Margaret Fink, Ed.D, RN Associate Professor of Nursing W-(415) 257-0192 margaret.fink@dominican.edu Education May 2001-May 2005 Doctorate in Education, University of San Francisco, Department of Learning and Instruction 2005-Doctoral Dissertation: Nursing Students Perceptions of Support and Supervision Obtained and Desired in the Medical-Surgical Clinical Learning Environment. August 1994-May 1997 Master s of Science in Nursing, San Francisco State University, Case management and long-term care 1997-Master s Thesis: The Impact of Total Hip Replacement on Pain and Mobility. August 1984-May 1988 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Dominican University Senior Research Project: A Comparison of Time Spent on Hour of Sleep (H.S.) Care Upon Quality of Sleep Among Elderly Residents in an Assisted Living Area. Employment History Jan. 1999-Present Associate professor of nursing, med-surg faculty of record See below for teaching responsibilities, academic service, and scholarship. May 2013-present Associate professor of nursing, skills lab manager and lead faculty June 2009-June 2011 Undergraduate nursing program director Managed daily operations for 350 undergraduate students including advising and registration issues, coordination of clinical placement, hiring of new faculty, and serving on all committees. During the summer of 2010, temporarily assumed the responsibilities of department Chair and Director. June 1988-February 2008 California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Per-diem and full-time staff nurse on a variety of acute care units-see below 1994 February 2008 Per-diem unit-based staff nurse on 4-North-surgical unit, Pacific Campus (CPMC) Managed care for patients recovering from major surgery and multiple medical problems. Floated to transplant, oncology, and cardiac units. Worked a minimum of 4 shifts per month.
June 1998-Sept 1999 Full-time staff nurse on labor and delivery unit, California Campus (CPMC) Managed care for women during labor and assisted with deliveries on a high-risk unit. Managed care for high-risk ante-partum women. Floated frequently to postpartum and nursery units. June 1988-June 1994 Full-time staff nurse on adult oncology unit at former Children s Hospital of San Francisco, California Campus(CPMC) Oncology certified nurse (OCN) Managed care of cancer patients with multiple symptoms Administered chemotherapy and immunotherapy June 2005-present Samuel Merritt University Adjunct clinical instructor in accelerated baccalaureate program (ABSN) Instruct a group of 8 nursing students during summer and winter rotations on medical-surgical units at a variety of Bay Area facilities. Instructed group of 8 nursing students during a summer maternity rotation on labor and delivery and mother/baby unit at Kaiser Hospital in Hayward. June 1, 2005-July 30, 2005 Gabriel Education Associates Instructor for pharmacology course Instructed class of 25 nursing assistants for LVN equivalency option (54 hours). June 1983-Aug 1988 Redwoods Retirement Community Nursing Assistant in personal care unit and residential living area in multi-level retirement complex Assisted ambulatory residents with activities of daily living Assisted with blood pressure screening Assisted residents with medication administration and reordering medications Teaching History Clinical Simulation Center lead faculty/coordinator (June 2013 to present) Instructor for nursing fundamentals skills lab course summer (2011 to present) Director of undergraduate nursing program (2009-2011) Teacher of the year-nominee 2008, 2013 Undergraduate junior-level medical-surgical nursing: (Faculty of Record 8/2000 to present): Instruct theory and clinical course combined. Theory course involves lecture to large groups of nursing students up to 56, clinical course involves supervising up to 9 students in acute-care hospital setting as they take care of 2 or 3 patients and perform new skills. Faculty of Record position involves overseeing up to 7 clinical adjunct faculty and acting as liaison between acutecare facilities and clinical adjuncts.
Undergraduate sophomore-level pathophysiology: (Faculty of Record 8/2005 to present): Instruct theory to large groups of nursing students (up to 65) about concepts of altered physiological states. Undergraduate sophomore-level pharmacology (summer 2008, 2009, 2010) Undergraduate senior-level directed research proposal and implementation: (8/2003 to 12/2004): Advised senior students on various research projects in the proposal and implementation phases Workstudy Internship Program: (6/2005 to present): Faculty advisor for students who work at Kaiser facilities as paid hospital employees while earning University credit. NCLEX Review Course for Graduating Seniors (2002, 2003, 2004): Instructed medical-surgical portion of annual review course at Dominican University. Thesis advisor for graduate students (2006-2008) Academic Service Service to Nursing Department Lead faculty and coordinator Internationally Educated Nurse program Nursing dept Simchart coordinator Member of search committee for med/surg and community health faculty Mentor for new faculty member-fall 2012 Recipient of President s Stategic Initiative Grant to initiate the use of Simchart-an electronic health record in the nursing dept. This involves learning the system and teaching others in the department on its use. Chair of Learning Resource Committee 2011 to 2013 Member of Marin/San Francisco Nursing workforce collaborative Member of Association of California Nurse Leaders Member of search committee for dept Chair Member of planning committee for 25 th anniversary celebration, 2008 Chair of search committee for psychiatric nursing faculty of record-spring 2008 President of Rho Alpha Chapter Sigma Theta Tau - June 2004 to June 2007 Sigma Theta Tau faculty advisor- June 2007 to June 2010 (plan annual induction ceremony) Chair of Nursing Curriculum Committee (2006/2007) Chair of Nursing Evaluation Committee (2005/2006, 2002/2003) Chair of Nursing Admission and Progressions Committee (2003/2004) Member of Committee to revise Senior Projects Mentor for new faculty members Assisted to write portion of CCNE accreditation report (2005, 2008) Service to Dominican University Chair of Faculty Affairs Committee August 2014 to present Faculty Affairs Committee recorder August 2013 to May 2014 Member of midterm review committee for promotion and tenure Chaperone for boat dance -May 2011 Server for midnight madness event-2008 Member of honors board (2007 to present) Presenter at admitted students open house (2004, 2005, 2006) Member of Faculty Affairs Committee (recorder) (Jan 2005 to May 2007)
Member of task force for faculty workload (2005) Chair of committee to select sabbatical candidates (2005, 2006) Chair of committee to select Scholarship of Teaching Grant candidates (2005) Scholarship Publications: Fink, M., Linnard-Palmer, L., Ganley, B., Catolico, O., and Phillips, W. (Aug. 2014). Evaluating the Use of Standardized Patients in Teaching Spiritual Care at the End of Life. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Fink, M. (March, 2012). Remediation Plus-Nursing Program Solutions. My Nursing Lab Contract 8 online modules for online pathophysiology course. Pearson Publisher Linnard-Palmer, L., Phillips, W., Fink, M., Catolico, O., Sweeney, N. (Feb. 2012). Testing a mnemonic on response skills during simulated codes. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Podium Presentations: Fink, M. (April, 2014). Developing nursing students spiritual awareness through simulating endof-life care of a Catholic patient. Presentation at conference Beyond Technology, Annual National Association of Catholic Nurses in Nashville, TN. Fink, M., Li, K., & McCamish, B. (Nov, 2013). Evaluating inter-professional care of a stroke patient. Presentation at conference Magic in Teaching in Irvine, CA. Fink, M & Ganley, B. (October, 2010). Collaborative test-taking: An evaluation of teaching through testing. Podium presentation at conference Magic in Teaching and Clinical Simulation in San Francisco. Awarded 6-unit disciplinary research grant. Fink, M. (March 2009). Skills lab vs. Simulation lab: A comparison of two approaches for teacing intravenous push medication administration. Podium presentation-march 2009 at conference Magic in Teaching and Clinical Simulation in Los Angeles: Awarded 3-unit disciplinary research grant. Fink, M. (May 2008). Skills lab vs. Simulation lab: A comparison of two approaches for teacing intravenous push medication administration. Podium presentation-may 2008 at conference Spring Research Symposium in Oakland at Samuel Merritt University. Grants/Awards Fink, M. (Aug 2014). Evaluating the Use of Standardized Patients in Teaching Spiritual Care at the End of Life- Arnold Gold Grant $5000.00. Fink, M. (Nov, 2013). Developing nursing students spiritual awareness through simulating endof-life care of a Catholic patient.$1000.00 grant award from National Association of Catholic Nurses. Fink, M. (Nov, 2013). Evaluating the Use of Standardized Patients in Teaching Spiritual Care at the End of Life..$500.00 grant award from International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), Debra Spunt mini-grant.
Poster presentations Fink, M., and McCamish, B. (). A pilot investigation of deliberate practice and Safe Nursing Skills-Competency Testing in a BSN program. Poster presented- at conference International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare in New Orleans. Fink, M. (December, 2012). Establishing a low-fidelity simulated hospital setting: Upgrading nursing skills lab. Poster presented-october 2012 at conference Magic in Teaching.. Fink, M. (December, 2012). Establishing a low-fidelity simulated hospital setting: Upgrading nursing skills lab. Poster presented-january 2012 at conference Mosby Faculty Development Institute in Las Vegas. Fink, M. (May 2008). Skills lab vs. Simulation lab: A comparison of two approaches for teacing intravenous push medication administration. Poster presented-january 2008 at conference Mosby Facutly Development Institute in San Francisco. Fink, M. (January 2007). Nursing students perceptions of obtained and desired levels of support and supervision in the medical-surgical clinical learning environment. Poster presented-january 2007 at conference Mosby Faculty Development Institute in San Diego. Licensures and Certifications Registered Nurse License, California (RN431323). Professional Organizations International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), Aug 2013 to present Society for Simulation in Healthcare - November 2013 to present National Association Catholic Nurses-2011 to present Sigma Theta Tau, Rho Alpha Chapter-1999 to present Selected member of Council for Professional Development at California Pacific Medical Center- chair of committee January 2007-August 2007 Community Volunteer Work Hospice by the Bay patient care volunteer -visit patients at end of life in homes and facilities Nov 2011 to present Outside activity US Masters Swimteam- (Mudsharks) member since September 2014