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About Margaret Fink

Dr. Fink has been an RN for 30 years working in a variety of adult care settings. She completed her Ed.D at the University of San Francisco, her master’s degree at San Francisco State University, and her bachelor of science in nursing at Dominican University where she now teaches. She has taught
at Dominican University for the past 19 years. Her most recent passion is in working with internationally educated nurses and she has been directing the University’s IEN Program for 3-1/2 years. She is constantly learning from the IENs and making modifications for Program improvement.

Positions

2013 - Present Skills Lab Manager, Dominican University of California
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2005 - Present Adjunct clinical instructor, Samuel Merritt College
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1999 - Present Associate Professor, Dominican University of California
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2009 - 2011 Undergraduate Nursing Program Director, Dominican University of California
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1988 - 2008 Per-diem and full-time staff nurse, California Pacific Medical Center
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June 2005 - July 2005 Instructor, Gabriel Education Associates ‐ Pharmacology
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1983 - 1988 Nursing Assistant, Redwoods Retirement Community
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2014 Evaluating the Use of Standardized Patients in Teaching Spiritual Care at the End of Life
Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Arnold Gold Grant
$5,000.00
2013 Developing nursing students’ spiritual awareness through simulating end-of-life care of a Catholic patient
National Association of Catholic Nurses
$1,000.00
2013 Evaluating the Use of Standardized Patients in Teaching Spiritual Care at the End of Life
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)
Debra Spunt mini-grant
$500.00
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2013 - Present Member, International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)
2013 - Present Member, Society for Simulation in Healthcare
2011 - Present Patient care volunteer, Hospice by the Bay
2011 - Present Member, National Association Catholic Nurses
1999 - Present Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Rho Alpha Chapter
2007 Chair of Committee, Council for Professional Development at California Pacific Medical Center
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Honors and Awards

  • Arnold Gold Grant, 2014
  • National Association of Catholic Nurses Grant, 2013
  • from International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, Debra Spunt mini-grant, 2013

Education

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2005 Ed.D., University of San Francisco ‐ Department of Learning and Instruction
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1997 M.S., San Francisco State University ‐ Nursing, Case management and long-term care
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1988 B.S., Dominican College of San Rafael ‐ Nursing
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Links

Contact Information

Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901

415.257.0192

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Articles (3)

Dissertation (1)

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Poster Presentations (10)