Sarah Woolwine MSN, RN, NPD-BC

Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY.

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY.

Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY.

Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.

• Played a key leadership role in expanding and operationalizing Baptist Health Louisville’s simulation program, significantly enhancing infrastructure, technology, and instructional design capacity to meet evolving workforce needs.
• Oversaw a $500,000 capital budget to outfit simulation labs with high-fidelity manikins, audiovisual systems, and immersive learning tools—ensuring strategic investment, vendor coordination, and long-term impact.
• Manage daily operations of the simulation labs within the Innovative Learning Center, including maintenance, inventory, and scheduling of simulation equipment and supplies.
• Design, implement, and evaluate high-impact simulation experiences in collaboration with Professional Development Specialists, aligned with current best practices and the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice.
• Lead initiatives to integrate cutting-edge instructional strategies—including virtual reality, gamified learning, and escape rooms—into professional development programs to improve learner engagement and clinical readiness.
• Develop and troubleshoot simulation scenarios; ensure simulation center and equipment readiness; and deliver ongoing training for faculty and staff using simulation-based education.
• Collaborate with LMS administrators to design, deploy, and evaluate interactive e-learning modules and virtual orientation experiences using authoring tools such as Articulate 360.
• Maintain the Simulation and CE SharePoint site, automating key processes and centralizing resources for efficient access across teams.
• Provide strategic consultation to nursing leaders and educators on instructional design and simulation technology, supporting organization-wide learning and workforce transformation goals.

• Coordinates and provides the orientation program for all new nursing personnel, professional and non-professional.
• Plans, develops, and provides programs for nursing personnel to update or extend knowledge and skills.
• Provides information and consultation to the nursing management and staff regarding programs and projects.
• Promotes the use of research and evidence based practice to enhance nursing practice.
• Demonstrates commitment to professional growth and competence
• Maintains confidentiality of information of the department
• Contributes to the efficient operation of the department.
• Assists in delivering high quality health care services in a professional, compassionate, and courteous manner while respecting the dignity and individuality of each person who comes in contact with the organization by following the Standards of Excellence, the Standards of Behavior, and the Standards of Professional Appearance and Conduct

• Manages an online classroom for courses in an RN-BSN program, including Gerontological Nursing, Transition to Professional Practice, and Law and Ethics in Nursing.
• Evaluated students’ assignments, including essays, discussion boards, and annotated bibliographies.
• Supervised online coaches and ensured their assignments were graded in a timely manner.
• Responded to any student concerns.

• Clinical supervision of an assigned group of students in the clinical and laboratory setting
• Prepare appropriate plans, materials, and learning activities for students to achieve the learning outcomes of the course
• Orient students to the clinical unit
• Select appropriate learning experiences for the assigned student group, i.e., client/patient assignments and planning clinical conferences
• Observation of the students’ performance, guidance of the students’ performance, review of procedures and principles as necessary, on-the-spot instruction as appropriate
• Maintain a cooperative, positive relationship with the staff on any unit of the healthcare facility assigned to facilitate the optimum learning environment for the students
• Maintain effective, on-going communication with the Lead Instructor concerning student progress and/or concerns
• Clinicals Taught
  • NURS 110- Introduction to Nursing Lab - Spring 2014, 2016, 2017
  • NURS 205- Nursing Fundamentals Clinical - Fall 2010, 2011, 2012
  • NURS 230- Medical-Surgical Nursing Clinical- Spring 2011, 2012, 2013
  • NURS 311- Health Assessment Lab - Fall 2013, 2014, 2015

• Staff nurse on intermediate nursing unit
• Provide and document direct nursing care through application of nursing process taking into account the patient’s immediate, short-term, and long-term nursing needs.
• Identifies priority-nursing diagnosis for the patient based on assessment data as documented in the care plan.
• Implements nursing interventions as specified in the nursing care plan.
• Differentiates cardiac rhythms that require immediate action and intervention. .
• Administers and documents prescribed medications (scheduled/PRNS) according to schedule and procedure.
• Identify and provide for specific learning needs of patients, families, and other care providers.
• Commitment to professional growth and competency through ongoing activities that promote professional role development.