Soft Soles Nurse Training Center

I'm a bilingual registered nurse. I have taken advanced diabetic foot care nurse training. My work experience includes over 15 years of experience in gerontology, acute care medicine, diabetes, and holistic healing modalities. In 2011 I opened Soft Soles. The incorporation takes a three-pronged approach to foot care by meeting the lower limb health care needs of communities, connecting individuals to local organizations and resources, and offering new foot care nurses’ employment opportunities, professional support and mentoring. Through the delivery of foot care clinics in the Ottawa Area, Soft Soles carries out its mandate to provide knowledge and tools to maintain and foster independence. The company’s motto is “Knowledge is power. Empower yourself!" I was an educator at Algonquin College, where I developed an innovative and highly successful advanced diabetic foot care program. With the closing of the Algonquin program in 2018, Foot Canada Training partnered with me to lead their Ottawa Foot Care Nurse Clinical courses and advanced skills workshops. As an executive member of The Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses, I worked on the development of the National Foot Care Nurse Competencies Document and The Education Initiative. I work with multiple community leaders and associations to guide best practices and encourage nursing foot care adherence to standards. I'm a frequent motivational speaker on best practice in nursing foot care and I work hard to keep the best practices in the community and advancing foot care nursing as a specialty. I hope to continue to work with nurses, leaders, and communities to inspire foot care as a nurse specialty, share advocacy for patient centered care, and work with nurse entrepreneurs to grow their practice. I'm looking forward to connecting with you!