Bronwyn Lapp, RN, BSCN

• Supervision of 32 incentivized staff (nurses, nutrition assistants and hygiene agents) in a remote area hospital including IPD and OPD activities with a focus on trauma care, pediatrics and nutrition

• Standardized pharmacy management of 5 end user units

• Development and implementation capacity building activities and tailored training programs

• Roster management & conduction of recruitment activities, as well as staff evaluations
• Supports quality data collection and reporting

• Leadership of an IPC Committee and creation of an interdisciplinary action plan based on SITEC protocols

• Management and oversight of hospital sterilization program activities

• Pursues contracts in ERs and health centres in remote areas of Canada
• Working within an autonomous advanced scope of practice, provides primary and emergency care across the lifespan
• Performs advanced nursing assessments and clinical skills in minimal resource settings

• Practices excellent standard of nursing care in ER and pediatrics in a high volume urban hospital with an emphasis on trauma, cardiology, geriatric & pediatrics
• Triage and resuscitation trained
• Mentoring students and training new staff

• Practiced primary care, community outreach for unhoused populations in Vancouver
• Demonstrated skills in trauma-informed practice, HIV and HCV care, substance use medicine and harm reduction, complex wound care, contraception management, as well as STI screening and treatment

• Company Overview: Blantyre Cholera Emergency (Malawi)
• Supervised 22 nurses in a 24 bed Cholera Treatment Centre in an urban setting
• Lead quality improvement initiatives related to nursing care and IPC protocols
• Managed pharmacy including storage, inventory and medication orders
• Collaborated with epidemiologist to support high quality data collection & monitoring
• Conducted trainings on cholera case management together with medical team
• Created rosters & conducted recruitment activities, as well as staff evaluations
• Participated in outreach activities including supporting oral rehydration stations and peripheral health centres
• Blantyre Cholera Emergency (Malawi)

• Company Overview: Kisoro Emergency Project (Uganda)
• Supervised 18 nurses across OPD/IPD in an MSF Field Hospital within a refugee camp in Uganda for Congolese citizens (22 bed IPD & 300 patient visits daily in OPD)
• Developed and implemented orientation, CME and training programs for nurses
• Created rosters & conducted recruitment activities, as well as staff evaluations
• Supported quality data collection and monitoring
• Submitted proposals for new activities/interventions collectively with project team
• Assisted to form an IPC Committee and achieved identified goals with medical team
• Kisoro Emergency Project (Uganda)

• Supported federal emergency response during the COVID pandemic
• Supervised and trained a team of 15 staff in daily work activities
• Implemented the enforcement of the Quarantine Act at international borders
• Assisted in coordinating nursing activities and creating safe practice protocols for the Federal Quarantine Facility, run in collaboration with the Canadian Red Cross
• Created a training manual for lead Quarantine Officers
• Collection/analysis of data & submission of reports to a national epi team

• Provided exceptional nursing care for diverse populations in a tertiary centre Toronto Emergency Department and across nine inpatient wards including trauma, neurosurgery, orthopedics, oncology, general surgery and medicine
• Trained to work with critical care & resuscitation cases

• Provided high quality nursing care to uninsured individuals in a Toronto primary care clinic including triaging patients and performing advanced assessments
• Worked collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to provide optimal patient care to marginalized groups

• Company Overview: Ethiopia-Canada Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Project
• Participated in field work and research activities with local public health professionals based in Addis Ababa related to the implementation of midwifery simulation tools into national education programs (Laerdal's MamaNatalie & Neonatalie)
• Co-authored a scoping review published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Community Health
• Ethiopia-Canada Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Project

• In partnership with local nurses, performed community outreach visits to assess high risk children for signs of malnutrition
• Created patient education materials in collaboration with Honduran healthcare workers
• Supported nursing duties at a primary care clinic