Heather Anderson is a clinical faculty member in the Susan S. Morrison School of Nursing and assistant director of nursing simulation education. Heather joined St. Thomas from HealthPartners Clinical Simulation at the HealthPartners Institute in St. Paul, where she served as Lead Simulation Education Specialist. In this role, she was responsible for the coordination, development, facilitation, and evaluation of simulation activities, including curriculum and scenario development, mannequin programming and scenario debriefing. She also has experience as a critical care nurse, medical/surgical nurse, and adjunct nursing faculty member.
Heather holds a Bachelor of Arts in Nursing from Luther College and a Master’s in Nursing and Healthcare Leadership from Bethel University. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator, and Certified Critical Care Nurse Instructor.