Holly Vali

For more than 20 years, as an advanced practice nurse, Holly Vali, DNP, MSc., FNP-BC, earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Post-Master’s Nurse Educator Certificate from Johns Hopkins University in 2021. Johns Hopkins awarded Holly the “Best Overall Design” for her DNP scholarly project. Her research focuses on antimicrobial resistance and improving adherence to antibiotic stewardship.

Holly first earned her Nursing Diploma at Loyalist College in 1994 and BSN at the University of Toronto in 1996. She began her career at the Hospital for Sick Children on the Burns, Plastics, and Reconstructive surgical unit. This experience inspired her to become a family nurse practitioner and received her MSc-FNP at D’Youville College in 1998. She subsequently worked at the Montreal Children’s Hospital as a Clinical Nurse Specialist-Nurse Practitioner with the Department of Anesthesia. During that time, she helped develop the construct of the Acute Pain Service. She received funding from the Children’s Wish Foundation toward developing the Pediatric Pain Management Resource Center. She was a recipient of the Premier’s Awards of Ontario in 2002 and 2003.

Holly has various nursing experiences, including tertiary, primary, and urgent care for patients across the lifespan. She passionately strives to improve patient care outcomes, promotes evidence-based practice and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau (Nu Beta at-Large Chapter).