About
I am a second career nurse. My background is in Embedded System programming. I worked on some healthcare devices, including:
- 3D-Printed Fetal Movement Sensor and Amplifier
- Falls and Emergency Wearable for Older Adults
- Smart Nebulizer
Awards
- Practical Nursing Program Achievement Award - May 2025
- Jean Fraser Campbell Nursing Scholarship Award - 2024 & 2025
- President's Honour Roll - Practical Nursing Diploma - March 2025
- Dean's Honour Roll - Fall 2024
- Harry and Elizabeth Underwood Award - November 2024
- 2024 WeRPN Education Trust Fund Bursary Recipient (Successful Submission)
- Jean Fraser Campbell Nursing Scholarship Award - 2024 & 2025
- Dean's Honour Roll - Summer 2024
- Dean's Honour Roll - Winter 2024
- Dean's Honour Roll - Fall 2023
- 2023 WeRPN Education Trust Fund Bursary Recipient (Successful Submission)
- President's Honour Roll, Pre-Health Sciences Certificate
Zines / Pamphlets / Interactives
- Reasoning about Acid/Base Balance Pamphlet
- Constipation Infographic
- Anaphylaxis for Nursing Students
- Palliative Care for Nursing Students
- Perinatal Loss
- Trust Interactive
- Cephlosporin Limmerick
Reading List
- The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on LGBTQ+ Health and Healthcare - Zena Sharman
- The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health - Zena Sharman
Misc.
- Fanshawe Open House Volunteer - Winter 2025, Winter 2024, Spring 2024 (cert), and Winter 2023
Employment
- Registered Practical Nurse
May 2025 - Present
London Health Sciences Centre
UH Medicine Program - Patient Care Aide May 2024 -
October 2024
PSW Scope
St. Joeseph's Healthcare
Veterans Care Program - Owner 2013 - 2023
Monadnock Systems Ltd.
Electronics and Embedded Systems Consultancy - Systems Administrator 2010 -
2013
Georgetown University Medical Center
Neurology - Systems Programmer, Senior
2005 - 2010
University of Arizona
Center for Computing and Information Technology
Continuing Education
2026
- CIWA/COWS Education Night - LHSC
- 2SLGBTQ+ Foundations Course - Rainbow Health Ontario
- Self-study: Pimsleur's Eastern Arabic - Level 1
2025
- WeRPN Cultural Competency for Nurses
- LHSC New Nurse Development Program (Seminar Series)
- LEAP Core - Palliative Care Training
- Phlebotomy Certified
- LHSC Victoria Hospital - Consolidation in Acute Medicine
2024
- Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) - Renewal training
- Ontario CLRI Communication at End-of-Life Series
- MacHealth: Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Terminal Illness
2023
- Diagnosis and Management of ME/CFS
- Person-Centred Language: An Overview for Long-Term Care Team Members (Certificate)
- Treating Patients with CARE: Patient-Centred Communication Workshop
- Finding Meaning Through Behaviour - Ann Jarvie (presenter)
- Behavioural, Emotional and Psychiatric Symptoms in Dementia
- Caring for Persons with Dementia eLearning course (Certificate)
- Initial Assessment of COPD (Certificate)