Michelle Patterson RN, BSN, MN

​​Michelle Patterson joined the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing in 2016 as a part-time clinical instructor. She is a graduate of Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan (BSN’12) and has worked in a variety of settings in and around Saskatoon including maternal and child services, labour and delivery, healthy and home, and public health.  

​Michelle quickly found her passion in nursing education and continued teaching in variety of second-, third-, and fourth-year labs and clinical settings while working on and completing her Master of Nursing (Course-based) degree (MN'21) at USask. Michelle is currently working in a limited-term faculty lecturer position at the College of Nursing, while continuing to maintain clinical practice as a public health nurse. 

​Michelle enjoys teaching a variety of subjects, but is specifically passionate about therapeutic communication, client education, leadership, anti-racism, and trauma-informed practice. 

This academic year, Michelle is teaching in the following courses:

• NURS 206: Foundational Care in Clinical Practice
• NURS 321: Therapeutic Interventions for Individuals and Groups
• NURS 322: Leadership in Education and Care
• NURS 431: Community Nursing Practice
• NURS 450: Practice Integration

She has also previously taught lab and clinical in the following courses:

• NURS 202: Assessment and Components of Care I
• NURS 204: Communication and Professional Relationships
• NURS 331: Maternal Child and Adolescent Family Centered Nursing Practice