About
NP Lhamo Dolkar
RN(EC), MN, CCN [email]
Lhamo Dolkar is a nurse practitioner (NP) at Lakeridge Health GAIN clinic, where she ensures seniors are able to live in their own homes safely and independently. Dolkar is a second-career nurse who has brought her international health-care experience into her Canadian nursing career. She has worked across various sectors, such as multidisciplinary clinics, group homes as youth counselor, acute care, nursing homes, public health and community health care. Dolkar is well aware of the global and local sociopolitical issues and the social determinants that impact health. Her passion for improving health for all, community development and advocacy has motivated her to always remain engaged and current.
Dolkar has been a proud RNAO member and nurse leader since starting on the RNAO student board placement. Since then, she has held various executive network officer (ENO) positions. She has been a policy and political action network officer (PPAN), a communications ENO, and the chair for groups such as the Maternal Child Nurses’ Interest Group, Pediatric Nurses Interest Group, Regions 7 and 8, the Northumberland chapter, and Staff Nurse Interest Group. Dolkar served as the board representative for Region 7 and also as Interest Groups’ chair. Her model of shared leadership and collaboration in these roles has led to many successful membership engagements. Dolkar’s nursing philosophy is based on client-centred care that is focused on the context of culture and environment. Her phenomenological experiences of struggle as an immigrant, mother, RN at the bedside, and now as an NP, informed her decision to become a strong nursing voice and a leader who empowers others to do the same.
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