Personas as a knowledge translation tool to develop empathy for patients
By Jae-Yung Kwon One of the top global healthcare challenges is providing evidence-based care; however, studies consistently show that 70% of what clinicians do is not based on evidence (AHRQ, 2015), with only a slight improvement in the most recent 2019 report. This...
Advancing mental health equity and supports with community-based research
by Dr. Nancy Clark: Twenty percent of British Columbians are racialized immigrants or refugees and suicide is ten times more likely amongst racialized immigrants and refugees. (Hansson,et al 2012) The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and Social Sciences...
Five School of Nursing students received the 2020 JCURA Award
Five School of Nursing students received the 2020 Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award and presented their posters on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in the Michele Pujol Room. The goal of this award is to encourage undergraduates to pursue innovative and original...
ICN Singapore Congress – Reflections for Canadian Nursing: Onward to 2020
By Susan Duncan and Nora Whyte Beyond Healthcare to Health was the theme of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress held in Singapore from June 27 to July 1, 2019. We were pleased to be among the diverse group of over 5,300 nurses from 120 countries to gain...
Joanna Briggs Systematic Review Training Program offered at UVic update
Update from the JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Program May 2020: Providing leadership for those to follow, the University of Victoria Centre for Evidence Informed Nursing and Healthcare hosted the JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review training program...
Why we need Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics in BC
By Courtney Ellis Access to comprehensive, continuous primary care is a challenge throughout Canada and BC is no exception. In Victoria, BC, it is virtually impossible to find a family doctor if you need one, there are hour long waits at many walk-in clinics and...
System Failing those with Heart Failure: Advanced Practice Nurses are part of the Solution
I would like you to imagine for a moment that you have just been diagnosed with a failing heart. Your heart is not pumping blood to the rest of the body as it should, and for the rest of your life you will be learning how to deal with breathlessness, fatigue,...
Ask a Nurse! A new way to celebrate National Nurses’ Week (May 6 to 12, 2019)
Traditionally Nurses’ Week messages are full of images of smiling, caring nurses who are referred to as the “most trusted” health professionals. This year I challenge each and every one of you to find out more about the work that professional nurses do everyday and...
A Nurse Informatician is A Nurse
Last week, I was standing in a room full of health care professionals networking when I introduced myself to a fellow nurse. I found myself anxiously waiting for that awkward moment I so often experience after introducing myself as a nurse informatician. Typically, I...
The Crucial Role of Advanced Practice Nurses in the Overdose Crisis
In the last three years alone, the overdose crisis has caused more than 10,000 deaths in Canada. Overdose-related deaths reached an alarming rate in 2016 in British Columbia (BC) at which point the province was forced to declare a public health emergency – this public...
Too Little, Too Late: How we fail vulnerable Canadians as they die and what to do about it (Report summary)
By Dr Kelli Stajduhar, UVic Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health For most Canadians, good palliative care is still not a given, despite its many proven benefits. This is especially true for people who experience poverty, homelessness, disability, racialization, or...
#newideas
I recently met with UVic Nursing Professor Dr. Debra Sheets. She has an exciting new project called Ease e-Home. She is working with geriatrician Dr. Marilyn Malone to use Amazon Echo in homes of people who have mild cognitive impairment. They are trialing it to see...
We don’t really need physician assistants, thanks for asking
By Damien Contandriopoulos, UVic School of Nursing Anyone who has been paying attention to health care developments in BC will have noticed that we are in the midst of a well-orchestrated campaign from the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants asking BC to...
New Faculty Bio & Teaching Philosophies
Leanne Kelly, BA, BSN, MN | Assistant Teaching Professor I am Cree/Metis, originally from Saskatchewan, and am a U of S grad (Go Huskies!) I moved to Vancouver Island in 1994 with my husband. We have two sons who are West Coast boys now and will probably never...
What Being a Teacher Means: Looking Through a Student Lens
By Erika Stewart and Stefanie Lamont As Bachelor of Science in Nursing students at Camosun College and the University of Victoria (UVic), we take every opportunity to learn from our teachers. What we value most is learning from all their different teaching styles and...
Teaching Peer Review
A Collaborative Venture Engaging a Community of Teachers at the University of Victoria, School of Nursing By Jeannine Moreau, RN, BSN, PhD; Karen MacKinnon, RN, MScN, PhD; Coby Tschanz, RN, MN, PhD (c) Peer review of one’s teaching and learning (TL) practices can...
Working & Learning Across Difference in PhD Studies: What’s To Be Gained?
By Jeannine Moreau, Marcy Antonio, Lacie White As three PhD students, Jeannine, Marcy, and Lacie, we offer what we see as similarities, despite differences, in our doctoral studies and how these precipitated insights gained. We illustrate the variety of possibilities...
20 Years of Popcorn & Chocolate
The Grounded Theory Club (GTC) at UVic By Lenora Marcellus, Marjorie MacDonald, Rita Schreiber, Silvia Vilches, Susan Tasker, Darlaine Jantzen, Steve Gentles, Faye Strohschein, Michelle Phoenix, Mindy Swami Background With the development of the collaborative nursing...
Teaching & Learning in Rapidly Changing Acute Care Contexts
By Diane Butcher, RN PhD How are RNs and LPNs learning to work together amidst siloed educational programs, shifting LPN scopes of practice, role ambiguity, and expectations to work within functionally-orientated teams in acute care? Adopting a methodologically plural...
Conversations with New Sessional Clinical Faculty
Expert Clinician to Novice Clinical Faculty By Deanna Hutchings, BScN, MN | Sessional Support Coordinator Experienced nursing clinicians who choose to become sessional teaching faculty bring a wealth of clinical knowledge and experience to their new roles and a desire...
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