Creative Strategies for Nursing Knowledge Transfer in Northern Communities

The innovators will deliver an online one-stop shop for procedural-based nursing skills simulation station information. Nurse educators will be provided with tools for assessing needs, evaluating the impact of their hands-on educational initiatives, while being able to build/procure required procedural task trainers and equipment in a cost-effective manner.

Geared to northern nursing conditions, the team will build an open-access professional website to implement and evaluate low-resource procedural skills simulations for staff nurses and nurse educators regardless of previous simulation experience. Embedded demo videos will be created for self-guided deliberate practice and will aid nurse educators in their educational initiatives.

The goal is to engage more Northern and rural nurses/ nurse educators to determine gaps in knowledge and seek, find and share knowledge for continuing education and skills development. 

About the Team

Nurse Innovator Award Amount: $20,000

Holly Sarvas and Alex Wood are Registered Nurses currently working at the Health Sciences North Simulation Lab as a Simulation Educator and Simulation Manager, respectfully, in Sudbury Ontario.

Holly has worked as a tutor, teaching assistant, and community placement preceptor for nursing students, and has experience in mental health and community nursing.

Alex has worked as a Simulation Technician, acute and long-term care preceptor, and BLS instructor for healthcare learners, with experience in acute, critical care, and Northern rural nursing.

Both are published in the field of simulation-based education and innovation, with a passion of providing quality simulation education for all.