. V

ann

a’s

futu

re g

oal

is t

o w

ork

as

a p

aed

iatr

ic c

riti

cal c

are

nu

rse

and

to

co

nti

nu

e in

nu

rsin

g r

esea

rch

init

iati

ves.

Sh

an

no

n K

east

T

he J

en

nif

er

Aw

ard

Sh

ann

on

is c

urr

entl

y in

sen

ior

year

of

a se

con

d e

ntr

y n

urs

ing

pro

gra

m a

t th

e U

niv

ersi

ty

of T

oro

nto

. Bef

ore

en

teri

ng

th

e p

rog

ram

, sh

e co

mp

lete

d a

n H

BS

c in

bio

log

y an

d z

oo

log

y.

Sh

ann

on

was

a c

hai

rper

son

on

th

e C

NS

A R

egio

nal

Co

nfe

ren

ce p

lan

nin

g c

om

mit

tee

and

was

act

ivel

y in

volv

ed in

pla

nn

ing

a s

ucc

essf

ul c

on

fere

nce

th

at w

as h

eld

in T

oro

nto

, O

cto

ber

201

1. A

t h

er f

acu

lty,

Sh

ann

on

wo

rks

as a

res

earc

h a

ssis

tan

t, v

olu

nte

er n

ote

-tak

er

and

a m

ento

r fo

r !

rst

year

stu

den

ts. H

er p

assi

on

fo

r n

urs

ing

co

nti

nu

es t

o g

row

wit

h e

very

le

ctu

re a

nd

clin

ical

pla

cem

ent.

Up

on

gra

du

atio

n, s

he

ho

pes

to

pra

ctic

e in

on

colo

gy

or

card

iac

crit

ical

car

e.

Gu

ijeo

ng

Kim

M

ary

Bru

nn

ing

Hark

in S

cho

lars

hip

Gu

ijeo

ng

is a

fo

urt

h-y

ear

stu

den

t in

th

e B

ScN

pro

gra

m a

t Th

e U

niv

ersi

ty o

f Wes

tern

O

nta

rio

. Sh

e h

as b

een

a r

egis

tere

d p

ract

ical

nu

rse

sin

ce 2

005.

Sh

e !

nd

s ca

rin

g f

or

the

eld

erly

rew

ard

ing

sin

ce s

he

can

pro

vid

e th

em w

ith

co

mfo

rt a

nd

pre

sen

ce t

o e

nh

ance

th

e re

mai

nin

g y

ears

of

thei

r liv

es o

r ca

re d

uri

ng

th

e la

st m

om

ents

of

thei

r liv

es.

Gu

ijeo

ng

w

ants

to

pu

rsu

e h

er e

du

cati

on

at

the

gra

du

ate

leve

l rel

ated

to

ger

on

tolo

gy

and

to

bec

om

e a

nu

rse

pra

ctit

ion

er.

Gu

ijeo

ng

wan

ts t

o b

e a

nu

rse

wh

o h

as t

he

abili

ty t

o p

rovi

de

ho

listi

c an

d c

ult

ura

lly-s

ensi

tive

car

e.

Lau

ra K

rajn

jan

R

NF

OO

Gala

Sch

ola

rsh

ip

Lau

ra is

a !

rst

year

stu

den

t in

th

e R

PN

to

RN

bri

dg

ing

pro

gra

m o

ffer

ed t

hro

ug

h

Cen

ten

nia

l Co

lleg

e an

d R

yers

on

Un

iver

sity

. Sh

e is

a li

fe-l

on

g le

arn

er w

ho

is a

lway

s re

ady

to t

ake

on

new

exp

erie

nce

s an

d c

hal

len

ges

. Du

rin

g h

er p

ract

ical

nu

rsin

g p

rog

ram

(c

om

ple

ted

in A

ug

ust

201

1) s

he

par

tici

pat

ed in

a li

fe c

han

gin

g e

xper

ien

ce o

n a

nu

rsin

g

ou

trea

ch t

rip

to

Kin

gst

on

, Jam

aica

, wh

ere

the

team

pro

vid

ed h

ealt

h t

each

ing

, bas

ic

nu

rsin

g c

are,

ran

a h

ealt

h f

air,

an

d p

rovi

ded

do

nat

ed m

edic

atio

ns

and

oth

er m

edic

al

sup

plie

s.

Juli

e K

wan

O

nta

rio

Nu

rsin

g I

nfo

rmati

on

Gro

up

(O

NIG

) S

cho

lars

hip

s

Th

rou

gh

ou

t h

er c

aree

r, J

ulie

has

wo

rked

in h

osp

ital

, lo

ng

-ter

m c

are,

co

mm

un

ity,

co

mp

lex

con

tin

uin

g c

are,

an

d g

ove

rnm

ent

sett

ing

s, a

lway

s fu

lly s

up

po

rtin

g s

afet

y an

d q

ual

ity

imp

rove

men

t in

itia

tive

s. H

er a

rea

of

spec

ialt

y is

fac

ilita

tin

g c

han

ge

by

inte

gra

tin

g c

linic

al

info

rmat

ics

wit

h b

est

pra

ctic

e, w

hic

h h

as s

ho

wn

to

imp

rove

del

iver

y o

f p

atie

nt

care

an

d

enh

ance

th

e w

ork

life

of

nu

rses

. Ju

lie is

inte

rest

ed in

lead

ing

fu

ture

qu

alit

y in

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iver

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sear

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rest

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ere

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hel

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oci

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rest

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cho

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hip

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rest

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log

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nu

rsin

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ity

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cus

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rven

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n, t

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ceiv

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itat

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nce

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aw

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pas

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fam

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beg

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car

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n R

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ctic

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urs

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ed

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urs

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nd

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ryn

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te

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cer

trea

tmen

ts. H

er t

hes

is w

ork

will

fo

cus

on

exp

lori

ng

ho

me

care

nu

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cep

tio

ns

of

the

usa

bili

ty o

f th

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evid

ence

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ased

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toco

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th

eir

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de

her

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sban

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two

ra

mb

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and

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rov

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du

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ia P

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nu

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den

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niv

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ty. T

he

focu

s o

f h

er t

hes

is is

to

exp

lore

th

e ex

per

ien

ces

of

un

der

gra

du

ate

clin

ical

tu

tors

dea

ling

wit

h a

nd

eva

luat

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u

nsa

tisf

acto

ry s

tud

ents

in c

linic

al c

ou

rses

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e cu

rren

tly

teac

hes

as

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art-

tim

e in

stru

cto

r in

th

e S

cho

ol o

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ing

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aste

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he

has

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ast

clin

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nu

rsin

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ad

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cr

itic

al c

are,

em

erg

ency

nu

rsin

g, a

nd

med

ical

/su

rgic

al n

urs

ing

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lon

g-t

erm

car

eer

go

al is

to

bec

om

e a

pro

fess

or

and

to

dev

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p a

pro

gra

m o

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sear

ch f

ocu

sin

g o

n n

urs

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uca

tors

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ola

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nd

ped

ago

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cad

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ily

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T

he J

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nif

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Aw

ard

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car

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life

styl

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ach

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tr

ain

er.

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love

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hel

pin

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r h

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go

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wh

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ove

rco

min

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inte

rest

in n

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mily

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her

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r o

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om

pre

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e F

ram

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ram

at

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Un

iver

sity

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este

rn

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o.

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e is

co

mp

leti

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her

inte

gra

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pra

ctic

um

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th

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scen

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osp

ital

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o w

ork

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ere

wh

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he’

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er d

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in N

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fall

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ap

ter

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her

ine

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th

ird

yea

r n

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t at

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urs

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her

ine

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ple

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ach

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du

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on

deg

ree

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ned

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ten

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erie

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ch

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n in

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set

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gs

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th in

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ada

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co

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d p

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du

rin

g a

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spir

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hip

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rsh

ip (

Ph

D)

Th

e C

om

mu

nit

y H

ealt

h N

urs

es’

In

itia

tiv

e G

rou

p (

CH

NIG

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ese

arc

h

Aw

ard

Win

nie

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n g

rad

uat

ed f

rom

th

e B

scN

pro

gra

m a

nd

Mas

ter

of

Nu

rsin

g in

Ad

min

istr

atio

n

at t

he

Un

iver

sity

of T

oro

nto

. S

ince

200

2, s

he

has

bee

n a

mem

ber

of

the

Nu

rsin

g F

acu

lty

at T

ren

t U

niv

ersi

ty.

Sh

e is

no

w a

ctiv

ely

invo

lved

in r

esea

rch

pro

ject

s to

exp

lore

th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f re

mo

te m

on

ito

rin

g t

ech

no

log

ies

for

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me

care

clie

nts

an

d t

he

use

of

bes

t p

ract

ice

gu

idel

ines

in c

om

mu

nit

y h

ealt

h n

urs

ing

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inn

ie S

un

is a

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D c

and

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e in

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rsin

g a

t U

of T

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d h

er d

oct

ora

l dis

sert

atio

n is

exa

min

ing

th

e re

lati

on

ship

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wee

n

ther

apeu

tic

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ility

an

d t

he

occ

urr

ence

of

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rse

ou

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mes

am

on

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om

e ca

re

clie

nts

in O

nta

rio

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Heath

er

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om

son

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rov

inci

al

Nu

rse E

du

cato

rs I

nte

rest

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up

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NE

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ard

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ther

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om

son

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D S

tud

ent

in t

he

Law

ren

ce S

. Blo

om

ber

g F

acu

lty

of

Nu

rsin

g

at t

he

Un

iver

sity

of T

oro

nto

. In

her

do

cto

ral s

tud

ies,

sh

e is

fo

cusi

ng

on

res

earc

h r

elat

ed

to p

atie

nt

safe

ty, s

pec

i!ca

lly h

and

ove

r co

mm

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icat

ion

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ord

ing

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rec

ent

liter

atu

re,

com

mu

nic

atio

n f

ailu

res

wer

e fo

un

d t

o b

e a

maj

or

cau

se o

f se

nti

nel

eve

nts

in h

osp

ital

s. B

y ad

dre

ssin

g c

om

mu

nic

atio

n b

reak

do

wn

s th

at o

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r d

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ng

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tica

l in

form

atio

n e

xch

ang

es

such

as

han

do

ver,

it is

bel

ieve

d t

hat

pat

ien

t sa

fety

ou

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mes

can

be

imp

rove

d.

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nif

er

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ino

r R

eg

ina B

oro

wsk

a S

cho

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hip

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nif

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an

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on

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l, g

rad

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oh

n A

bb

ott

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lleg

e in

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he

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pre

sen

tly

enro

lled

in t

he

po

st-R

N B

ach

elo

r o

f N

urs

ing

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ence

at

Qu

een

’s U

niv

ersi

ty.

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e is

em

plo

yed

in t

he

Neo

nat

al I

nte

nsi

ve C

are

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it a

t th

e Je

wis

h G

ener

al H

osp

ital

in

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ntr

eal.

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nif

er w

ou

ld e

ven

tual

ly li

ke

to p

urs

ue

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aste

r’s

deg

ree

in n

urs

ing

, maj

ori

ng

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glo

bal

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tern

atio

nal

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lth

or

bec

om

e a

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rse

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ctit

ion

er. H

er m

ain

are

as o

f in

tere

st

incl

ud

e fe

rtili

ty a

nd

mat

ern

al w

ell-

bei

ng

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ya V

isra

m J

aff

er

Th

e E

vely

n C

am

ero

n M

em

ori

al

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rsary

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ed

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Aliy

a is

cu

rren

tly

in h

er s

eco

nd

yea

r o

f th

e M

aste

rs in

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rsin

g /

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iatr

ic N

urs

e P

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itio

ner

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gra

m a

t th

e U

niv

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f To

ron

to.

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e h

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een

wo

rkin

g in

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colo

gy

at t

he

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spit

al f

or

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k C

hild

ren

fo

r th

e p

ast

six

year

s, a

nd

bri

ng

s w

ith

her

a

rich

nu

rsin

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gro

un

d.

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a h

as b

een

act

ivel

y en

gag

ed in

her

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om

mu

nit

y,

bo

th a

mo

ng

st c

om

mit

tees

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linic

al S

up

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rt N

urs

e, a

nd

th

rou

gh

pre

cep

tin

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nd

m

ento

rin

g.

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pas

sio

nat

e ab

ou

t ch

ildre

n’s

hea

lth

an

d s

afet

y, a

nd

ho

pes

to

pra

ctic

e in

an

acu

te c

are

sett

ing

up

on

gra

du

atio

n a

nd

reg

istr

atio

n in

th

e S

um

mer

of

2013

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iess

l W

ag

an

M

ate

rnal

Ch

ild

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rses

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rest

Gro

up

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CN

IG M

ast

ers

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iess

l gra

du

ated

fro

m t

he

BS

cN p

rog

ram

at

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aste

r U

niv

ersi

ty. S

he’

s b

een

w

ork

ing

as

a st

aff

RN

in t

he

Neo

nat

al I

nte

nsi

ve C

are

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it a

t M

cMas

ter

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ildre

n’s

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osp

ital

fo

r !

ve y

ears

. Kn

iess

l is

pu

rsu

ing

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aste

r’s

of

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ence

in N

urs

ing

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ree

at

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aste

r U

niv

ersi

ty. H

er c

linic

al a

nd

res

earc

h in

tere

sts

are

in n

eon

ato

log

y an

d n

urs

ing

p

rece

pto

rsh

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he

wo

uld

lik

e to

fo

cus

on

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w t

o p

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qu

alit

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rvic

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o t

he

hig

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n a

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po

n c

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ple

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f h

er M

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nie

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lan

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n s

pec

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rsin

g t

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he

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van

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nat

al N

urs

e P

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itio

ner

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rog

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nd

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all

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he C

om

mu

nit

y H

ealt

h N

urs

es’

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rou

p (

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du

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al

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ind

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mp

lete

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er B

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t U

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er c

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al p

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nd

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men

tal h

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h a

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mo

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e in

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inis

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m t

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Un

iver

sity

of T

oro

nto

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her

fu

ture

res

earc

h, M

elin

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ho

pes

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co

nti

nu

ing

her

ed

uca

tio

n a

t th

e U

niv

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ty o

f To

ron

to in

th

e B

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pro

gra

m.

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e h

as b

een

act

ivel

y in

volv

ed in

th

e fa

cult

y as

a r

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rch

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ista

nt

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tud

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g h

er c

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nit

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e n

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n I

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nt

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ss a

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n t

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futu

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na

ho

pes

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rese

arch

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g a

nd

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urs

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ctic

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e is

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rest

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rsu

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l S

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du

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iver

sity

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ent

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iver

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per

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