Tania Bergen RN, BSN, MN

Tania Bergen has been a nurse for over 25 years, with most of her clinical practice in critical care. She has taught at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing since 2006, spending her time mentoring and coordinating in the clinical environment and lecturing med-surg courses.

Initially, her scholarly work looked at the quality of life in ICU survivors, with the goal of becoming a clinical nurse specialist. However, she found nursing education as the place where she could have the greatest influence on building capacity and improving the nursing profession.

Overall, Tania strives to be a positive, optimistic leader who aims to bring out the best in others, whether that is in her role teaching students, or in mentoring new and practicing instructors. Tania’s overarching goal of her philosophy is to influence others to achieve their best potential by creating a Brave Space

• Equity and diversity in nursing education
• Brave Spaces - building capacity in nursing students to be resilient
• Clinical Judgement Model

• Knowledge synthesis
• Systematic reviews of the literature

• NURS 220: Concepts of Patient and Family Centered Care
• NURS 221: Patient and Family Centered Care in Clinical Practice
• NURS 311: Core Compentencies for the Management of Complex Patient Care I
• NURS 312: Core Compentencies for the Management of Complex Patient Care II
• NURS 332: Exploring Complexity and Acuity
• NURS 333: Complex Nursing Care Practice
• NURS 450: Practice Integration

Orcid Profile

• CASN Clinical Instructor Special Interest Group