Dawn Prentice, RN, PhD

Professor, Nursing and BNMN Graduate Program Director

Dr. Dawn Prentice is a registered nurse and has experience in a variety of nursing roles with the majority of her clinical experiences spent in settings caring for older adults. Her current research is focused on nursing roles and scope of practice as well as interprofessional practice. Dawn is the Editor-in-Chief for Perspectives: The Journal of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association.

  • Gerontology & Gerontological Nursing
  • Inter and Intraprofessional Collaborative Education and Practice
  • Nursing Roles
  • Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association
  • Canadian Nurses Association
  • College of Nurses of Ontario

Prentice, D. (2026). Introduction to Team-Based Healthcare. In K. Fujitani & D. Prentice (Eds.), Promoting Integrated Healthcare Systems Through Team-Based Healthcare (pp. 1-10). IGI Global Scientific Publishing  https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-2230-7.ch001

Prentice, D. (2026). The Future of Interprofessional Collaboration. In K. Fujitani & D. Prentice (Eds.), Promoting Integrated Healthcare Systems Through Team-Based Healthcare (pp. 255-260). IGI Global Scientific Publishing  https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-2230-7

Prentice, D., Madhani, F., Moore, J., Jhirad A., & Matus, M. (2025). Theoretical and practical leadership in nursing  curriculum: A scoping review of the literature. Sage Open Nursing doi: 10.1177/23779608251380215

Schumacher, C., Pyatt, G., Mowbray, F., Jones, A., Prentice, D., & Costa, A. (2024). A digital self-administered check-up assessment and evaluation of risk communication in older people. International Journal of Older People Nursing,19 (6), doi: 10.1111/opn.12667

Prentice, D., Moore, J., Fernandes, B., & Larabie, E. (2022). Nursing care delivery models and intraprofessional collaborative care: Canadian Nurse Leaders’ Perspectives. SAGE Open Nursing, 8, 1-8. doi: 10.1177/23779608221133648

Prentice, D., Moore, J. & Desai, Y. (2021). Nursing care delivery models and outcomes: A literature review. Nursing Forum 56, (4), 971-979. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12640

Moore, J., Prentice D., & Crawford, J. (2021). Collaboration among nurses when transitioning older adult between hospital and community settings: A scoping study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(19-20, 2769-2785.

  • NURS 4L01 Nursing Foundations: Care of Adults and Older Adults
  • NURS 5P10 Theoretical Basis of Nursing Practice & Inquiry
  • NURS 5L07  Preparation for Graduate Practice