
Amy MacDonnell
Nurse Educator
Department
Campus Location
Camden Rm 253
Email
Phone
902-867-4692
Biography
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University (2005)
- Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction, St. Francis Xavier University (2024)
Clinical Background Experience:
- Perinatal Health
- Children’s Health
- Medical Surgical Nursing
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
Course and Clinical Experience:
- N207: Introduction to Human Functioning, Homeostasis and Nursing Therapeutics (Homeostasis and Pharmacology Labs)
- N209: Introduction to Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing Practice (Lab)
- N232: Alterations in Health and Nursing Therapeutics I (Lab)
- N234: Introduction to Nursing Practice (Course Instructor; Nurse Educator; Simulation)
- N238: Perinatal Nursing (Course Instructor)
- N307: Alterations in Health & Nursing Therapeutics II (Lab)
- N308: Acute Care Nursing: Perinatal, Children, MedicalSurgical, and Psychiatric (Course Instructor)
- N309: Care of Persons Experiencing Acute, Episodic, and Life-Threatening Physical, Perinatal, and Mental Illness Across the Life Span (Course Instructor; Nurse Educator; Simulation)
- N409: Exploratory Nursing Practice (Nurse Educator)
- N440: Transition to Nursing Practice: Consolidation (Nurse Educator)
Additional Service:
- Simulation scenario development
- Policy and core document development and revision
- Course development (N234, N238, N309)
- Various working groups and advisory committees
- Advisor for Advanced Major students
Focused Interests:
- Perinatal Health
- Children’s Health
- Trauma and Violence Informed Care
- Retention of Early Career Nurses in Practice
- Self-Compassion in Nursing and Nursing Education
- Qualitative research
- Social justice
- Nursing education
- Narrative Inquiry