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A look at some new and some “firsts” Our newest faculty members include three who have served the School of Nursing faithfully for a number of years, most recently under the title lecturer. We are grateful for the opportunity this past year to appoint to the tenure-track rank of instructor, Ranjit Dhari, Fairleth McCuaig, and Cheryl Segaric. New to the School of Nursing and appointed as instructor, is Elisabeth Bailey (RN, DNP, PMHNP-BC (ANCC, USA)). Dr Bailey graduated from Boston College where she studied advanced practice in psychiatric nursing and…read more

Men’s Health Research Addressing a range of men’s health issues, MHR strives to make positive differences in the lives of men and their families. Through many multidisciplinary, national, and international collaborations, MHR produced over 30 publications and has had two new funded postdoctoral fellows join the team in 2018. MHR has also been working on the School of Nursing’s first industry grant, conducting a qualitative evaluation of a Canadian hemophilia home-infusion program with plans to publish findings in the New Year. Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry The Consortium serves as…read more

Nurses Take the Initiative November 13, 2018 – Enhancing Concurrent Disorder Care: Nurse Education Day This intervention was developed through funding from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research from a BC Nursing Research Initiative funding competition. The project was co-lead by Dr Emily Jenkins and Dr Kofi Bonnie of Providence Health Care (PHC). The advisory committee included point-of-care nurses, nurse leaders, and patient partners. The event had 206 participants including students and nurses from inpatient mental health settings at PHC and Vancouver Coastal Health. Presenting at the event were:…read more

With grateful thanks to all our donors for these important scholarships and awards, we congratulate the following students: NOTE: Awards that have not yet been presented for the 2018/2019 academic year do not appear in this list. DC & HL Knigge Scholarship: Dayna Ortner; Amanda Comuzzi; Alexandra Martin Elizabeth & Leslie Gould Scholarship: Dannika Rogowsky Flora S Musgrave Scholarship: Pamela Weiss; Leah Nicholson; Laura Mills; Elizabeth Straus; Sierra Peterson; Ki Han (Sam) Song Hamber Scholarship: Jacob Wershler; Courtney Morice; Raveena Jhally; Margaret Hultman; Laura Finkler-Kemeny Helen Badenoch Scholarship: Severin Vaillancourt…read more

Students teach, learn, and practice beyond our walls Recent School of Nursing retiree Joanne Ricci and newly appointed instructor Ranjit Dhari trained and supervised students, like Angela Rivers-Bowerman, who gave seasonal protection to our Director, Elizabeth Saewyc (above left); Caryn Dooner, who vaccinated James Olson, Dean of Applied Science (centre); and Matt Russell, who gave shots to both Joanne (above right) and to President Santa Ono (below). Students also gave free flu shots at Oppenheimer Park in Downtown East Side in October. I was able to visit different locations in…read more

The Afternoon Symposium The Afternoon Symposium was “powered by PechaKucha,” and it was indeed powerful. Throughout “Patients First Playbook,” eight speakers spoke for 20 seconds on each of 20 slides to present a total six-minute capsule of their perspective on patient-first care. Dr Dawn Stacey, 50th Marion Woodward Lecturer, offered observations between sessions. Among the speakers were faculty, students, patients, and caregivers. Their recommendations included: Open up research to patient collaborators and incorporate them fully into the partnership. The extra time it takes to explain and speak in layman’s terms…read more