Executive
Executive 2022 - 2023
President
erika stebbings | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Erika graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BSN in 2005, and since has had the opportunity to work in both large urban settings to small rural settings within Saskatchewan. Erika currently resides in rural Saskatchewan and supports rural healthcare teams as a provincial manager. From 2010, she worked as a Clinical Nurse Educator with a focus on rural health, rural healthcare delivery and rural healthcare settings, holding many certified instructorships. Erika also spent many years teaching in casual roles for Saskatchewan Polytechnic and Carlton Trail College. Her nursing passions lie with the social determinants of health, healthcare education, health promotion, standardization, and communication processes. Erika believes connecting providers and resources is key to advancing and supporting health care across Canada.
president-elect
michael-ann miller | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Making the move to rural is when Michael-Ann Miller really developed her enthusiasm for being a generalist. Earning her BSN in 2009 was the start of this journey and in 2011 she and her family moved back to her husband’s small town in the beautiful Okanagan of British Columbia. Coming home and working as an RN in a rural emergency department was the spark that started Michael-Ann’s passion for rural healthcare. That passion has now taken her to a leadership role in which she leads to two rural healthcare facilities and uses her position to advocate for social justice, healthcare equality, and the retention and recruitment of rural healthcare providers. Recently Michael-Ann has participated in a research project that explored the interprofessional collaborative practice for rural teams, and how integrative care can serve to address healthcare inequalities. Known for being unconventional and creative her desire to move the image of the rural nurse mainstream was the foundation for creating a rural nurse blog. Fuelled by feminist ideals, modern values, and professional integrity, Michael-Ann is honoured to be a part of the CARRN executive and will continue to share the voice of the rural nurse.
past President
nicki armstrong | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nicki Armstrong is a Nurse Practitioner in Red Deer, Alberta. After 14 years of rural nursing, on and off, she now lives on an acreage with her husband, kids, dogs, cats, chickens, and a horse. She has worked in rural Alberta, rural Nepal, and Bangladesh. Her work focuses on populations who have barriers to receiving good care. Currently, she works in geriatrics and runs a telehealth business offering care for Albertans with obesity. She is honoured to be the President-Elect for CARRN and looks forward to increasing CARRN’s capacity to support Canadian rural nurses.
Treasurer
ricki nunweiler | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ricki is a graduate from the University of Regina BScN program through Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Saskatoon and obtained her degree in 2019. Since then, she has lived and worked in rural Saskatchewan with experience in Emergency Care, Acute Care, Long-Term Care and Home Care. The opportunity to work in rural healthcare has sparked her interest in improving the health and wellness of rural residents and increase workplace supports for rural nurses. She is excited to meet other rural nurses through CARRN and support rural and remote nurses on a national level.
Secretary
Natelle Nordick | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Natelle grew up on a farm in rural Saskatchewan and has spent her entire career working in the rural Saskatchewan communities that she loves. Natelle acquired her BSN from the University of Saskatchewan in 1996, with plans to work in a big city emergency department or ICU department. However, she quickly found her passion was rural Long Term Care, and has worked in varying roles there ever since, including as a frontline nurse, Clinical Nurse Leader, and Clinical Nurse Educator. Mentoring new staff by sharing her joy of Long Term Care with them, residents, and families are key drivers in Natelle's career.
Membership Coordinator
JoDee wentzel | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
As a rural resident for most of her life, and a registered nurse since 2005, JoDee is passionate about rural health care and the unique field of rural nursing. JoDee received her BN from the University of Calgary at Medicine Hat College and completed her Master’s degree in Nursing in 2012. She has had the opportunity to practice in a variety of urban and rural settings and is currently a nursing instructor in a collaborative BN program. JoDee feels fortunate to be able to teach a rural nursing course which provides students with theoretical knowledge related to rural health care and the opportunity to practice in a rural clinical setting. JoDee looks forward to being a part of CARRN and is excited to work with others who share a passion for advancing rural and remote health care in Canada.
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
KIM ENGLISH | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Kim is a Nursing Professor at Trent University. She has been teaching nurses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level since 2002. Prior to that, her background was in acute care and professional practice. Kim is currently at Doctoral student, completing a Doctor of Education, Education Leadership with a focus on Educational Technology at William Howard Taft University. She completed her Master of Nursing at the University of Toronto, Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Ryerson University and her nursing diploma at George Brown College. Kim’s research focus is working in rural and remote settings, looking at nursing practice in those settings. As well, she addresses issues in the provision of nursing education through the use of virtual simulations, the impact of inclusive, anti-racist and anti-oppressive approaches to education. Kim has a particular interest in addressing racism in healthcare to serve as an ally to Indigenous populations.
