Jenna McDonald

Jenna McDonald (she/her) is a Registered Nurse (RN), International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She has over ten years of experience in community health nursing with a professional background grounded in health promotion, maternal-child health, and community-based care. Jenna currently serves as an instructor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, where she is committed to critical inquiry, social justice, and equity-oriented approaches to health education. She has been instructing our Nursing and Health Sciences students since 2023.

Education:

• Master of Arts with a dual focus in Equity and Community Studies, Athabasca University
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
• Bachelor of Nursing, Brandon University

Professional Affiliations & Experience:

• Registered Nurse (RN), College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners

Jenna has over 10 years of experience as a Registered Nurse at Lethbridge Public Health. Within this role, 6 years as board-certified lactation consultant and member of the perinatal team, which involved prenatal classes, parent and baby classes and Better Beginnings clinics. 

Areas of Expertise:

• Community and public health nursing
• Perinatal and infant feeding health
• Lactation support and education
• Health promotion
• Women's health
• Harm reduction

Her research interests include:  critical pedagogies, feminist care ethics, reproductive justice, perinatal health, critical disability studies, and harm reduction.

Courses taught:

• NURS 3022 Health Promotion Praxis
• NUSR 3021 Community Health
• NURS 3300 Nursing and Global Health
• NURS 4922 Professional Preceptorship
• HLSC 3002 Health Promotion
• HLSC 2600/WGST 2100 Women and Health
• PUBH 3420 Public Health Ethics
• Research Interests: Community health, women’s health, perinatal health, childbirth, breastfeeding