P. Susan Wagner RN, BScN, BA, MScN

P. Susan Wagner is an emeritus professor with the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing. She was a member of the last graduating class of the 5-year BScN program at USask in 1971. Wagner was an inaugural student and graduate of the MSc (Nursing) at USask in 1984.

Wagner was an RN in Saskatchewan from 1970 – 2005. She was hired as a Nursing Instructor at USask College of Nursing from 1971-1977 and worked part-time until 1983. Throughout the course of her USask career Wagner accepted the position of Assistant Professor tenure-track position in 1984, Tenure in 1988, Associate Professor in 1989, Full Professor in 1996, and took early retirement in 2005.

In addition to her time at the College of Nursing, Wagner held positions in many colleges and organizations:

• Appointed Faculty Member with USask College of Graduate Studies and Research from 1987 – 2005.
• Research Associate with the USask Prairie Region Health Promotion Centre from 1993 – 2005.
• Associate Faculty Member, USask Department Community Health and Epidemiology from 1995 – 2005.
• Research Associate, Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence from 1997 – 2005.

Wagner had extensive career building involvement in local, provincial, and national health care and nursing education committees during 40-year nursing career. In 2005, she accepted a half-time position University of Lethbridge Faculty of Health Sciences Assistant Professor (Nursing) and retired in 2011. She was an appointed Faculty Member, U of Lethbridge School of Graduate Studies and Research, 2008 – 2011.

Between 2005 and 2015 in Alberta, Wagner accepted several contracts including Consultation for and design of new U of Leth. /Lethbridge College BSN nursing curriculum; Proposal design for U of Leth. MN program; Preparation of Mount Royal College School of Nursing, Calgary, for Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) accreditation; and Evaluation of Licensed Practical Nursing program at Bow Valley College, Calgary.

• Family caregiver burden
• Case management
• Program evaluation for home care services
• BSN curricula across Canada

• Mixed methods

• Elizabeth Von Volkenburg Award for Leadership in Nursing Education, Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association, May 16, 2001.
• Finalist for Saskatchewan Healthcare Excellence Award, January 31, 2003.