College of Nursing

Biography

Tracy has been an instructor with the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing since 2014. She primarily instructs simulation, skills, and assessment labs. Tracy also takes clinical groups to long term care, medicine, surgery, and pediatrics. She maintains clinical presence at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre as a utilization coordinator. Her background is medical/surgical nursing and emergency.

Research Interests

Tracy's research interests align with an interpretivist phenomenological approach. Her doctoral research focus integrates the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to improve undergraduate nursing learner experiences with simulation.

Methodology

  • Qualitative

Courses

  • NURS 202: Assessment and Components of Care I
  • NURS 203: Assessment and Components of Care II
  • NURS 206: Foundational Care in Clinical Practice
  • NURS 221: Patient and Family Centered Care in Clinical Practice
  • NURS 231: Medication Administration in Nursing Practice
  • NURS 247: Adult Health Challenges I
  • NURS 260: Foundational Care in Nursing Practice
  • NURS 311: Core Competencies for the Management of Complex Patient Care I
  • NURS 312: Core Competencies for the Management of Complex Patient Care II
  • NURS 331: Maternal Child and Adolescent Family Centered Nursing Practice
  • NURS 333: Complex Nursing Care Practice
  • NURS 450: Practice Integration

Grants

2024 - SoTL Flicker Grant