People

Andrea Bridge

, Andrea Bridge is exploring how children infected with HIV/AIDS and children orphaned due to HIV/AIDS in Fort Portal, Uganda perceive their experiences. Her research findings will be used to enhance the Child Health Nursing curriculum at the School of Nursing, and possibly with Child and Youth Studies and Social Work at Mount Royal.

Andrea Pritchard-Kennedy

, Dr. Andrea Pritchard is a registered nurse who is interested in child health, family-centred care, and collaborative partnerships. Her doctoral research focused on how school-age children understand partnership roles in family-centered care (FCC) of their chronic illness.

Barb Astle

Carolyn Pada

, Drawn to nursing from an early age, Carolyn Pada gained direct acceptance into the University of Alberta's nursing program following high school. After working for almost two decades in mental health--specializing in adolescents and families, and earning her master's degree--she became and Instructor in MRU's School of Nursing in 2007.

Gregg Trueman

, Gregg Trueman's future research plans in tend on examining the relationship between multiple levels of simulation learning and interprofessional collaboration. He has been an instructor for the Nursing department at Mount Royal since 2005.

Heather Russell

Joseph Osuji

, Joseph Osuji has a background of several years of professional nursing experience in different countries and settings, with varied and multicultural clientele, supported with quality education, excellent results, and professional development through seminars, workshops and relevant licensure to practice.

Judy Gleeson

, Judith Gleeson is in the process of finishing her PhD study. This research project aims to clarify the current and emerging impact of health policy on public health nursing practice in England. Judith has been a Nursing instructor at Mount Royal since 2007.

Katrina Plamondon

, Katrina Plamondon "stumbled" into nursing in her undergraduate; earning her BN and working as a nurse before developing a specialization in population health and global health and researching her MA in Nicaragua. Plamondon has being teaching in the School of Nursing at MRU since 2008.

Linda Binding

, RN, PhD

Lisa Semple

, She joined the School of Nursing in 2009. Her interest is in child health and chronic illness. Questions for exploration relate to the impact of early diagnosis on families, parent education needs, and the supportive nursing actions important to families.

Liza Lai Shan Choi

, Can we find the necessary factors for academic success in EAL nursing students?

Marnie Kramer-Kile

Maureen Best

, Maureen's research has focused on Nursing Worklife Satisfaction Meaursement; Development of Obesity Surveillance tools for School Aged Children and Scope of Nursing Practice in Community Health. Current research interests include enablers and barriers to interdisciplinary practice.

Patricia Sayer

Pattie Pryma

, Presently, Pattie Pryma is a tenured faculty member with the School of Nursing. She is working on her PhD in Nursing with a focus on women/interpersonal violence and mental health. Pattie is currently engaged in research with women who have experienced adverse childhood events who have managed to achieve and sustain personal well being. Pattie is a faculty member of the Centre for Child Wellbeing and involved with the Forensic Research Network, both here at Mount Royal.

Sonya Jakubec

, A community mental health nurse in developing and developed countries for five years, Sonya Jakubec's experience spurred her return to academia in pursuit of mental health promotion and advocacy. Instructing in MRU's School of Nursing since 2003, she earned her Masters at the University of Victoria and is finishing a doctorate at the University of Calgary.

Current Projects

• Supporting participation for recreation and nutrition for adults with schizophrenia living in the community

Stephanie Zettel

, Works as a RN in the ER and am also interested in nurses' perceptions of conscious sedation (or procedural sedation) in the ER. She has a rudimentary knowledge of research from her recent MN degree when she interviewed students on their learning experience during a senior surgical practicum. She has also developed a proposal for an innovative reflective tool used in clinical practicums to assess and evaluate a student's critical thinking skills and clinical decision making. Her main research interest is in how students learn both within the classroom and in clinical situations and how they translate this knowledge to make decisions regarding patient care within their own professional practice.

Tracy L. Powell

, Tracy Powell earned her Master's from the University of Calgary and is currently an Assistant Professor for the School of Nursing at Mount Royal. Over the next couple years, Tracy will perform a literature review of oncology courses as well as the current state of patient safety issues in acute care and community settings.