Jennifer Tyrrell

Nurse Practitioner, Transitional Pain Service
Nurse Practitioner, Transition to Adult Care Program

Jennifer Tyrrell is a Nurse Practitioner with over 25 years of nursing experience. She completed undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education at the University of Toronto. Over the past 15 years, Jennifer has specialized in complex pain management and the coordination of care, including supporting the transition between health-care systems. Most recently, she joined the the Division of Adolescent Medicine as Nurse Practitioner in the Transition to Adult Care Program, supporting youth with complex health conditions and their family transition to adult health care.

Clinical excellence and improving patient outcomes has been a consistent driving force throughout Jennifer’s career.

Education and experience

• 2023: Certificate in Mental Health for Nurse Practitioners, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2021: Post-Master Nurse Practitioner Diploma, Paediatric Focus, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2001: Master of Nursing Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 1993: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 1990: Diplôme d'Etudes Collégiales, John Abbott College, St-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Registered nursing license conferred

Achievements

• 2024: Alumni Association of the School of Nursing Endowment Fund, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2017: Nursing Excellence Award, Canadian Pain Society
• 2012: Grace Evelyn Simpson Reeves Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice; Advanced Nursing Practice Category, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

1. Ruskin, D., Szczech, K., Tyrrell, J., Isaac, L. Innovative Program to Prevent Pediatric Chronic Postsurgical Pain: Patient Partner Feedback on Intervention Development. Healthcare. 2024; 12(3):360. 
2. Isaac, L., Rosenbloom, B.N., Tyrrell, J., Ruskin, D.A., Bornie, K.A. Development and Expansion of a Pediatric Transitional Pain Service to Prevent Chronic Pain. Front. Pain Res., 01 November 2023. Vol 4. 
3. Litwin S, Clarke L, Copeland J, Tyrrell J, Tait C, Mohabir V, Campbell F. Designing a Child-, Family-, and Healthcare Provider-Centered Procedure Room in a Tertiary Care Children's Hospital. HERD. 2023 Jul;16(3):195-209. 
4. Lalloo C, Mohabir V, Campbell F, Sun N, Klein S, Tyrrell J, Mesaroli G, Ataollahi Eshqoor S, Osei-Twum J, Stinson J. Pediatric Project ECHOfi for Pain: implementation and mixed methods evaluation of a virtual medical education program to support interprofessional pain management in children and youth. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Jan 28;23(1):71.
5. Stratton, C., Tyrrell, J., Goren, R. Laloo, C., Isaac, L., The “STOP Pain” Questionnaire: using the Plan-Do-Study-Act model to implement a patient family preferences-informed questionnaire into a pediatric transitional pain clinic. J Patient Rep Outcomes 6, 120 (2022).