NursingCARECurrent Affairs, Research & Education in the Faculty of Nursing

June 2011

Manitoba Research Chair

The Faculty of Nursing congratulates Dr. Michelle Lobchuk who has been awarded a Manitoba Research Chair in the area of Caregiving Communication from the Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC) from 07/2011 to 06/2016.

Dr. Lobchuk’s program of research is in line with growing attention to patient-centered care which involves empathic processes by families, friends, and health care professionals who respond to patient suffering.

Over the next five years, Dr. Lobchuk’s theory-based research program is to develop

an effective clinical intervention based on the integration of her findings from three areas of inter-related studies:

1. A careful description of ‘which’ and ‘when’ family caregivers experience difficulties in assessing symptom experiences along the illness journey;

2. An understanding of essential elements of work environments, attitudes, and skills that support clinicians who interact with and ‘coach’ caregivers in empathic communication; and,

3. Develop a video feedback technique for prototype development and experimental testing with clinicians and caregiving family who are challenged in their sensitive understanding of patient illness experiences.

This applied research will alter how clinicians intervene to reduce decisional conflicts, optimize safe symptom management, and build confidence in our family caregivers. Dr. Lobchuk’s plan is to develop standardized training materials, a web-based tutorial, and evidence for best practices of clinicians in their empathic support of family caregivers and patients.

Congratulations to All Graduates

At the June Convocation, a total of 121 graduates received the degree of Bachelor o Nursing. Eighteen of these graduates received their degree With Distinction. The Gold Medal in Nursing was awarded to Amber Baker, who also received the College of Registered Nurses Medal of Excellence. The recipient of the CRNM Medal of Excellence for BPRN was Shannon Raitt. BPRN graduate, Kathleen Doak received the Pearson Book Award.

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Researcher in Residence, 2011

The Faculty of Nursing was pleased to host Dr. Mary Canales from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire as the Dr. Helen Glass Researcher in Residence from April 4th – 8th, 2011.

Dr. Mary K. Canales is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, in Eau Claire, WI. Dr. Canales has focused on issues related to identity and difference for over 15 years and has published individually and collaboratively on the topics of health disparities, immigration, and othering, as well as critiques of cultural competence and compliance. Dr. Canales has been involved in cancer research with Northeastern

Native American populations for the past 8 years. During the past 5 years, she has been part of a multidisciplinary research team, based in Connecticut, developing culturally relevant cancer education programs for Northeastern Native Americans.

Dr. Canales presented a public lecture entitled Indigenous populations and cancer; compare and contrast dialogue. Workshops for faculty members and graduate students were entitled Different ways to use qualitative research; old applications with new twists and Translating research into practice. Dr. Canales also provided a faculty lecture on Othering and how to engage with the other. Additionally, Dr. Canales met with faculty members, graduate students, and community nurses in consultation around a variety of topics of mutual interest.

RH Award for Annette Schultz

Congratulations to Dr. Annette Schultz, Principal Investigator in the Psychosocial Oncology and Cancer Nursing Research Group on receiving an Rh Award for “Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research in the Health Sciences Category.”

Dr. Schultz receives the award for a program of research that spans three areas: tobacco dependence issues within health care services and policies; youth resolve to remain smoke free; and equity, social justice and rights-based premises in tobacco issues. Dr. Schultz recognizes various struggles surrounding tobacco dependence experienced by both tobacco users and tobacco control advocates. Her health care services and policy studies focus on asking difficult questions of practice contexts with the intention of opening dialogue concerning unintended policy consequences and challenging our vision for tobacco dependence treatment. Her published work focused on youth resolve to remain smoke free generated evidence to support the current national trend of smoking bans in cars with youth as passengers. She recognizes current inequities in tobacco use rates, which underlies her integration of a social justice lens. She has built a national reputation as an emerging leader in tobacco control, across academic and end user communities.

The Rh Awards were established in 1973 by the Winnipeg Rh Institute, now the Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation, from funds set aside from the sale and production of medical formulae. These honours are given to academic staff members who are in the early stages of their careers and who display exceptional innovation, leadership and promise in their respective fields. Each winner receives $10,000 to support his or her research program. Typically, one award is given in each of the following areas: applied sciences, creative works, health sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary studies, natural sciences and social sciences.

Dr. Schultz with Dr. Digvir Jayas (left), VP Research, and Dr. David Barnard (right), President, U of M

Dr. Canales (right), with Dr. Diana Clarke and Dr. Helen Glass (seated)

l-r: Drs. Donna Martin, Diana Clarke, Mary Canales, & Diana McMillan

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Nursing Staff Honored by the CRNM

The Faculty of Nursing congratulates current and former staff members who were honored by the College of Registared Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM) at the Professional Nursing Awards gala evening, May 12, 2011.

Dr. W. Dean Care, former faculty member, Acting Dean (2004-2005) and Interim Deam (2005-2007), was awarded the CRNM’s Board of Director’s Award of Distinction. Dr. Care is currently Dean & Professor of Health Studies at Brandon University. He also has an appointment as Adjunct Professor with the Faculty.

Dr. Janet Beaton, Dean Emerita, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Beaton was the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing from 1992 to 1998.

Drs. William Diehl-Jones and Genevieve Thompson were awarded an Excellence in Professional Nursing Award for their research work, and professor Marilyn Seguire was awarded an Excellence in Professional Nursing Award for her contribution to nursing education.

MCNHR 2nd Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition

The MCNHR Graduate Student Research Poster Competition provides a forum to showcase graduate student research recently completed or in progress. This Second Annual Graduate Student Poster Competition was held in conjunction with events of the 2011 Dr. Helen Glass Researcher-in-Residence, Dr. Mary Canales.

The poster competition was open to all current or recent (within the last year) graduate students in the Faculty of Nursing or current graduate students in the PhD program in Applied Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary PhD, or PhD in Cancer Control with an advisor who is a member of the Faculty of Nursing.

The judges for this year’s competition were Bev Temple, Jo-Ann Lapointe-McKenzie and Lindsey Hoogsteen. There was a tie for 1st place in this year’s competition so two gold awards were presented. Congratulations to the following winners:

Gold Award ($400)Hamideh Bayrampour (Maureen Heaman), “Comparison of perception of pregnancy risk of nulliparous women in advanced maternal age and younger age.”

Karen Throndson (Jo-AnnSawatzky, “Exploring the health behaviours practices of elective ad-hoc percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients.”

Bronze Award ($200)Patricia Gregory (MaureenHeaman), “A comparison of health practices in pregnant women with and without complications of pregnancy and women without complications of pregnancy.”

Bill Diehl-Jones (top), Genevieve Thompson (left) and Marilyn Seguire (below) receiving their awards

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EMÜD* Universe

What is the EMÜD Universe? Where is it?

EMÜD is virtual environment and adventure game that offers a platform where children suffering from cancer and other long term illness can safely and privately engage with their peers and express their feelings without concern. It provides them with the opportunity to cope with their different ways of feeling in an environment that promotes creativity, control, and a sense of accomplishment.

The game is currently being developed by Dr. Roberta Woodgate, with funding from the Canadian Institute for Health Research. Dr. Woodgate’s research finds ways to improve the quality of life for children diagnosed with cancer. Her research has found that many children are unable to communicate their feelings about the disease; although the majority of children with cancer “get better”, the process and treatment can create significant short-and long-term psychological burdens and being expressionless does not help relieve stress.

The game includes the following features:•7 unique landscapes to explore in the fantastic world of Terra •A sweeping story & quest following a journey to restore Terra and banish the darkness that has taken hold there •An online environment where children can chat with their peers and share things they create •Many interesting and fun games to play •The Feeling State system, which engages children to express their feelings online •A number of different activity centers (writing, drawing, music) for children to create new things

Dr. Woodgate’s research and the game have significant potential to assist children in understanding and managing the different ways of feeling that they encounter in living through the treatment for childhood cancer. As well, there is the possibility of the game benefitting children going through other challenging life events. Please go to http://emud.ca/ to see where the game is at. *©2011 EmÜd. All Rights Reserved

Update from Lindsay Adriaanson

Hej Hej!I am having a great time here in Sweden! I just finished my first of three rotations on a hematology unit at Norrlands Universitetssjukhus and it was incredible. The people I worked with and have met so far here in Umeå are very kind and funny. The Swedish people remind me a lot of Canadians. The role of a registered nurse in Sweden is similar to the role of a nurse in Canada and the health care system in general is very comparable. My second placement at VIOL is with a group of nurses that work with palliative care in people’s homes. VIOL is in Skellefteå and I will move there June 7th. For my final rotation I will be back in Umeå July 1st again at the hematology unit at Norrlands Universitetssjukhus. During this rotation I have started to plan with Chatrin to arrange day visits to other oncology and palliative units in Umeå. I have had a lot of fun talking about the differences about nursing in Canada to Sweden. One thing I think we should adopt as a country is 4 weeks paid summer holiday for people who have full time jobs. I think the part I enjoy most about Umeå so far other than the great people I have met is how the sun never goes down. It is like a never ending summer night.

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Funding

Joan Durrant, Christine Ateah, Leslie Barker, Sombat Tapanya, Colleen Kearley, Ray Peters, and George Holder receivede a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant for their project entitled Uniting social science and human rights to create a new vision of parent education and its evaluation: Developing a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral, inter-cultural paradigm. ($83,959)

Patricia Gregory and Maureen Heaman (advisor) received Kathleen and Winifred Ruane Graduate Student Research Grant For Nurses funding for the project entitled Factors related to women’s experiences and satisfaction with prenatal care. ($3,000)

Patricia Gregory and Maureen Heaman (advisor) received Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research Grant funding for the project entitled Factors related to women’s experiences and satisfaction with prenatal care. ($1,000)

Shayne Taback, Maureen Heaman, Mike Helewa, Sora Ludwig, Margaret Morris, Curtis Oleschuk & Vince Woo received MICH funding for their project entitled Diabetes in pregnancy: Knowledge translation research to improve infant outcomes. ($39,255)

Michelle Lobchuk and Fran Rosenberg received a 2011 Riverview Health Centre Research Competition funding for their project entitled Post-stroke urinary incontinence quality of life: Adult stroke survivor and family caregiver perceptions and empathic interactions. ($10,000)

Jean Harrowing, David Gregory, Steven Ferzacca, Barry Hall, Vicki Holmes, Donna Martin, Dawn Smith, Victoria Smye, and Colleen Varcoe received a CIHR Meetings, Planning & Dissemination Grant for their project entitled Culture, Pedagogy & Practice:

Establishing Evidence for Best Practices in Health Care Professions.” ($19,023)

Susan McClement and Harvey Chochinov received a CIHR Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant for their project entitled Building on Our Success with KT: The 2nd Annual Dignity Therapy Educational Workshop. ($20,000)

Elaine Mordoch, Angela Osterricher, Lorna Guse, Kerstin Roger and Genevieve Thompson received a Fort Garry Branch Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Trust Fund funding for the project entitled Promoting intergenerational relationships between children and youth whose grandparents have dementia and reside in long term care: A pilot study. ($3,000)

Beverley Temple, Carisa Ewanyshyn and Mary Robertson received The Dr. Paul H. T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund funding for their project entitled Factors associated with the development of parastomal hernias in Manitobans living with an ostomy. ($32,750)

Genevieve Thompson, Susan McClement & Kathleen Klaasen received a CIHR Catalyst Grant: Pilot Projects in Aging for their project entitled Developing an Expert Model of Palliative Care for Older Adults with Dementia. ($34,687)

Presentations

Woodgate, R. L., & Ripat, J., & Sawatzky, N. (2011). Pseudo-accessibility: What is it and why does it happen? Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging, and Technology – FICCDAT 2011 International Conference on the Best Practices of Universal Design, Abstract Id: 69424. Toronto, Ontario, June 5-8, 2011.

Woodgate, R. L., Ripat, J., & Edwards, M. (2011). Harnessing resources as

a means to having a life. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging, and Technology – FICCDAT 2011: Caregiving in the 21st Century, Abstract Id: 69536. Toronto, Ontario, June 5-8, 2011.

Woodgate, R. L. & Ripat, J. (2011). Enabling landscapes for families of children with complex needs. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging, and Technology – FICCDAT 2011: International Conference on the Best Practices of Universal Design, Abstract Id: 69537. Toronto, Ontario, June 5-8, 2011.

Awards

Avard, D. & Woodgate, R.L. (2011) Ethics: Best practices for health research involving children and adolescents stakeholder consultation. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Mother Infant Children Youth Research Network (MICYRN).

Woodgate, R. L. 2011 Qualitative Research Group (QRG) Annual Faculty Award, University of Manitoba, in recognition of her expertise in qualitative research.