Dr. Folasade “Sade” Adekoya (Nee Shitta-Bey) was born in 1966 in Aldershot, also known
as Aldershot Military Town, a major garrison in Southeast England, United Kingdom. She
started her Elementary and Primary education at Princess May Primary School, a two-form entry
primary school in a vibrant area of Hackney, situated between Stoke Newington and Dalston, in
North-East London. Following her parents’ relocation to Nigeria in 1974, she continued her
preparatory education at Fountain School in Surulere, Lagos, where she completed her primary
education.
Sade attended New Era Girls Secondary School (“NEGSS”) between 1976 and 1981.
Upon graduating with her O-Level certificate from NEGSS, Sade returned to the United
Kingdom and attended St Mary’s Gate School for Girls (SMG), located at the seaside town of
Bournemouth in Southern England, where she earned her A-Level certificate in 1984. She
obtained her first degree, a BSc (Hons) in Polymer Engineering, from the University of North
London in 1991.
Sade got married in 1991 and relocated to Chicago, Illinois, to be with her sweetheart,
Ade. Together, they have four amazing adult children. Sade fell in love with Nursing as a career
after giving birth to her fourth child. A few years later, she received her Registered Nurse (RN)
and then proceeded to earn her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from St. Xavier’s
University (Chicago, Illinois) and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Governors
State University (University Park, Illinois).
She is currently employed as a nursing professional development practitioner at a major
and one of the largest hospital systems and healthcare providers in the Midwest, United States. In
her role as a specialist in clinical nursing development, she is responsible for the continuous
growth and professional development of nurses and other team members. Through her
commitment to evidence-based practice, she impacts positive patient outcomes daily.
She is an ardent change agent who consistently partners with team members for practice
transitions, champions best-in-class patient care, and regularly incorporates empirical research
into real-time practice.
In addition to her primary responsibilities, she serves as the chairperson of shared
governance—a model of nursing practice designed to integrate core values and beliefs that
professional practice embraces as a means of achieving quality care. Further, she serves as the
unit representative on the hospital’s Practice Council—a formal mechanism for nursing staff to
address practice, leadership, and research issues. Furthermore, she collaborates with colleagues
and serves as a leader and partner on the hospital’s interdisciplinary healthcare team.
Sade is truly passionate about lifelong learning; she loves imparting her knowledge to
others while learning along the way. She was an adjunct clinical professor of Nursing from 2010
to 2017 at a local community college. She enjoys taking on new challenges and recently gained
a Reiki Level I certification. Her hobbies include basketball, gardening, Yoga, Mindfulness
practice, listening and dancing to music (like no one is watching)😊