Description: When the nurse practitioner role was first introduced in the 1960s, no one could foresee the revolution in health care delivery it would auger. But decades later, the role is still little understood. In this striking follow-up to Claudia Mariano...
Brief description:
Kim Harkness is a nurse practitioner leader and advocate who is deeply committed to education on and the advancement of the NP role in Canada. She holds baccalaureate degrees from Western University and the University of Toronto, a Master of Nursing with Adult NP certification from U of T, and a Primary Health Care NP certification from Athabasca University. Her first book, My Mommy Is a Nurse Practitioner (2024), published in both English and French, was designed to educate young readers and their caregivers about the NP role. With this book, targeted toward an adult audience, Harkness hopes to further understanding of the complexities of the NP role in Canada, offering readers the opportunity to reflect on the tremendous growth it has had over the past decade and national impact it has had on health care. A member of the College of Nurses of Ontario, the Nurse Practitioner Association of Ontario, the Canadian Nurses Association, and NP Circle, Kim practises in a primary care clinic in the Greater Toronto Area and is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Toronto. She lives in the northern GTA with her husband, two boys, and rescue cat and dog.
Interested in getting in touch? You can find her @npstoryteller on Instagram or by her name, Kimberley Harkness, on LinkedIn.