YUKON/ UNB PARTNERSHIP TO OFFER VIRTUAL DEGREE PROGRAM TO YUKON NURSES
The Yukon government partnered with the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Faculty of Nursing to offer UNB’s “Learn Where You Live” program to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in the Yukon. This unique pathway program allows LNPs to continue working in the Yukon while pursuing a bachelor of nursing degree (BN) through virtual learning.
“UNB is committed to developing impactful programs that make a difference in New Brunswick, in Canada and around the world. The LPN to BN pathway partnership with the Government of the Yukon will provide them with much needed nurses by developing the workforce they already have in place,” said President and Vice Chancellor of the University of New Brunswick Dr. Paul Mazerolle.
25 YEARS!
2024 marked 25 years of excellence in the UNB Faculty of Nursing’s Nurse Practitioner program! Throughout November, we showcased the remarkable achievements and impact of this program on our social media channels.
Congratulations to Assistant Teaching Professor and Nurse Practitioner Amy Reid and the rest of the organizing team for organizing an excellent conference that drew in more than 150 Nurse Practitioners and stakeholders.
This included a record number of UNB Faculty of Nursing Master of Nursing Nurse Practitioner faculty and student attendees.
In recognition of the 25th Anniversary of the UNB Master of Nursing Nurse Practitioner program the UNB Faculty of Nursing sponsored a breakfast and panel to discuss the history and significance of Nurse Practitioner practice in New Brunswick, and how it is evolving toward the future.
Thank you to panelists Greg Murphy, Mallory Magee, Angela McGraw, and Martha Vickers!
NATIONAL NURSE PRACTITIONERS WEEK
Nov. 10 to 16 was National Nurse Practitioner Week and it was a fitting time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) Program at UNB.
We are proud of the powerful impact alumni, faculty and students in this program are making on the future of healthcare in New Brunswick.
POND-DESHPANDE CENTRE TO SUPPORT HOUSING RETENTION IN MONCTON
The Pond-Deshpande Centre (PDC) at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) announced the launch of a transformative Innovation Challenge aimed at supporting housing retention for individuals transitioning from homelessness to stable housing in Moncton. This Innovation Challenge, which launched at the end of July and will run for 100 days, brings together key stakeholders to address critical health and support needs through innovative and collaborative approaches.
The need for this project began with the nursing faculty contacting Mayor Dawn Arnold to help the city with the housing crisis’s impact on health care. Mayor Dawn Arnold and Dean Lorna Butler have championed this initiative leading to the 100-day challenge. The challenge started with a summer launch workshop in Moncton, where participants set their goals and developed a comprehensive work plan. Participants, spanning the nonprofit sector, healthcare, academia and various government departments such as Social Development and the Department of Health, as well as Addictions & Mental Health specialists, were recruited for their expertise on the issue of homelessness.
Nurse Practitioner and former UNB Faculty of Nursing Teaching Professor Sharon Hamilton was elected as incoming President of the Nurse Practitioners of New Brunswick. Congratulations Sharon!
NB DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NURSING STUDENT
APPRECIATION EVENTS
MONCTON MIRAMICHI
The NB Department of Health holds student appreciation events for UNB nursing students that include some amazing prizes and giveaways. These events are an opportunity for students to meet ask questions of their potential employers after graduation. In September 2024, they held a huge appreciation event in Moncton and a casual meet and greet for UNB nursing
students in Miramichi. Jaime Vickers won the door prize and April Davis won $250 towards her admission fees.
Meghan Smith and Mackenzie VanderToorn won the prizes at the Moncton event.
HON. GREG TURNER PRAISES HEALTH EVENT
Oxford Medical Systems highlighted UNB’s Faculty of Nursing’s use of VR scenarios to support remote learners in the Learn Where You Live program while showing other faculty in the nursing school the wide world of possibilities for VR training.
Year 2 BNAP (Bachelor of Nursing Accelerated Program) Student Mentors joined their BNAP Year 1 peers to host a Clinical Learning Workshop. Pictured: Kristen Booth (left), Sophie Gray, Richelle Hendsbee, Matt Chessie, Lauren MacKay, Mackenzie VanderToorn and Meghan Smith Special thanks to Boston Pizza for their generous donation and to Mackenzie VanderToorn for her stellar leadership (in collaboration with Assistant Teaching Professor, Ashley Bulley- Also pictured
FUTURE OF NURSING & PRACTICE LECTURE SERIES
The UNB Faculty of Nursing applied for and received a $10,400 grant to host a lecture series with the goal of supporting curriculum transformation by situating nursing education and practice in the context of current and future demographic, health
PRESENTATION:
Creating the Preferred Future for Nursing
care, and societal trends. The Future of Nursing Education & Practice Lecture Series will feature leading nursing, health care and education experts and will be hosted online over the 2024-2025 academic year.
PRESENTATION:
Examining the Evolving Intersection of Technology and Nursing
PRESENTATION:
Dismantling ‘Othering’: It’s Not About Ability
STAY TUNED TO OUR SOCIAL CHANNELS FOR DETAILS ON UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS
Horizon Health Network Talent Acquisition Specialists visit Fredericton campus and Moncton site regularly to discuss recruitment and employment opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Lunch is usually provided by Horizon Health Network. Watch our social media channels for details of upcoming sessions.
OCT. 28, 2024:
LISA LITTLE, RN, BNSC, MHS, FCAN
NOV. 25, 2024: RICHARD BOOTH, PHD, RN
DEC. 18, 2024: BEV GAUDET
Third-year UNB nursing student Julia StPierre (left) and RN Tricia van Roeden, UNB Nurse Manager, Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre (FDCHC) pose here with 600 socks
donated by the Faculty of Nursing and Sock Rocket for the health centre’s sock drive! With the changing weather, the FDCHC has been providing many of their clients with warm socks.
RECOGNITION
DR. KELLY SCOTT-STOREY AWARDED UNB AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
Dr. Kelly Scott-Storey received the UNB Award for Excellence in Research on Thursday, Oct. 24. Dr. Scott-Storey is a professor and the assistant dean of the bachelor of nursing program and the UNBHumber Collaborative bachelor of nursing program in the faculty of nursing at the University of New Brunswick.
through adulthood, whether as a target or perpetrator.
Dr. Scott-Storey’s groundbreaking research has redefined how violence is conceptualized and measured in health research. Her work has shed light on the fact that traditional approaches to measuring violence, which often focus on single forms of victimization at a single point in time, do not fully capture the complexity of violence experiences across the lifespan. To address this, Dr. Scott-Storey developed the Cumulative Lifetime Violence Severity measure, a tool that tracks the interconnection of multiple violent experiences from childhood
In addition to her work on violence measurement, Dr. Scott-Storey has been instrumental in developing the Composite Abuse Scale Revised Short Form, a widely used measure of intimate partner violence (IPV) in national surveys. Her leadership on the iHEAL program, a nurse-led health promotion intervention for women experiencing IPV, has led to significant advances in addressing violence in Canada, including the development of the iHEAL app, a bilingual resource to help Canadian women who have experienced abuse from a past or current partner be well and stay safe.
Dr. Scott-Storey’s work has earned her numerous accolades, including a Fellowship with the Canadian Academy of Nursing.
HIGHLIGHTING DR. JASON HICKEY INNOVATION
Dr. Jason Hickey’s work was highlighted in the UNB blog: UNB’s New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training and Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing.
Dr. Jason Hickey, partnered with the Under One Sky Friendship Centre to investigate the medium-and long-term benefits of their Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities program for children and their families.
AWARD NOMINATION
The UNB Faculty of Nursing Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation (IVRS) Project Team was nominated for the 2024 SIM
Innovator Award.
They were recognized for pioneering the integration of immersive virtual reality simulation (IVRS) in nursing education through the Learn Where You Live program, enhancing access for remote learners, providing real-time feedback in clinical training, expanding the program to include partnerships with the Yukon Territory, and demonstrating a commitment to ongoing evaluation and improvement of educational outcomes.
UNB RN at the Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre, Sarah Bishop (left) and third-year UNB nursing student Julia St-PIerre man the booth at MCAF Wellness Fair held at the MCAF building.
DEAN’S LIST 2024
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE 2024-25 DEAN’S LIST & AWARDS CELEBRATION RECIPIENTS!
Award evenings celebrated our students’ academic achievements. We were so pleased to formally recognize and celebrate the hard work of LPNs who joined the BN program through LPN-BN Pathway.
MONCTON
DEAN’S LIST (MONCTON STUDENTS INCLUDE BNAP AND LWYL)
• Akwasi Afriyie
• Chidinma Nwaoha
• Madison LeBlanc
• Molly Gallibois
• Erika Delponte
• Ola Oguariri
• Cristy Cabahug
• Sarah Cubbon
• Anna Lingley
• Amy McMillan
• Mariia Kryshtal
• Maggie Sparkes
• Kara Carroll
• Nazar Pryimak
• Sara Luck
• Morgan Campbell
• Meghan Smith
• Taylor Merritt
• Matthew Chessie
• Rayna Bell
• Sophie Gray
• Samantha Dunn
• Grace Carline
• John-Paul Dobbelsteyn
• Andrea Toledo
• Lauren Harris
• Kennedy Bell
• Mariia Zaiachuk
• Kristen Booth
• Lauren MacKay
• April Davis
• Marufat Anofi
• Kelly Kydd
• Lauren Steeves
• Irina Guzman
DEAN’S RECOGNITION (MIN 3.7 IN LPNBN PATHWAY COURSES) LWYL
• Jerrica Bowie
• Charlon Comora
• Maddy Tingley
• Abbey Winson
• Lisa Wisniewska
FREDERICTON
Pictured above: Back Row L-R: Lisa Wisniewska (Dean’s Recognition), Matthew Chessie, Sara Luck, Anna Lingley, Taylor Merritt, Kara Carroll, Charlon Comora (Dean’s Recognition), Akwasi Afriyie, John-Paul Dobbelsteyn, Chidinma Nwaoha, Lauren Steeves
MacKay, Meghan Smith, Molly Gallibois, Madison LeBlanc, Cristy Cabahug, Amy McMillan, Kelly Kydd, April Davis, Irina Guzman
Front Row L-R: Andrea Toledo, Sophie Gray, Morgan Campbell, Kennedy Bell, Ola Oguariri, Sarah Cubbon, Rayna Bell, Kristen Booth, Samantha Dunn (standing)
DEAN’S LIST (FREDERICTON STUDENTS)
• Lujayn Abuamer
• Grace Alexander
• Abigail AllainGeldart
• Alison Alward
• Austin Arsenault
• Deborah Ayewah
• Mya Badger
• Emily Bates
• MacKenzie Bergquist
• Hilary Bishop
• Jayna Bleakney
• Olivia Boorman
• Madison Boyd
• Chloe Samantha Brewer
• Angelle Louisse Bulasa
• Abigail Burke
• Olivia Callaghan
• Veronique Carroll
• Chineye Charles Nwaogwugwu
• Jaylieca Chavez
• Yudam Choi
• Taylor Comeau
• Miriam Connor
• David Cormier
• Sophy Craig
• Emma Crowe
• Laura Debets
• Taylor Dickie
• Grace Donald
• Kalika Donovan
• Ifunanya EjioforIke
• Grace Elliott
• Hannah EmersonDumville
• Meghan Felix
• Debra Firlotte Rolfe
• Claire Fisher
• Casey Flanagan
• Zoe Fullerton
DEAN’S LIST
FREDERICTON
DEAN’S LIST (FREDERICTON STUDENTS CONTINUED)
• Veronica Garcia
• Lily Glazier
• Hannah Godin
• Abagail Goodine
• Rachel Grant
• Abigail Gravelle
• Bailey Gray
• Lyanna Gregorio
• Erika Hallden
• Makayla Hamming
• Rebekah Hart
• Emma He
• Olivia Heppell
• Avery Hunter
• Natalie Irving
• Ji Won Jeong
• Alexa Johnston
• Aden Kavanaugh
• Isabel Kierstead
• Chanelle Kilcollins
• Jamieson Kucerovsky
• Ella Landers
• Tam Le
• Hailey Leblanc
• Andra LeinerTrynchuk
• Ava Linden
• Dhanvarshini Loganathan
• Hannah Loggie
• Reegan Martin
• Christine Mason
• Linda Matthews
• Savannah McBride
• Shae-Lynn McCoyMackenzie
• Sarah Grace McDonald
• Rachael McIntyre
• Krista McKnight
• Elizabeth McLean
• Rebecca McLean
• Christina McLean
• Meaghan Mead
• Rhea Muir
• Kamryn Mulcahy
• Latifa Mullahmetova
• Ethan Nestoruk
• Duong Nguyen
• Aislinn O’Driscoll
• Sharon Olorunfemi
• Monica Onumah
• Sierra Ouwendyk
• Raymond Parcels
• Cassidee Perry
• Pracheeta Phuyel
• Dawn Polchies
• Ladan Pour Jabbar
• Savannah Rabishaw
• Japhet Ramos
• Mary Rankin
• Gwendolyn Remme
• Chloe Rodgers
• Delaney Rupnow
• Chani Salomon
• Hetvi Keyur Shah
• Alana Smith
• Benjamin Smith
• Zoe Smith
• Julia St-Pierre
• Erin Thomas
• Lauren Thornton
• Sebastian Totten
• Sierra Tracy
• Brooke Tracy
• Hoang Hac Tran
• Reese Urquhart
• Hearty Uy
• Kathleen Vail
• Hannah Versloot
• Charlee Versloot
• Amy Visser
• Xueqing Wang
• Brooklyn Whitehall
• Bethany Williams
• Caroline Wilson
• Samara Wilson
• Emma Wong Ken-Leblanc
• Dylan Zebiere
MILESTONES & AWARDS
Caroyln Baxter successfully defended their thesis titled The Surgical Experience: A Pilot Study of Patients’ Information Needs and Their Internet Use.
STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS
UNB offers travel awards for nursing students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Here are those awarded in Fall 2024:
• Sydney Skinner - NPNB 15th Annual Conference Oct 16-18, 2024
Congratulations to Lisa Snodgrass, recipient of the NP Student Association of Canada’s Nurse Practitioner Award of Excellence for New Brunswick for 2024.
• Alyssa Guitard - NPNB 15th Annual Conference Oct 16-18, 2024 GRADUATE PROGRAM TOTAL AWARDED: $4,486.98 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM TOTAL AWARDED: $6,298.35
• Linda Matthews - Indigenous Wellbeing Conference 2025: Empowering Care Networks for Community Healing & Resilience Feb. 24-26, 2025
• Linda Matthews - Motivational Interviewing: Strategies for supporting change Jan. 28,2025
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BIG THANK YOU!
Thank you to our 2024 Fall term Graduate Student Teaching Assistants: Dominique Hibbert (top left), Kendra Belding, Lisa Snodgrass, Morgan Stevens, Rachel MacLean, & Samantha Taylor. Your work is integral to the success of the Faculty of Nursing!
Interested in being a Graduate Student Teaching Assistant? Contact mngrad@unb.ca
• John Paul Dobbelsteyn CASN Conference Halifax, Jan. 29-Feb. 1
• Samantha Dunn CASN Conference Halifax, Jan. 29-Feb. 1
• Raymond Parcels CASN Conference Halifax, Jan. 29-Feb. 1
The NP Student Provincial and Territory Award is given to an individual NP student in each province and territory, who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in clinical practice, leadership, advocacy, research, and or education and has shown efforts to promote advanced practice nursing.
Peer Assisted Learning leader Casey Flanagan (Year 2 BN student) worked with the Year 1 Nursing students in weekly tutorial sessions for their Human Anatomy course. While this is a completely voluntary weekly tutoring session, a consistent group of approximately 30 students attended every week, with many more joining prior to the midterm and the final exam.
PUBLICATIONS
Busolo, D., Forbes, N., Taylor, P., Gordon, R., Hickey, J., Keough, A., & Duffney, A. (2024). Innovating clinical nursing education using virtual technology to combat the effects of COVID-19: A qualitative study. Nurse Education Today, 144, 106478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106478
GENDER VIOLENCE & HEALTH RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
2024 was a busy year for the Gender, Violence, and Health research team, led by Drs. Sue O’Donnell and Kelly ScottStorey. Supported by CIHR and NBHRF funds, the team continues disseminating findings from recent studies while advancing their current research. They’ve published several articles on men’s experiences of violence, social determinants of health, substance use and health outcomes.
Check out two more of their articles:
https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22389
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-02300502-0
THE NURSING NETWORK OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
The Nursing Network of Violence Against Women International hosted its 25th conference in Phuket, Thailand, from November 12-15, 2024. Petrea Taylor presented with the iHEAL team, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Kelly Scott-Storey. Their presentation was titled “Practice Consultants
Can Support Shifting Paradigms in Care for Women Experiencing Violence,” and they also conducted a workshop titled “Shifting to Implementation: Leveraging Findings from the iHEAL Trial to Improve Women’s Health Safety and Well-Being and Strengthen Nursing Practice,” featuring contributions from Dr. Marilyn Ford-Gilboe and others.
PRESENTATIONS
Durepos, Pam (2024, Nov.1). A palliative approach to supporting those with serious illnesses. Boundary Breakers.
CANADIAN FEDERATION OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSES
(CFMHN)
Don Leidl recently hosted and co-chaired the Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses (CFMHN) 2024 National Conference: Leading Change: The Future of Mental Health and Substance Use Nursing in Canada in Ottawa.
Here Don (right) poses with his Conference planning co-chair, Cindy Peternalj-Taylor.
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PERINATAL AND WOMEN’S HEALTH
NURSES (CAPWHN)
Dr. Mary Lou Batty presented on behalf of the Faculty of Nursing’s perinatal nursing instructor team, including Kelly Day and Jessica Webster. The presentation was titled “Beyond the BUBBLE: An Innovative Evidence-Informed Approach to Teaching
The UNB Faculty of Nursing continues to host monthly Research Sharing Meetings to learn and discuss ways to advance research impact and productivity via various presentations and speakers.
Fall research sharing meeting speakers included:
OCTOBER 24:
FON & ORS Marketing & Communications Research
Dissemination
NOVEMBER 21:
UNB School of Graduate Studies
Graduate Student Supervision
DECEMBER 12:
UNB Faculty of Nursing
Using AI Assisted Tools for Research
Purdy Crawford Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Vahid Salehi
Postpartum Assessment,” and showcased the series of resources developed to support students’ preparation and learning in clinical practice, including demonstration videos and a hybrid simulation approach.
UNB FACULTY OF NURSING MASTER OF NURSING FALL TERM FORUMS
SEPTEMBER 18:
Searching for Evidence Using Bibliographic Databases, Richelle Witherspoon
MN Student Presentation, Shelley Francis
OCTOBER 23:
AI, Academic Integrity, & and it’s Potential use for Graduate Students, James MacKenzie
MN Student Presentation, Carolyn Baxter
NOVEMBER 20:
Thesis Formatting Guidelines, Tammy Nichol
MN Student Presentation, Taylor Fearon
ALUMNI FOCUS
ALI MCGILL TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE THROUGH SYSTEMS THINKING AND DESIGN
Featured in UNB Alumni News
Ali McGill (BN’02) has returned to UNB as a researcher and assistant professor in the faculty of nursing, and she’s thrilled to be working in a progressive, communitycentred environment. Ali is working at the Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre to study how newcomers are accessing health care in our region and to design a system that works.
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NURSING UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY (NUS)
Whether you’re in Moncton or Fredericton there’s a Nursing Undergraduate Society undergrads can connect with.
