RN; BSN; MN
Eileen joined the VIU BSN program as a faculty member in June 2012, after moving to Vancouver Island. Since 2003, Eileen has focused her nursing career in acute medicine, gerontology, palliative care, general surgery, and orthopedic surgery within Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health Authorities, as well as working as a BSN faculty member in the lower mainland prior to VIU. She enjoys sharing, discovering, and building knowledge with others regarding the art and science of nursing and engaging in the process of lifelong learning. Eileen is currently interested in program and course curriculum, active, collaborative, deep learning strategies, learning centre, and simulation. Her favourite quote is by Socrates: “Education is the kindling of a flame not the filling of a vessel.”