Jennifer Lapum

Jennifer Lapum is a registered nurse, professor and Associate Director for Quality Assurance at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing. Her work brings together clinical nursing, arts-based inquiry and open educational publishing. She is a principal author of several resources that help nursing students develop assessment, communication and scholarly-writing skills.

Clinical background and academic preparation

Lapum holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Nursing and a PhD in Nursing. Her clinical experience includes intensive care and cardiovascular intensive care. This background informs her interest in the experience of patients receiving care in technologically complex environments, particularly the importance of empathy, compassion and recognition of each person’s story.

Research and creative methods

Her research uses narrative and arts-based approaches to explore illness and care. Poetry, visual images, installation art, dance and music feature in her work as ways to communicate knowledge and deepen understanding. Projects have included patients’ experiences of heart surgery and recovery, arts-informed person-centred care, and educational resources on health assessment. Her teaching interests include experiential learning and arts-based pedagogy.

Open education and recognition

Lapum has advocated for the development and curricular use of open educational resources as a matter of access and social justice. TMU Libraries named her to its Open Access Wall of Fame in 2019. Her own account of this work describes collaboration on Vital Sign Measurement Across the Lifespan and leadership of The Scholarship of Writing in Nursing Education. Her faculty record also lists experiential-teaching and knowledge-mobilisation awards, alongside team recognition for simulation research.

Books in this batch

She coauthored The Scholarship of Writing in Nursing Education and Documentation in Nursing, and coedited Introduction to Communication in Nursing. These resources connect reading, writing, interviewing, records and professional relationships with the responsibilities of nursing practice. A single profile brings these publications together so that readers can follow her contributions across the library.

Books in this library

• The Scholarship of Writing in Nursing Education: 1st Canadian Edition
• Documentation in Nursing: 1st Canadian edition (updated 2026)
• Introduction to Communication in Nursing