Sufia Turner, RN, MN, CCSNE

Sufia Turner is an instructor and the Simulation Program Lead with the College of Nursing at the University of Manitoba.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Nursing in 2005, Sufia worked as a medical nurse at St. Boniface before moving to Lodi, California where she worked as a medical nurse and travel nurse in northern California.  While working in California, Sufia signed on with Stanford University Hospital and Clinics and completed her critical care nurse-training program in 2008. In 2013, Sufia moved back to Canada where she worked in the surgical intensive care unit at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg before joining the University of Manitoba in 2014.

Since working at the College of Nursing, Sufia has had a variety of teaching roles such as skills lab instructor, clinical education facilitator, clinical course leader, theory instructor, senior practicum advisor, and simulation facilitator. Sufia continues to be instrumental in ongoing simulation curriculum development for the simulation program at the College of Nursing. 

In 2019, Sufia earned her credential as a Canadian certified simulation nurse educator from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. She continues to be heavily involved in the simulation program while also teaching theory courses.  

Education

• Master of Nursing (MN) Nursing Education with a focus on Simulation in Nursing, University of Manitoba (2020)
• Bachelor of Nursing (BN) Nursing, University of Manitoba (2005)

Awards

2022:

• Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba Award of Excellence: Nursing Education

2020:

• Associated of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba Award of Excellence: Outstanding Simulation Team
• Runner up for the Elsevier Emerging Leader in Nursing and Midwifery Education Award

2018:

• Non-Research Article of the Year by the journal, Clinical Simulation in Nursing

2017-2018:

• Article of influence by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare