Angela Bokenfohr
Morinville,AB
Summary
Analytical Clinical Nurse Specialist who is successful in leveraging evidence-based data to improve collaboration, education, patient outcomes and results. Skilled in working with multi-disciplinary teams to develop and build strong integrated programs.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Nurse Educator
ChildKind International (CKI), Stollery
01.2023 - Current
- Worked on a small team as a co-lead to ensure the Stollery would be eligible to become ChildKind certified [Accreditation visit will be Fall 2024]
- Worked directly with frontline Stollery teams from a strengths-based approach to bring out positive and lasting quality improvement throughout site from September 2023 until present [ie: Maxilene use increasing]
- Provided weekly leadership in team meetings, set agendas, provided overall project guidance and ensured timelines were met similar to a project manager using tools such as Trello
- Chaired monthly CKI Core meetings that involved multiple disciplines and up to four Patient and Family Centered Care committee members
- Once relationship established with AHS Stollery Data Team, worked closely with the team to create a CKI/Pediatric pain dashboard to monitor a variety of valuable data points around the journey of the pediatric patient and their experience of pain at the Stollery
- Excelled in team engagement with teams within the University of Alberta site, outside of the Stollery; poster and education campaign with Environmental Services, Patient Food Services, and Lab Services; these three teams are engaged teams with modified education to staff to include pediatric pain advocacy
- Lab Services now incorporates AHS Commitment to Comfort principles in their training of pediatric phlebotomists and has didactic training of same
- Worked to establish valuable relationships with off-site Stollery teams and partners [University of Alberta Nursing program, off-site NICUs]
- Created and presented various presentations to a wide range of Stollery teams on relevant and important details and asks of the project alongside the project's medical director, Dr
- Samina Ali
- Created content and taught in monthly Stollery General Hospital Orientations on both what the quality improvement project was and why it was relevant to each of the staff as a new hire to the Stollery as well as covered pain education; named as one of the top presentations on multiple occurrences each month
- With consultation from Alberta Children's Hospital, created provincial educational material that is now taught to all staff hired province-wide regarding pediatric pain [90 minute presentation covering assessment, management, prevention, opioid use and concerns, and further resources]: General Nursing Orientation
- Through local and national consultations and with guidance from the medical lead on our team, wrote 2 key resources for the Stollery: Stollery Acute Pain Assessment and Stollery Acute Pain Management with corresponding appendices that will be at every bedside throughout the Stollery in Fall 2024
- Served as a key member on the Stollery/Glenrose Pediatric Pain Education Day planning committees for 2023 and 2024; solely responsible for managing and moderating the online portion of the >400 registrations on the day of the conference
- Wrote several articles for publication within the Stollery as well as nationally around the quality improvement work
- Active role in the Pediatric Pain Committee while in the capacity of this role, often leading discussions and providing presentations
- Active role in creating and publishing content to the Stollery Spinetix screens throughout the site as it pertains to pediatric pain
- Instrumental role in working to go-live with the Emergency Department SMS text messaging system for families
- Revised and created branching logic for the Patient and Family Pain Experience survey in RedCap with including NICU content
- Capable and comfortable in pulling and interpreting and planning initiatives around data being collected [HQCA, APIES].
- Evaluated clinical staff performance, identifying areas of improvement and providing constructive feedback to drive continuous growth.
Registered Nurse
Stollery Children's Hospital
01.2011 - Current
- Charge-trained RN, functioning at full scope withal certified skills relevant to the pediatric population
- Sought after to take on nursing students in their final placements with an excellent rating and reputation as an instructor and preceptor supervisor
- Trained in high fidelity and acute care environments for pediatric patients requiring additional nursing skills
- Primary areas of practice: Pediatric Trauma and Surgery (2011-2017), Pediatric Medicine (2017-2023) and Pediatric Homecare (2010-2016).
Camp Events Co-Director
Camp Everest
01.2011 - Current
- Lead role on camp committee for critically ill and medically unstable campers who have previously had brain and/or spinal surgery with various leadership and organizational roles.
Assistant Head Nurse
Pediatric Medicine
01.2017 - 01.2023
- Able to provide leadership to the 4E4 Pediatric Medicine unit on a day to day basis, making assignments to reflect skillset and unit dynamics, supporting break coverage of clinically unstable patients, care of complex patients while engaging conflicting priorities of staff, allied health and family members
- Able to work from a fiscally-responsible approach, ensuring limited overtime and fair allocation of resources throughout the site
- Engagement on the program's Quality Council in making presentations and supporting the ongoing work
- Work from a place of seeking understanding prior to instituting change, work with frontline staff and families to ensure that small-scale changes are positive and lasting [Safety Huddles, Concern of the Day, Fluid-Buddies]
- Co-created the “Safe Four Patient Assignment” considerations that was then adopted Stollery-wide during the covid-19 pandemic and post
- Capable of coordinating and facilitating medically and socially complex patients, comfortable with difficult conversations and family conflicts with utmost respect, transparent communication, and empathetic understanding
- Work from a Patient and Family Centered care approach, responsible for ensuring that family rounds were a daily commitment on the unit as an expectation of the charge nurse or Assistant Head Nurse
- Comfortable with a variety of computer-based programs and skills: Tandem, ConnectCare, Netcare, Word, Excel, Canva, Trello, Keynote, PowerPoint and others
- Strong critical thinker, problem-solver, and avid learner, keen to find innovative and creative ways to answer questions and solve problems when the answer is not an obvious one.
Simulation Technician and Standardized Educator
01.2011 - 01.2019
- Trained operator for various medium and high fidelity mannequins and simulations
- Technician for multi-disciplinary bookings as well as Royal College of Canada large-scale events
- Worked for various national exam boards as a content expert, health professional, and educator [Physiotherapy National Exam, Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, Medical Council of Canada, and National Assessment Collaboration]
- Thorough and extensive portfolio of various educational simulations catered to discipline and competency requirements.
University Term Instructor
Interdisciplinary Studies 410
01.2009 - 01.2015
- Facilitated this multi-professional course each winter semester with excellent ratings from students
- Created a pediatric stream of this course for Winter 2015: Pediatric and Family Medicine.
Education
Masters of Education - Health Sciences Education
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB12.2020
Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing, Advanced Degree -
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB12.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB12.2009
Skills
- Quality Improvement
- Clinical expertise
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Patient Safety
- Relationship Building
- Task Prioritization
- Problem-solving abilities
- Multitasking Abilities
- Reliability
- Effective Communication
Certification
- AIW Yellow Belt: AIW Fundamentals PLUS Certification, June 2024
- AHS Improvement Way “Change Management within AIW”, June 12, 2024
- PROSCI Change Management Orientation: Understanding and Taking Control of Change, June 2019 and 2024
- Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) 101, June 2024
- AHS TIC Modules 1-7 completed, 2023-10-01, 2024-02-29
- CPC Chronic Pain Education Day for Healthcare Providers, Alberta Children's Hospital, June 5, 2024
- PALS Provider, Heart and Stroke, May 2024
- CPC Chronic Pain Education Day for Healthcare Providers, Alberta Children's Hospital, February 7, 2024
- Change Management Series Part 3: Leading People Through Resistance, June 2019
Research Grants Funded
ChildKind International Certification Project, Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation Innovation and/or Quality Improvement Initiative, 350,000$, 2024-01-01, 2025-01-01
Committees & Memberships
- CKI Operational Team: Co-lead of five person team
- CKI Working Group: Co-lead of four person team
- CKI Core Group: Co-lead of ten person multidisciplinary team including four patient and family partners
- Pediatric Pain Committee: Active member
- Solutions for Patient Safety Peripheral IV Infiltrations and Extravasations (PIVIE) Working Group: Active member
- Brain Health and Wellness Working Group (BHWWG): NICU driven council regarding neonatal pain and brain development: Active member and Stollery University of Alberta representation
- Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) Western Hub: Active team member
- Canadian Pain Society: Active member
- Humanism in Medicine Award Committee: Active member
- Stollery Quality and Patient Safety Council: Active member
- Stollery Educator Group: Active member
- Pediatric Trauma and Surgery Quality Council: Active member
Presentations
- Update on Stollery's ChildKind International initiative, Stollery Expanded Management, 2024-06-20, Edmonton, Canada
- General Nursing Orientation: Pediatric Pain Assessment and Management, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-06-13, Edmonton, Canada
- A CKI Update: Stollery Resource Documents on Pain Assessment and Pain Management, Stollery Management, 2024-06-13, Edmonton, Canada
- CKI Updates: Pain Management Resource, Pediatric Pain Committee, 2024-06-11, Edmonton, Canada
- General Hospital Orientation: Pediatric Comfort and ChildKind Stollery Initiative, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-06-03, Edmonton, Canada
- In the Stollery House: we treat pain. ChildKind International Certification: A Pediatric Pain Initiative, Adult Acute Pain Services and PANAS Conference, 2024-05-31, Edmonton, Canada
- CKI Updates: Pain Resource & Family REDCap Survey, Pediatric Pain Committee, 2024-05-14, Edmonton, Canada
- General Hospital Orientation: Pediatric Comfort and ChildKind Stollery Initiative, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-05-06, Edmonton, Canada
- Pediatric Quality Improvement Work: How ChildKind Work Merges with Emergency Department Quality Improvement Work, Pediatric Emergency Quality Council, 2024-04-17, Edmonton, Canada
- General Hospital Orientation: Pediatric Comfort and ChildKind Stollery Initiative, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-04-15, Edmonton, Canada
- What is CKI: A Stollery Quality Improvement Project and Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology Assistant Head Nurse meeting, 2024-04-09, Edmonton, Canada
- Pediatric Quality Improvement Work: How ChildKind Work Merges with Stollery Strategic Priorities 2023-2028, Pediatric Trauma and Surgery Quality Council, 2024-03-14, Edmonton, Canada
- How we went from SKIP to Quality Improvement at the Stollery: The Stollery ChildKind Initiative, Stollery Council Meeting, 2024-03-18, Edmonton, Canada
- General Nursing Orientation: Pediatric Pain Assessment and Management, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-03-14, Edmonton, Canada
- General Hospital Orientation: Pediatric Comfort and ChildKind Stollery Initiative, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-03-04, Edmonton, Canada
- ‘In this house, we treat pain: the Stollery's ChildKind International initiative', Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, Funding Update, 2024-02-21, Edmonton, Canada
- Update on ‘In this house, we treat pain: the Stollery's ChildKind International initiative', Stollery Expanded Management, 2024-02-15, Edmonton, Canada
- An Update on ChildKind International efforts at the Stollery Children's Hospital, Stollery Quality and Patient Safety Council Committee, 2024-02-07, Edmonton, Canada
- General Hospital Orientation: Pediatric Comfort and ChildKind Stollery Initiative, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-02-05, Edmonton, Canada
- General Nursing Orientation: Pediatric Pain Assessment and Management, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-01-18, Edmonton, Canada
- Caring for Kids: Insights from Three Canadian Hospitals on ChildKind Certification, SPARK Live Webinar with Children's Healthcare Canada, 2024-01-10, Edmonton, Canada
- General Hospital Orientation: Pediatric Comfort and ChildKind Stollery Initiative, Stollery Children's Hospital, 2024-01-08, Edmonton, Canada
- What is CKI and Why Should it Matter to You as an Educator: Stollery Quality Improvement, Stollery Educator Business Meeting, 2023-12-19, Edmonton, Canada
- SKIP & ChildKind: Pain Initiatives at the Stollery, Stollery Children's Hospital Pediatric Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, 2023-12-05, Edmonton, Canada
- ChildKind: Pain Initiatives at the Stollery, ZDEC Child Health Meeting, 2023-11-27, Edmonton, Canada
- In the Stollery House, We Treat Pain: The ChildKind International initiative and what it means for surgical patients, Division of Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, 2023-10-24, Edmonton, Canada
- In this house, we treat pain: the Stollery's ChildKind International initiative, Stollery Expanded Management, 2023-10-12, Edmonton, Canada
- In this house, we treat pain: the Stollery's ChildKind International initiative, University of Alberta Pediatric Grand Rounds, 2023-10-12, Edmonton, Canada
Publications
- Everyone has a Role in Better Pain Care for Children, Canadian Pain Society, Summer 2024
- Everyone has a role in better pain care for children, Stollery Newsletter, June 2024
- Everyone has a Role in Better Pain Care for Children, SKIP In the Loop Newsletter, April-May 2024, 47
- Give the Gift of Maxilene Campaign: Quality Improvement Work at the Stollery Children’s Hospital, Stollery Newsletter, April 2024
- Give the Gift of Maxilene: CKI Updates, Stollery Newsletter, January 2024
Special Interests
I am an avid and certified hockey coach who is fortunate enough to teach basics through to competitive sport to nieces and nephews while balancing that with my own competitive hockey play. I am passionate about music and conduct and accompany a 23 person choir on a weekly basis as well as various performances throughout the year as well as teach six young children piano lessons on a weekly basis with the occasional opportunity to play for weddings and funerals as my schedule permits.
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Educator
ChildKind International (CKI), Stollery
01.2023 - Current
Assistant Head Nurse
Pediatric Medicine
01.2017 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse
Stollery Children's Hospital
01.2011 - Current
Camp Events Co-Director
Camp Everest
01.2011 - Current
Simulation Technician and Standardized Educator
01.2011 - 01.2019
University Term Instructor
Interdisciplinary Studies 410
01.2009 - 01.2015
Masters of Education - Health Sciences Education
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing, Advanced Degree -
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Alberta
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