Purposes of Scholarship

Update

To communicate current scholarship initiatives within TWU School

of Nursing

To profile faculty, student, and alumni achievements

To provide information regarding upcoming conferences and funding opportunities.

MARCH 2013 VOLUME 7 ISSUE 1

Scholarship Update

Editors: Lynette Stein &

Dr. Sonya Grypma

By Catherine Hoe Eriksen

Trinity Western University

recently celebrated 50 years

as an institute of higher edu-

cation in British Columbia.

On September 14 & 15, 2012

Trinity Western University

concluded the 50th anniver-

sary year with a weekend of

events for faculty, students,

and alumni.

TWU School of Nursing

joined in the celebrations by

hosting a reception for cur-

rent students, and Nursing

alumni. We were happy to

unveil our recently renovated

space. Thanks to generous

donors and hard work by

Nursing faculty and staff, the

School was transformed in

recent months.

Alumni applauded the renova-

tions, most readily apparent

by new signage, graduating

class pictures, inspirational

quotes, and original artwork

by TWU art major Tara Fuller.

Attendees also toured trans-

formed spaces that include a

research center, seminar

room, offices, and simulation

lab.

Among those who attended

were recent grads, alum from

the first graduation class in

1997 and a founding faculty

member, Dr. Bev Robson.

It was wonderful to hear

news of Nursing graduates’

diverse professional roles, and

achievements. What a

breadth of professional exper-

tise, and reports of vibrant

nursing careers was shared.

Indeed, TWU Nursing has

much to celebrate among its

accomplished graduates.

For more information about

TWU Alumni or to register

with the Alumni Association,

please visit twu.ca/alumni

Inside this issue:

Nursing Alumni Help Celebrate TWU’s 50th!

(L to R): Kathleen Lounsbury (MSN student and RA), Dr. Landa

Terblanche, Dean of Nursing, and Professor Catherine Hoe Eriksen

Nursing Professors Heather

Meyerhoff & Sonya Grypma

TWU Nursing Students & Alumni

Dr. Sonya Grypma, Dr. Bev Robson

& Dr. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

Dean’s Update/CFI

Conference

2

MSN Convocation 3

CNF Award/Sawatsky

Travels

4

Networking Café/

Religion in the Public

Sphere

5

CRNBC Student Rep

Program

6

GNLI Conference/

Ethel John’s forum

7

CEGE Launch/

Student Success

8

CCGH/Grypma re-

cent publication

9

Nursing Alumni give

back

10

KT Project 11

Faculty Updates 12

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Dean’s Corner

By Dr. Landa Terblanche

Perhaps one of the most difficult

leadership skills is to listen. Listening to content may be relatively easy if

one can stay open to differences in perception and interpretation. Lis-

tening to process becomes more

difficult because it involves listening to a changing context and staying

with the others’ experience. Listen-ing to dynamics is probably the most

complex because it involves behav-iour below the surface of conscious-

ness.

In my roles over the past six years

as Chair of the Nursing Department and then Dean of the new School of

Nursing, I have tried to listen to the

systems around me. This includes the people, colleagues, students, the

university, the nursing fraternity, and the profession.

I realised that it was a good decision to establish the TWU School of

Nursing in 2009. It was done at the

right time, based on sound principles,

inclusive of good judgement and au-thority, including the right people in

appropriate roles and being clear about the vision and mission of both

the university and the School of Nurs-

ing. I feel so blessed to be able to work along my colleagues, staff

members, and the students and can truly say “This is the Lord’s program”.

I realise that leadership is also about

listening to the self – perhaps the

most difficult of all kinds of listening. This implies being in touch with your

own needs and what you want for the system – colleagues, students,

the profession, and the university. In

listening to myself I realised that, although changes are not always

easy, they are sometimes necessary.

During the past year I have been listening to the content, context, and

below the surface behaviour in the

system as well as in myself. I have decided to end my term as the Dean

of the School of Nursing. Therefore, this will be my last contribution to

the Scholarship Update newsletter

as the Dean.

As of May 16, Dr. Sonya Grypma will be taking up the role as Dean

of the School of Nursing. I wish her and the School only the best. I be-

lieve that the School will grow to

even higher levels of excellence under her leadership.

Nurses Christian Fellowship International Conference—Chile

By Deborah Gibson

In November 2012 TWU

nursing professors Dar-

lane Pankratz, Deborah

Gibson, and Heather

Meyerhoff joined 300

nurses from over 20 coun-

tries to attend the Nurses

Christian Fellowship Inter-

national Quadrennial Con-

ference in Santiago, Chile.

TWU professors Meyerhoff,

Pankratz, and Gibson

presented a paper entitled

Care for Widows: A wid-

ow’s tea and teaching.

Deborah Gibson also presented

a paper called Spiritual Care

and Postnatal depression: Lift-

ing the veil of darkness.

A conference highlight was

Keynote speaker Dr. Patricia

Benner, who opened the con-

ference with a scholarly look at

the Biblical ideal of the

“compassionate stranger” ex-

emplified in the parable of the

Good Samaritan.

For more information about

NCFI please visit ncfi.org

Darlane Pankratz, Deborah Gibson & Heather Meyerhoff

representing Canada at NCFI Conference, Chile.

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Master of Science in Nursing Convocation 2012

SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE MARCH 2013

On November 3, 2012 TWU celebrated the success of seven graduate students who completed their Master of Sci-

ence in Nursing (MSN) program. We warmly congratulate Barbara Boakye-Yiadom (Calgary, AB), Bonnie Braun

(Grande Prairie, AB), Caroline Burgess (Richmond, BC), Elizabeth Dada (Lethbridge, AB), Laura Jablonski

(Winnipeg, MB), Kyla Janzen (Calgary, AB), and Marilyn Morson (Mississauga, ON).

For the second year running, a School of Nursing MSN graduate was chosen to give the graduating student

address. Congratulations to Caroline Burgess for this honour! Caroline Burgess was also the recipient of the 2012

MSN Outstanding Graduate Award.

As part of the MSN graduation celebration, graduates, their families, and TWU faculty members gathered together

the evening before Convocation for a reception at the Marlee Snider Collegium.

Abstracts from the completed Capstone Projects can be found at twu.ca/graduate/master-of-science-in-nursing

Faculty and Graduates in Attendance:

(L to R) Dr. Sonya Grypma, Dr. Barbara Astle, Caroline Burgess, Kyla Janzen, Barbara Boakye-

Yiadom, Elizabeth Dada, Marilyn Morson, Dr. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Dr. Landa Terblanche

MSN Graduates 2012:

Back: Elizabeth Dada, Barbara Boakye-Yiadom Front: Caroline Burgess, Kyla Janzen, Marilyn Morson

Missing: Bonnie Braun, Laura Jablonski

MSN Graduate Elizabeth Dada and

her daughter Sarah, celebrating at

the Marlee Snider Collegium.

Awaiting Graduation Ceremony

Marilyn Morson, Kyla Janzen,

Elizabeth Dada, and

Barbara Boakye-Yiadom

2012 MSN Outstanding Graduate

Award Recipient Caroline Burgess

(centre) with her MSN thesis

supervisors Dr. Sheryl Reimer-

Kirkham and Dr. Barbara Astle.

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MSN Student Recipient of the Prestigious

Canadian Nurses Foundation Award

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By Dr. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

Congratulations to Monica Friesen

who received the Canadian Nurses

Foundation Military Nurses Associa-

tion Award, founded by Col. Agnes

Campbell Neill. The Canadian Nurses

Foundation (CNF) supports world-

class Canadian health care by raising

funds to advance nursing knowledge

and research, and by recognizing

professional merit in Canada’s nurs-

es. The CNF improves the delivery

of health care by awarding scholar-

ships to promising nursing students,

and nurses at all educational levels,

and by funding nurse-led research

that enhances the quality, and effica-

cy of patient care.

Monica is a Patient Care Manager for

the in-patient medical/surgical unit

and the obstetrics program at the

Milton Hospital for Halton Healthcare,

a tri-site organization west of Toronto.

Her capstone project (supervised by

Dr. Barbara Astle and Dr. Sonia Udod)

focuses on building leadership capaci-

ty for point-of-care nurses who work

‘in charge’. Monica says that “the

academic experiences and learning

provided in this masters’ program

build on my past experiences and bet-

ter prepare me for healthcare issues

of the future leader. Through deeper

development of critical inquiry, a

greater understanding of the philo-

sophical foundations in healthcare,

and the discipline of nursing, I have

gained the tools necessary to fulfill my

academic and career goals. Work

place experiences with other profes-

sional practice leaders and interdisci-

plinary healthcare colleagues while

examining trends related to practice

and management of clinical pro-

gramming have provided me the

desire to play a larger leadership

role in healthcare”.

Collaborations and Presentations in Sweden and Hungary

Dr. Rick

Sawatzky travelled to

Europe in October and

November to

present his research on

the analysis of response shift

in patient reported outcomes measurement.

First, Dr. Sawatzky visited Budapest,

Hungary, where he attended the International Society for Quality of

Life Research's 19th annual confer-ence. He gave two presentations that

focus on how individuals, interpreta-

tions of questions used for the assessment of their health could

change over time in response to a

significant health event. For example,

the meaning of a person’s rating of pain may change after having lived

with chronic pain for a prolonged period of time. That is, a score of “3”

on the pain scale from “0” to “10”

may not mean the same thing after having lived with chronic pain for

some time. The phenomenon is known as response shift. Sawatzky’s

research focuses on identifying and accommodating response shift when

people provide ratings of their own

health status.

Dr. Sawatzky then visited the faculty

of health sciences at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where he is

part of research initiative with Dr. Öhlen that focuses on Person cen-tred communication and information for colorectal cancer patients.

While in Gothenburg, Dr. Sawatzky

offered a seminar on “The Use of Latent Class Analysis for Re-

sponse Shift Detection” at the Centre for Patient-Centred Care. He

also visited the Palliative Research

Centre at Ersta Sköndal University College in

Stockholm, where he was

an invited speaker at a

discussion

forum titled, "Spirituality, religi-osity and the existential -

What’s the difference?"

By Dr. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

On February 7th

the TWU School of

Nursing featured

nurse leader

Jocelyn Reimer-

Kent as guest

speaker at the

TWU Nursing

Networking Café. The aim of the

Nursing Networking Café series, now

in its fourth season, is to provide a

venue for nurses to dialogue about

issues important to day-to-day nurs-

ing practice. Thirty nurses, gradu-

ate, and 4th year nursing students

gathered to discuss nursing leader-

ship and advanced practice nursing,

focusing specifically on the Clinical

Nurse Specialist Role. Jocelyn, herself

a CNS for the cardiac program at the

Royal Columbian Hospital, is a recent

recipient of the Canadian Nurses As-

sociation’s prestigious Order of Merit

in Clinical Nursing Practice. Her most

notable contribution to healthcare has

been the creation of the Reimer-Kent

Postoperative Wellness Model, a

model architected to optimize and

enhance rapid surgical recovery and

which has had a dramatic positive

benefit to patients and the healthcare

system. Jocelyn is also the National

President for the Canadian Council of

Cardiovascular Nurses, and has just

been elected as a director to the

board of the Canadian Nurses Associ-

ation. At the Café, Jocelyn spoke

about the role of the CNS is providing

vision and leadership at a systems

level to improve patient outcomes.

Café participants enjoyed hearing

from each other in small groups about

how nurses in advanced practice roles

can influence professional practice.

Please watch for announcements for

future Networking Cafés!

Another Successful TWU Nursing Networking Café

PAGE 5 SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE MARCH 2013

Dr. Sheryl-Reimer Kirkham: “Care of Souls and the Soul of Care”

The Canadian

healthcare sys-

tem—with Tommy

Douglas, politician

and Baptist minis-

ter as its hero—

has roots in social

movements at

once religious and

political. Many of

Canada’s earliest

hospitals and medical schools were

founded by Christian and Jewish organ-

izations and religious groups were

strong supporters of what eventually

became the Canada Health Act. But can

we say that a religious ethic of care of

one’s neighbour continues to inform a

commitment to publicly-funded

healthcare in Canada? Has religion

made a difference in the success or

failure of the implementation of public-

ly-funded healthcare systems? Do pub-

licly-funded healthcare systems re-

spond effectively to the challenges that

religious diversity poses for biomedical

healthcare? These questions were the

focus of the Public Forum “Care of

Souls and the Soul of Care” sponsored

by University of Toronto’s Religion in

the Public Sphere project (Lead: Dr.

Pamela Klassen) September 27 & 28,

2012. Dr. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

was one of the panelists for this forum

and a guest at a follow-up workshop

the next day, along with Dr. Gary Ro-

din (University of Toronto), Dr. Paul

Bramadat (University of Victoria), An-

drea Lennox (Registered Midwife, On-

tario Midwifery Program), Michael Ab-

durRashid Taylor (Toronto), and Rachel

Olson (University of Sussex).

Reimer-Kirkham was also honoured as

the Myrtle Crawford Memorial Lecturer at

the University of Saskatchewan Novem-

ber 26 & 27, 2012 where she presented,

and consulted with nursing faculty and

students. Her lectures were entitled:

“How critical is critical inquiry?

Philosophic and pragmatic considerations

for the integration of critical perspectives

into nursing research, education and

practice”; Integrated knowledge

translation:

Exemplars from a pal-

liative approach initia-

tive”; and “Sacred

spaces in public

places: The negotia-

tion of religious,

spiritual, and cultural

plurality in health

care”.

PAGE 6

CRNBC Student Representative Program in the School of Nursing

By Dr. Barbara Astle

The CRNBC Student

Representative Program

(SRP) has been very

active this past year in

the School of Nursing.

Rekha Singh is the new

Nursing Practice Advisor

and Dr. Barbara Astle is

the CRNBC Faculty, and

Student facilitator.

The primary purpose of

the CRNBC Representa-

tive Program is to assist

nursing students with

developing professional

leadership skills as well

as providing networking opportuni-

ties throughout their nursing pro-

gram. The students meet approxi-

mately every month to discuss vari-

ous clinical situations and then use

the CRNBC Professional Standards

of Practice to guide them with de-

termining what action they might

take as nursing students.

On January 22nd, 2013, the TWU

CRNBC Rep program hosted an ESN

Drop-in Session for the TWU, and

Kwantlen University students.

Shelley Ardal (CRNBC Registration)

gave a presentation about the

registration process, and deadlines,

Lenica Godin (4th year student)

spoke about her experiences as an

ESN, and Rekha Singh (CRNBC

Nursing Practice Advisor) spoke

about the practice standards. This

was followed by a question and

answer session.

In the past few months, the CRNBC

Fraser Valley Student

Representatives (Trinity

Western University, Uni-

versity of the Fraser

Valley, and Kwantlen

University) have part-

nered together to host

the Spring “Lower

Mainland Nursing

Student Networking

Night”, April 11, 2013,

1800-2030 hours at

Trinity Western Univer-

sity. The theme of the

event is “Collaborative

Practice – Understand-

ing RN/LPN Scope of

Practice. This will be a great oppor-

tunity for our students to network

with CRNBC student representatives

and other nursing students across

the Lower Mainland. The guest

speakers include Bev Gordi from the

College of Licensed Practical Nurses

of BC, Laurel Wichmann from

CRNBC, Anita Dickson, and Maneet

Samra from Fraser Health Profes-

sional Practice, and Integration Of-

fice.

SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE MARCH 2013

Hot off the Press! TWU Professor Editor of Popular Textbook

Elsevier Canada ®

New copies of the latest edition of

the Canadian Fundamentals of Nurs-

ing (5th ed.) have just started to

arrive at the TWU School of Nurs-

ing. And this year we have special

reason to celebrate its arrival: Dr.

Barbara Astle has taken a lead role

in this particular edition. Although

Dr. Astle has been both an author

and section editor of previous edi-

tions of this best-selling textbook,

in this edition she was lead editor.

Building on the tradition of excel-

lence laid down by renowned nurs-

ing scholars Dr. Janet Ross Kerr

and Dr. Marilyn Wood (University of

Alberta), Dr. Astle and Dr. Wendy

Duggleby (U of A) worked with

over sixty authors from across the

country to provide a thoroughly

updated, student friendly textbook

used in nursing programs across

Canada—including TWU.

Congratulations Dr. Astle!

(L to R): Danica Friesen, Andrea Watson, Rachel Porter,

Kayla Busby & Emily Welsh

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ICN-Burdett Global Nursing Leadership Institute, Geneva

This past September 2012, Dr. Bar-

bara Astle joined thirty participants

from around the world including

presidents, and officers of national

nursing organizations, chief nursing

officers, deans, and professors, di-

rectors of nursing, and representa-

tives from other service, and regula-

tory areas who met to focus on the

theme “Increasing Access and Equity

through Leadership - taking action

on Non-Communicable Diseases

(NCDs) and the Millennium Develop-

ment Goals (MDGs)”. The week long

intensive study allowed the partici-

pants to enrich their knowledge of

global health care, engage in peer

learning, and development, and hone

strategic skills. The importance for

nursing to understand the societal

and economic influence that NCDs

are having on global scale and the

progress made relative to MDGs is

far-reaching as 2015 draws near.

In 2009, the Global Nursing Leader-

ship Institute (GNLI) was established

to provide an advanced leadership

program for nurses and/or midwives

at senior level, and executive posi-

tions in developing and developed

countries. The program provides an

opportunity for participants to

enhance their national, and global

leadership knowledge, and skills,

while engaging with expert interna-

tional faculty. The program is facili-

tated by Dr. Stephanie Ferguson,

Associate Professor, and Director of

the Community Nursing Organization

at Virginia Commonwealth University,

USA, and Director of the ICN Leader-

ship for Change program.

18th Annual Ethel John’s Nursing Research Forum

By Dr. Barbara Astle

On February 2, 2013, six 3rd & two

4th year nursing students accompa-

nied their professors, Dr. Barbara

Astle, & Dr. Landa Terblanche to

the 18th Annual Ethel John’s Nursing

Research Forum in Vancouver. This

year’s theme was “Mind the Gap -

Continuity of Care: The Role of Nurs-

ing and the Interdisciplinary Team”.

These students had the opportunity

to listen to some excellent presenta-

tions from nurse researchers, clinical

nurse specialists & other nursing

students presenting their research.

Below are comments of how

attending this nursing research

forum impacted these students.

“Attending the Ethel Johns Research

Forum was an amazing opportunity to

see how the current work of nurse re-

searchers is influencing clinical practice. I

also found it inspiring to see other nurs-

ing students presenting on their own

studies that were carried out by applying

the same tools and methods we are cur-

rently learning about in class.”

Jillian McDonald (3rd year)

“It was inspiring to hear the heart, per-

son and passion behind the research

which is working to make a difference in

our health care system.”

Emily Welsh (3rd year)

“This is my second time attending the

Ethel John’s Research Forum … to see

nursing at the forefront of research is

truly exciting. Nurses are making a dif-

ference in healthcare & to know that I

get to be a part of it brings a sense of

pride to my practice and drives me to be

current with evidenced based practice."

Robert Spaulding (4th year)

“Attending the Ethel John's Research

Forum really opened my eyes to the

'behind the scenes' work that affects the

nursing care we practice each day. It

was exciting to see people, young and

old, with a passion for exploring how we

can keep improving the nursing we do!”

Mary Kutyn (3rd year)

“I really enjoyed attending this research

forum as it expanded my horizons into

another aspect of nursing. It is really

encouraging to see professionals thinking

outside the norm to improve & advance

our health care system.”

Graeme Rosenfeld (3rd year)

"It was great to see what we were learn-

ing in class put into practice; particularly

by some other nursing students who

presented a research study. The experi-

ence helped make the concept of doing

research seem less intimidating."

Naomi Oleksuik (3rd year)

“I was delighted & honoured to attend

this research day and volunteer at this

event for TWU.”

Anna Douglas (3rd year)

Dr. Barbara Astle in

Geneva, Switzerland

Back: Stacy Johnson, Dr. Landa Terblanche,

Robert Spaulding, Naomi Oleksuik, Jillian

McDonald, Graeme Rosenfeld

Front: Anna Douglas, Mary Kutyn, Emily

Welsh, Dr. Barbara Astle

PAGE 8

Envisioned as a Centre for Interdiscipli-

nary knowledge development and ex-

change, CEGE will foster interdisciplinary

dialogue, research, and collaboration

among academics (scholars, and educa-

tors), and between academics, and pro-

fessionals (practitioners, and ministry

leaders) whose interests lie in advancing

equity, and global engagement in areas

such as health, education, ministry, and

community development, coalescing

around a vision of human flourishing for

individuals, and communities.

This year the Centre is focused on

working with Founding Scholars

to define and refine its strategic

plan, via three TWU events. On

October 18, 2012 there was a

kick-off event, a CEGE Founding

Scholars Consultation” where-

by participants shared how their

scholarship might articulate with

the Centre’s purpose. The second

event, CEGE Founding Schol-

ars’ Workshop was held on Jan-

uary 31, 2013, whereby participants

discussed how the concepts of

“equity and global engagement” are

taken up in their respective disci-

plines/fields and in one’s own work

(scholarship/praxis). The Centre will

host its final event for this academic

year, the CEGE Founding Scholars

Spring Luncheon, on April 24,

2013 where participants will deter-

mine future directions and make

plans for its official, public launch.

By Dr. Barbara Astle

In the fall, the newly formed “TWU

Centre for Equity and Global Engage-

ment” (CEGE) was launched. The

Centre is comprised of an Executive

Team, Director, Dr. Barbara Astle,

three Co-Directors, Dr. Sonya Gryp-

ma, Dr. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

(Nursing), and Dr. Robynne Healey

(History), as well as thirteen found-

ing scholars from various disciplines

across the university.

New TWU Centre for Equity and Global Engagement

VOLUME 7 ISSUE 1

Kirsten Gibson

Second year Nursing student Kirsten Gibson was the

recipient of a bursary from the Registered Nurses Foun-dation of BC. She spoke at the RNFBC Gala in October

2012. To read more about this exciting event click here.

Gateway of Hope Sock Drive

Fourth year Nursing students, Hannah Wilson, Brittany

Stewart, Micaela Jakeman and Alana Klassen orga-

nized a successful December, 2012 ‘Sock Drive’ for the

Salvation Army Gateway of Hope, Langley.

TWU Nursing Students in the News

PAGE 9 SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE MARCH 2013

Dr. Barbara Astle & Grace Wilson,

Parliament Hill, Ottawa

China Interrupted: New Book by Dr. Sonya Grypma

Wilfrid Laurier University Press

In her second book about

Canadian missionary nurs-es in China, TWU profes-

sor Sonya Grypma delves into the story of Canadian

missionaries and their Chi-

na-born children (mishkids), whose richly

interwoven lives and mis-sion were irreversibly al-

tered by their internment

as “enemy aliens” of Japan from 1941 to 1945.

Over three hundred Cana-

dians were among the 13,000 civilians interned by the Japanese in China. China Interrupted explores the expe-

riences of a small community of Canadian missionaries who worked in Japanese-occupied China and were pro-

foundly affected by Canada’s entry into the Pacific war.

It critically examines the fading years of the missionary movement, beginning with the perspective of Betty Gale

and other mishkid nurses.

Their childhood socialization in China, their decision to

return during wartime, and stay in occupied regions against consular advice, and their response to four years

of internment reflect the resilience, fragility, and eventual demise of the China missions as a whole.

China Interrupted provides insight into the many ways in which health care efforts in wartime China were born of

the tight-knit missionary community that had been estab-lished there decades earlier. Urging readers past a thesis

of missions as tools of imperialism, it offers a more nu-

anced way of thinking about the relationships among peo-ple, institutions, and nations during one of the most im-

portant intercultural experiments in Canada’s history.

Reference:

Grypma, S. (2012) China Interrupted: Japanese Internment and the Re-shaping of a Canadian Missionary Community. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 305 pages.

Available in hardcover and as an ebook.

The 19th Canadian Conference on Global Health, hosted

by the Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH)

was held in Ottawa, October 21- 23, 2012 with the

theme “Global Health in the Shifting World Economy”.

This Canadian Conference is the only annual conference

in Canada that focuses on global health and develop-

ment. Dr. Barbara Astle was accompanied by Grace

Wilson (TWU, BSN Graduate 2012). Former Chair of

CSIH, Dr. Astle was part of a panel of speakers address-

ing “How to launch your career in Global Health”. She is

also a mentor to Grace Wilson as part of the CSIH Men-

tornet program. The goal of the Mentornet program is to

partner with students and young professionals (SYP) so

that they can have an opportunity to create relationships

and connections with leaders in the field of global health

as they launch their careers. For the mentor – it is an

opportunity to develop the next generation of globally

minded citizens to discuss some of the myriad of global

health challenges, such as Non-Communicable Diseases

(NCDs), the Millenni-

um Development

Goals (MDGs), capac-

ity building, and sus-

tainable develop-

ment, and indigenous

health. The next Ca-

nadian Conference on

Global Health will be

October 27 -29, 2013

in Ottawa, with the

theme “Global

Health in 2013:

Are we having an

Impact?”.

Canadian Conference on Global Health October 2012 - Ottawa

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TWU Nursing Alumni Give Back

Karen Larochelle

graduated from TWU Nursing in

2004. She completed her BCIT peri-

natal Specialty certification in June

2009 & her Masters of Science in

Nursing at UBC Okanagan in Sep-

tember 2012. Since BSN graduation

she has worked both in hospital &

community agency centers in Medi-

cal, Palliative & Perinatal settings.

Mixed in among this were months

living aboard sailing vessels in the

SALTS program (Sail and Life Train-

ing Society) as they traversed local

waters such as the Gulf Islands but

also to International Seas. Karen

served as a Medical Officer to those

on the ship & was also responsible

for education, treatment & health

promotion in local & international

communities. We appreciate Karen’s

clinical supervising skills in N252 &

N245.

Denise McFarland

graduated from TWU Nursing in

2006. She worked in Medical and

Surgical areas in a couple of Fraser

Health hospitals before transitioning

to Perinatal Nursing. Denise com-

pleted her BCIT perinatal certifica-

tion in 2008 before moving to Ontar-

io to complete her Masters of Sci-

ence in Nursing (York University,

2010) followed by working in an ed-

ucator role in a large Ontario tertiary

center at McMaster Health Sciences.

TWU Nursing is grateful that life

brought Denise back to the Fraser

Valley and this is her second year as

a clinical supervisor in Nursing 252

(also N245 in Fall semesters).

Linda Peterson

graduated from TWU Nursing in

2004. Since graduation Linda has

worked full-time at Langley Memori-

al Hospital perinatal unit. She com-

pleted the BCIT Perinatal certifica-

tion in 2005 and Neonatal Intensive

Care (NICU) certification in 2008

and happily proclaims to all that she

“loves her job”. TWU Nursing is

grateful that Linda Peterson has

been a N252 clinical supervisor for

the past four Spring semesters.

Maternity Nursing Clinical Supervisors (from left) Linda Peterson, Karen Larochelle & Denise McFarland

By Catherine Hoe Eriksen

TWU School of Nursing is grateful

that many of our “favorite people”

just love to keep coming back. In

the TWU School of Nursing

undergraduate program we

appreciate that there are

Nursing alumni who follow

their BSN graduation with

employment to establish

their professional nursing

practice and further studies

to attain graduate education

(eg. Nurse Practitioner,

Midwifery or Masters in

Nursing programs), and

specialty Nursing certifica-

tions. We love that these

alumni then “come back” to

TWU as clinical supervisors in our

undergraduate nursing program.

Their return is a perfect fit – our cur-

rent nursing students are inspired to

see such excellence represented in

their clinical supervisors who they

know “walked so recently in their

shoes”. And TWU alumni clinical

supervisors know the

School of Nursing philoso-

phy, our school’s expecta-

tion for excellence and

they have a heart for the

current students’ experi-

ence.

In the article below we

feature three TWU Nursing

alumni who are serving as

clinical supervisors in

Nursing 252: Care of

the Childbearing

Family in Spring 2013.

Contribute to TWU’s Nursing Alumni Endowed Scholarship Fund

Trinity Western University Nursing program is known

for its unique, faith based education – not duplicated

in Canada. Since 1997 TWU Nursing graduates have

earned a reputation for excellence in practice. In the

midst of a nursing shortage, there are excellent

applicants eager to enroll at TWU Nursing but are unable to do so for financial reasons. Employers

and clients of TWU Nursing graduates speak to the critical difference they identify between TWU

Nursing graduates and other nurses in practice.

TWU Nursing Faculty invite you to join them in contributing to the

Nursing Alumni Endowed Scholarship.

Your donations to the Nursing Alumni Endowed Scholarship are vital to our ability to attract and

retain the strongest students who will graduate as professional nurses serving as Godly Christian

leaders in their workplaces.

One time or scheduled ongoing donations (cheques or credit card) are welcome. Donors to the

Nursing Alumni Endowed Scholarship will be issued receipts for tax purposes.

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By Dr. Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

Together with project co-leads Dr.

Gweneth Doane (University of Victo-

ria), Elisabeth Antifeau (Interior

Health Authority), and co-investigators

Dr. Kelli Stajduhar (University of Victo-

ria), Pat Porterfield (formerly Vancou-

ver Coastal), Nicole Wikyard

(Vancouver Coastal), Della Roberts

(Fraser Health), and Dr. Barbara

Pesut (University of British Columbia

Okanagan), Dr. Sheryl Reimer-

Kirkham is leading a research project

funded by the Michael Smith Founda-

tion for Health Research to examine

how to facilitate the uptake of re-

search into clinical practice. The re-

search demonstration project will de-

velop, test, and refine a model of col-

laborative integrated knowledge

translation and in the process, will

develop knowledge that will enable

early identification of patients with

advancing chronic life-limiting illness

who could benefit from a palliative

approach. And, who better to in-

form this model but nurses at the

point of care? The project

knowledge broker, Elizabeth

Causton, is engaging several nurses

as clinical co-researchers to answer

important questions pertaining to

nursing practice, including (pictured

from left to right): Erin Fearn, a

staff nurse working in acute medi-

cine at Vancouver General Hospital;

Dacia Reid, Clinical Nurse Educator,

and Gloria Real, Clinical Nurse Lead-

er from Aberdeen Hospital

(longterm care facility) in Victoria;

and Rowelyn Lambatin, Acting Pa-

tient Care Coordinator, and Alicia

Ortega, staff nurse, at Burnaby Gen-

eral Hospital. Using action research

methodology, these nurse co-

researchers are fostering a palliative

approach at each site in a way that

“fits” with the unit.

Knowledge Translation

Project Team Members

Knowledge Translation Project

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Recent Presentations & Accepted Abstracts

Astle, B., Grypma, S., & Reimer-Kirkham, S. (May 2012). What’s Faith got to do with it?” Historical and Contem-

porary Perspectives on Global Health, Missions and Nursing. Concurrent paper, Faith & Nursing Symposium, Trinity

Western University, Langley, B.C.

Astle, B. (October 21, 2012). How to Launch Your Career in Global Health. Concurrent Session: 19th Annual Canadian

Conference on Global Health, Ottawa, ON.

Burgess, C. (Feb, 2013). Understanding Motivation: Why do Undergraduate Nurses seek out International Clinical Placements? Western and Northern Region of Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, Edmonton, Alberta.

Burgess, C., Reimer-Kirkham, S., & Astle, B. (May 10, 2013 - accepted). Understanding motivation: Why do under graduate nurses seek out international clinical placements. University of Victoria School of Nursing Biennial Re-

search Conference Victoria, BC.

Gadermann, A. M., Sawatzky, R., Palepu, A., Hubley, A. M., Zumbo, B.D., Aubry, T., & Hwang S. (2012).Examining response shift and true change in self-reported physical and mental health status in homeless and vulnerably housed individuals. Quality of Life Research, 21 (suppl. 1), 33-34. The 2012 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting, Budapest, Hungary, October 24-27, 2012.

Gibson, D. (2012, November). Spiritual Care & Postnatal Depression: Lifting the veil of darkness. Nurses Christian Fel-

lowship International, Quadrennial International Conference - “Partners in Care: Unity in diversity through Christ”, November 5 – 10th, Santiago, Chile.

Gibson, D., & Astle, B. (May 2012). What are the Ethical Implications of the Integration of Religion and Spirituality into Nursing Curricula? Concurrent paper, Faith & Nursing Symposium, Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C.

Grypma, S. (May 2012). Angels of Mercy? Religion, History and Nursing Identity, Faith & Nursing Symposium, Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C.

Grypma, S., Astle, B., Reimer-Kirkham, S., & Healey, R. (August, 2012). Cedar Springs, WA. “Don’t ask, don’t tell: Critical questions about global health & missions – historical & contemporary perspectives. TWU Annual Faculty

Retreat.

Grypma, S. (June, 2012) Jerusalem, Israel. Historians without borders: Transnational nursing history as an educational tool for a globalized profession. International Nursing Conference: Nursing: Caring to know, knowing to care. School of Nursing, Henrietta Szold Hadassah Hebrew University.

Grypma, S. & Zhen, C. (June, 2012). Beijing, PR China: Development of nursing in China. Medical transitions in 20th century China. China Medical Board Workshop, (Invited; presented in English & Chinese).

Grypma, S. (June, 2012). Langley, BC. Historically-informed nursing: The joy of attics and archives. Fraser Health Annual Research Week, Pecha Kucha event.

Hoe Eriksen, C. (October 2012) Responding to the Challenge of the Internet as Breastfeeding educator: Evidence based Information to promote safe use of 3 Herbal Galactogogues. Poster Presentation, Champions For Change:

Nurses Driving Change for Normal Birth, BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Human, S., Richter, S., Caine, V., Botha, A., Astle, B., Kohlen, H and Global homelessness research group: Dr. R Enns,

Dr. M Greeff, Dr. K. Kovacs Burn, Mr. Leon Roets, Mrs. R. S. Mogale, Dr. L. Monareng, Dr. H. Strydom., Ms. J.

MacClellan-Peters. (May 18-23, 2013 - accepted). An international inquiry into the meaning of homelessness.

International Council of Nurses (ICN) Conference. Melbourne, Australia.

Janzen, K., Astle, B. & Reimer-Kirkham, S. (May 10, 2013 - accepted). Extending the Spirit: A qualitative secondary

analysis on nurses’ perspectives on spirituality. University of Victoria School of Nursing Biennial Research

Conference. Victoria, B.C.

Lee, J., Kazanjian, A., Gotay, C., Sawatzky, R. (April, 2013). Lessons from a cross-cultural study of cancer and the family: Issues and challenges in conceptualization and measurement. Canadian Association of Psycho-social Oncology.

Lee, J., Kazanjian, A., Gotay, C., Sawatzky, R. (May, 2013). Cross-cultural research in supportive cancer care: challenges in conceptualization and measurement. Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Re-

search.

Lee, J., Kazanjian, A., Gotay, C., Sawatzky, R. (May 2013). Research in supportive cancer care for culturally di-verse populations: Issues in conceptualization and measurement. Applied Research in Cancer Control.

Lix, L., Sajobi, T., Sawatzky, R., Liu, J., Mayo, N. (2012). Detecting Response Shift in a Longitudinal Study of Stroke Caregivers. Quality of Life Research, 21(suppl. 1), 34. The 2012 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting, Budapest, Hungary, October 24-27, 2012.

McNamara, M., Fealy, G., & Astle, B., & Pocknall, H. (May 18 - 23, 2013 - accepted). Improving access and equity

In healthcare: The implications for leadership development strategies. ICN Conference Melbourne, Australia.

Pankratz, D., Meyerhoff, H., & Gibson, D. (2012, November). A Widows’ Tea and Teaching. Nurses Christian

Fellowship International, Quadrennial International Conference – “Partners in Care: Unity in diversity

through Christ”, November 5-10, 2012, Santiago, Chile.

Pesut, B., McLeod, B., Stajduhar, K., Sawatzky, R., Erbacker, L. Best practices for educating healthcare providers in palliative care: A scoping review. Theme paper Networking for Education in Healthcare, September 5,

2012, Cambridge, UK.

Pijl-Zieber, E., Grypma, S. & Barton, S. (March, 2013). Edmonton, AB. Nursing education: Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, or cruising into our golden years? A Retrospective. Western & North-Western Region, Cana-dian Association of Schools of Nursing.

Reimer-Kirkham, S. (March 28, 2013). Crossing the threshold: Negotiating religious plurality in home health. Invited panelist for Let’s talk! Interprofessional dialogue at the intersections of religion, diversity, and

healthcare. Public Panel, University of Ottawa.

Reimer-Kirkham, S. (March 27, 2013). Researching religion: Health care as laboratory. Workshop, Religion and

Diversity Project, University of Ottawa.

Reimer-Kirkham, S. (November 27, 2012). Sacred spaces in public places: Religious accommodation in healthcare. Invited Lectureship. College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan.

Reimer-Kirkham, S. (November 26, 2012). Integrated knowledge translation: Exemplars from a palliative ap-proach initiative. Invited Lectureship. College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan.

Reimer-Kirkham, S. (November 26, 2012). How critical is critical inquiry? Philosophic and pragmatic considera-tions in nursing research, education, and practice. Invited Lectureship. College of Nursing, University of Sas-katchewan.

Reimer-Kirkham, S. (September, 2012). Care of souls and the soul of care: Religious diversity and publically funded healthcare. Forum and Workshop, University of Toronto.

Sawatzky, R. & Roberts, D. (January, 2013). Integration of a palliative approach in hospital, residential and homecare nursing: Results of a province-wide survey. Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences,

St. Paul’s Hospital.

Sawatzky, R. (October 22, 2012). Measurement and conceptualization of spirituality. The Palliative Research Cen-

tre, Ersta Sköndal University College and Ersta Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Sawatzky, R. (October 30, 2012). How to use latent class analysis for identification of response shift in patient-reported outcome measurement. Centre for Person-Centered Care, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sawatzky, R. (October 1, 2012). Latent Variable Approaches for Response Shift Detection in Patient-Reported Out-comes Measurement. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver.

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Recent Presentations & Accepted Abstracts cont’d

Sawatzky, R., Roberts, D., & Taylor, C. (July 25, 2012). Perspectives of nurses and healthcare workers on a palliative approach for nursing: A provincial survey. Nursing Education and Research Rounds, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Sawatzky, R., Gadermann, A., Ratner, P.A., Zumbo, B.D., & Lix, L. (2012). Identifying individuals with inflammatory bowel disease who experienced response shift: A latent class analysis? Quality of Life Research, 21(suppl. 1),

33. The 2012 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting, Budapest, Hungary, October 24-27,

2012.

Recent Faculty Funding

Ahmed, S. (PI), Bartlett, S.J. (PI), Ratner, P.A. (Co-I), & Sawatzky (Co-I). Developing and Implementing a Patient Reported Outcome Evaluation Platform in Canada: Potential Benefits and Challenges. Canadian Institutes of Health

Research. $23,620.

Recent Faculty Publications (Books)

Fleischmann, E., Grypma, S, Marten, M. & Okkenhaug, I. M. (eds). (2013) Transnational and Historical Perspectives on Global Health, Welfare and Humanitarianism. Norway: Portal Folag.

Grypma, S. (2012). China Interrupted: Japanese Internment and the Reshaping of a Missionary Community. Water-loo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 305 pages.

Potter, P. A., Perry, A., Ross Kerr, J., Wood, M., Astle, B. J., & Duggleby, W. (March, 2013). Canadian Fundamentals

of Nursing (5th ed.). (Canadian Editor), Toronto, ON: Elsevier Canada.

China Interrupted | Healing Henan | Religion, Religious Ethics & Nursing | Canadian Fundamentals

Recent Faculty Publications (Chapters & Articles)

Astle, B. J., Barton, S. S., Johnson, L., & Mill, J. (March, 2013). Chapter 9: Global Health, Culture and Diversity. In

P.A. Potter, A.G. Perry, J. Ross Kerr, M. Wood, B. Astle, and W. Duggleby (Eds). Canadian Fundamentals of

Nursing (5th ed.). Toronto, ON: Elsevier Canada.

Browne, A., & Reimer-Kirkham, S. (in press). Problematizing social justice discourses in nursing. In P.Kagan,

M.Smith, & P.Chinn (eds). Philosophies and practices of emancipatory nursing: Social justice as praxis. Routledge.

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Grypma, S., Wolfs, D., & Reimer-Kirkham, S. (2012). Returning home: Historical influences on home healthcare

in Canada. Home Healthcare Nurse: 30(8)453-460.

Grypma, S. & Wu, N. (2012). China confidential: Methodological and ethical challenges in global nursing historiog-

raphy. Nursing History Review, 20. 162-183.

Haines-Saah, R., Johnson, J.L., Repta, R., Ostry, A., Young, M.L., Sawatzky, R., Shoveller, J.A., Greaves, L., Rat-

ner, P.A. (In press). The privileged normalization of marijuana use: An analysis of Canadian newspaper re-porting. Critical Public Health; Quality of Life Research, Journal of Nursing Education.

Jakubec, S., & Astle, B. J. (March, 2013) Chapter 17: Communication. In P.A. Potter, A.G. Perry, J. Ross Kerr, M.

Wood, B. Astle, and W. Duggleby (Eds). Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing (5th ed.). Toronto, ON:

Elsevier Canada.

Jakubec, S., & Astle, B. (2013). Students connecting critical appraisal to evidence-based practice: A Teaching –

Learning activity for research literacy. Journal of Nursing Education 52(1).

Jakubec, S., & Astle, B. (December 2012). Appraising evidence for everyday research questions. Journal of Nursing Education, 51(12), 719.

Lix, L.M., Tolulope, T., Sawatzky, R., Liu, J., Mayo, N.E., Huang, Y., Graff, L.A., Walker, J.R., Ediger, J., Clara, I.,

Sexton, K., Carr, R., Bernstein, C.N. (in press; accepted May 6, 2012). Relative importance measures for reprioritization response shift. Quality of Life Research.

Reimer-Kirkham, S., Sharma, S., Pesut, B., Sawatzky, R., Meyerhoff, H., & Cochrane, M. (2011). Sacred

spaces in public places: Religious and spiritual plurality in healthcare. Nursing Inquiry; 19(3), 202-212.

Reimer-Kirkham, S. (in press). The intersection of religion and race in the context of health, health inequities and

health services. In W. Cockerham, R. Dingwall, & S. Quah (eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Reimer-Kirkham. S. (in press). Critical refractions: Nursing research on religion and spirituality through a social

justice lens. In P.Kagan, M.Smith, & P.Chinn (eds). Philosophies and practices of emancipatory nursing: Social justice as praxis. Routledge.

Reimer-Kirkham, S., Grypma, S., & Terblanche, L. (2013). Religion and ethics in pluralistic healthcare contexts. (invited) JCN Online Extra E1-E6.

Reimer-Kirkham, S., & Sharma, S. (in press). Faith as social capital: Diasporic women stretching the rules of secularized healthcare services. In G. Bonifacio (ed.) Feminism, migration, and transnational practices in Canada. Canadian Scholars Press.

Pesut, B., Laberge, C., Sawatzky, R., Mallinson, J., Rush, K. (in press; accepted June 1, 2012). Understanding the

landscape: Promoting health for rural individuals after tertiary level cardiac revascularization. Journal of Ru-ral Health.

Pesut, B., Reimer-Kirkham, S., & Sawatzky, R. (2012). Hospitable hospitals in a diverse society: From chaplains to spiritual care practitioner providers. Journal of Religion and Health, 51(3), 825-836.

Ross-Kerr, J.C. & Grypma, S. (2013). The development of nursing in Canada. In Potter, P.A., Perry, A.G., Ross-

Kerr, J.C., Wood, M.J., Astle, B.A., & Duggleby, W. (eds). (2013). Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing (5th ed.) Toronto: Elsevier.

Schwartz, C.E., Ahmed, S., Sawatzky, R., Tolulope, S., Mayo, N., Finkelstein, J., Lix, L., Verdam, M.G.E., Oort, F.J., Sprangers, M.A.G. (in press: accepted Mary 22, 2013). Guidelines for secondary analysis in search of

response shift. Quality of Life Research.

Sharma, S., Reimer-Kirkham, S. & Cochrane, M. (in press). Prayer as transgression: Stories from

healthcare. In G.Giordan & L.Woodhead (eds.) Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion.

Thorne, S., & Sawatzky, R. (in press). Nursing. In A. Michalos (ed.). Encyclopedia of well-being and quality of life.

New York: Springer.

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Recent Faculty Publications (Chapters & Articles) cont’d

Vandenberg, H. & Grypma, S. (2013). In Retrospect: Historical lessons from Japanese home missions. Journal of Christian Nursing, 30(2)[JCN].

Wolfs, D., & Grypma, S. (in press). In Retrospect: Selflessness and nursing. JCN, 30(3).

Wytenbroek, L. & Grypma, S. (2012). In Retrospect: The challenge of international nursing. JCN, 30(1).

The article by Sawatzky et al. (2012) on Stress and Depression in Students: The Mediating Role of Stress Manage-

ment Self-Efficacy is listed as editor‘s pick in the journal Nursing Research. The article is available via the journal‘s

website.

Have you ever wondered about the peer review process? Sawatzky's article was selected for "Open Manuscript Re-

view", which allows you to read the peer reviewers and subsequent revisions prior to publication.

The article by Jakubec, S. & Astle, B. (2013) on Appraising Evidence for Everyday Research Questions was chosen

as “Danielle’s Picks from the Literature” “Nursing Research: Show me the evidence!” at St. Joseph Hospital (Orange,

California) Nursing Research Blog for January 2013.

Dr. John Conway (UBC, History) has written an enthusiastic review of Gypma’s new book: Conway, J. (March, 2013)

Review of Sonya Grypma, China Interrupted. Contemporary Church History Quarterly, 19(1)

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