Leah Olson is an assistant professor of nursing and the clinical coordinator for the JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions at Alverno College. She has over 16 years of nursing experience and has been teaching since 2011.
Over the course of her career, Olson has worked in both triage and palliative care, and has given presentations on pain management, mindfulness and infectious disease. In addition to teaching, Olson provides health care services to adult men in a minimum security prison. She is a member of the Southeastern Wisconsin Nursing Alliance (SEWNA), and also leads their academic liaison subcommittee.
Olson earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Walden University in Minneapolis, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Alverno College.
