Patricia Seaman
MN (1999)
Professional accomplishments
Immediately upon completing her Master of Nursing at Dalhousie in 1999, Dr. Patricia Seaman accepted a promotion to Atlantic Regional Director for the Victorian Order of Nurses to supervise 26 branches in three provinces.
In 2001, she accepted a position with the Faculty of Nursing at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) to teach community health. Seaman completed her PhD in Educational Studies from UNB in 2009 and was appointed Associate Dean for the UNB Collaborative Bachelor of Nursing (BN) program offered by Humber College in Toronto - a position she continues to enjoy.
Currently she teaches community based programs (theory and clinical) in both the undergraduate and graduate programs at UNB. Her research and dissemination focus has been the exploration of how “Boomer” Women anticipate and transition into retirement and how volunteerism fits into retirement.
Professional memberships
Dr. Seaman is an active participant on many university, faculty, professional and community boards and committees. She is serving her second term on the Board of the Canadian Public Health Association NB-PEI branch; in 2009 she was a member of four H1N1 Committees at the university and community levels as well as working clinically in vaccination clinics in Fredericton.
Since 2006 she has been a member of the New Maryland Emergency Operations Committee. She was also an active member of the committee to develop the academic bridging program at the University of New Brunswick to support Registered Practical Nurses to complete their BN. Through the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, she was part of a sub- committee to develop guidelines for high quality community clinical placements for nursing schools. Dr. Seaman has supported the Nurses Association of New Brunswick by serving on the Complaints and Discipline committee for two terms and the Nursing Education committee for one term.
Making a difference
A strong supporter of the participatory leadership style, Pat actively seeks input from those directly involved in the situation and considers their input before making a final decision. Her greatest satisfaction is derived from building the capacity of others to be successful and hearing them say “we did it ourselves”. The greatest compliment she hopes to hear is “she made a difference”.