Kirk Dawe
Kirk Dawe
MN, NP, RN
Fortune, NL
Nurse Practitioner
Eastern Health
I graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a bachelor of nursing degree in 2005. After graduation I spent the following year working in adult rehabilitation and continuing care before moving into critical care. I took a position as a float nurse within the cardiac/critical care program at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s. I subsequently left Newfoundland for the Northwest Territories where I worked in a mixed intensive care unit and also the emergency department at Stanton Territorial Hospital. I also spent some time working as a community/public health nurse in smaller settlements throughout the NWT.
In 2009, I returned to Newfoundland to pursue nurse practitioner education and a master of nursing degree at the University of Toronto - which I completed in 2011. I am currently employed as a nurse practitioner in the same cardiovascular and medical/surgical intensive care units where I started my critical care career several years before.
I first joined the CACCN in 2006 - looking to become part of an organization that would afford me the opportunity to network with peers who share the same passion for critical care nursing that I do. I had no idea then what an important role the association would play in my subsequent career development. From coast to coast, the CACCN provides critical care nurses with a collective voice as we strive for excellence in nursing care. I hope that you, my fellow members, find my acclamation to the national board of directors amenable to your expectations and look forward working with you dutifully as we engage in supporting and furthering our profession.