Myra Sookraj-Baran

Nursing

Myra Sookraj-Baran

RN, GradDip (Acute Care), MN

Lecturer in Nursing
Wagga Wagga
Building 2, Room 311

Myra is an overseas trained Registered Nurse who migrated to Australia in 2010. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Acute Care Nursing and has completed her Master in Nursing with Clinical Education and Leadership being the core units. She has over 26 years of experience within the acute care surgical environment and has a broad range of clinical experience.

Myra has also had leadership and education experience as being a Clinical Nurse Specialist, an After-Hours Manager and a Clinical Facilitator. She believes that, regardless of the specialist area of expertise, developing strong working relationships with colleagues, patients, relatives and the multi-disciplinary team is essential to ensure that person-centred care is a priority. Myra is also a committed educator, who is passionate about ensuring that the training and assessment environment incorporates the principles of adult education, that is ensuring the specific needs and learning styles of the student are met.

Worked as a trainer and assessor and course coordinator at Key2Learning College from 2018-2019 teaching and coordinating the Certificate III Community Services, Certificate III Individual Support and

Certificate IV Ageing Support courses.

Progressed on to work at the Australian College of Nursing (2019-2023) working as a nurse academic coordinating the Graduate Certificate in Nursing – Bridging and re-entry and then coordinating the Immunisation for Health Practitioners’ Course (HESA approved).

Accreditation assessor at Health Education Services Australia (HESA) (2021 – Current).

Started at Charles Sturt University as a casual academic in 2020 and have now progressed to a Lecturer in Nursing teaching tutorials, intensive schools & nursing labs.

Currently enrolled in the Graduate Certificate: Person centred diabetes care and education and looking to continue to complete research projects in this area.