Debbie Brinker BSN,MSN

Debbie Brinker is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Washington State University, enjoying her faculty role since 2002. She has a passion for growing our future generation of nurses with a spirit of inquiry, quest for research and applying evidence in practice, and a foundation to lead and contribute with team members to optimize health and care to patients, families, and populations throughout the world. Her teaching experience includes professional development/leadership education, and pediatric clinical and didactic education. She has co-led a Healthcare in Peru interprofessional course for 2 summers. Debbie serves as faculty advisor for Nursing Students of Washington State (NSWS). Her clinical expertise is in pediatrics, where she has worked as a Pediatric/PICU CNS, nurse manager, and staff nurse. Additional background includes camp nursing and accreditation reviewer at YMCA Camp Reed, military nursing, and medical mission trips to Ethiopia. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is her professional organizational home, where she has served as (national) Past-President, and currently serves on the Healthy Work Environment Speaker Bureau as a lecturer and consultant, and liaison to multiple organizations. She consults as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for pediatric care, as well as in team leadership.