Narcy Foraker

Instructor, School of Nursing

Before coming to the University of Portland, Narcy Foraker worked as a visiting assistant professor and lead simulation coordinator for Linfield College, where she served on several curriculum committees, faculty search committee, faculty advisor for the Multicultural Student Nurses club, and scholarship committee for the R.N. to B.S.N. program. She received her associate degree in nursing from College of the Desert in 2004, her B.S.N. from Linfield College in 2014 and a master’s in nursing education from OHSU in 2017. Narcy has worked in several specialty areas as a registered nurse: medical/surgical oncology, medical ICU, neonatal ICU, and currently works on the Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at OHSU as a mentor, educator, charge and staff nurse. She is passionate about nursing, interdisciplinary education, oncology, palliative care and is a certified bone marrow transplant nurse. Narcy is a member of the Oregon Nurses Association, Society for Simulation in Healthcare, International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, National League for Nursing, Oncology Nursing Society, and Sigma Theta Tau International. When she is not busy with the nursing profession, you can find her with her family on the baseball field or at a band concert, enjoying time with her family, or singing karaoke.