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Nursing Know How - Working with Women to Tackle COVID-19
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Women have been particularly affected by this pandemic and are grappling daily with challenges to their safety and security. These challenges are made worse by poverty, limited housing options, and the tremendous food insecurity that exists.
Cheryl Segaric Awarded Killam Teaching Prize
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Nominated by her students and colleagues in recognition of her outstanding achievement as a teacher, Cheryl Segaric is the recipient of a 2019-2020 UBC Killam Teaching Prize. This coveted prize is usually presented at the Spring Congregation…
Charting a New Course into the online world
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The academic world is still reeling from the mass migration from the lecture hall into the virtual classroom. Whether instructors have previously embraced or shunned it, all are being asked to change to an online delivery format.
NURS 180 Virtual Gallery Walk
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NURS 180 STRESS & STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE WELLBEING finished up with some amazing projects, but nowhere to display them. So here is our Virtual Gallery Walk for the class of 2020.
A Triple Win for Nursing Education
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While we wait for the pandemic to end, we are all creating a new normal. Habits change and new paths open up, and out of necessity, invention thrives. At UBC’s School of Nursing, professors are finding fresh ways to disseminate and acquire knowledge…
Rise to the Occasion
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Nurses are committed to serving all, and to applying a health equity lens in the process of providing care. What does that mean in a pandemic? It means that nurses are obliged to identify those who are the least likely to be well-served by systems…
Jennifer Baumbusch - CIHR Chair (2020-2024)
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Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Sex & Gender Science Chair – Dynamics of Caregiving in an Aging SocietyNegotiating Care and Navigating Health Services: The Experiences of Community-dwelling People Living with Dementia and their…
Staying Well When News is Stressful
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As navigating COVID-19 is certainly unusual – and potentially anxiety-provoking – the SoN Wellbeing Liaisons are sharing a few resources that may be helpful for you or for students, family, and friends:Generally helpful websites:Anxious or…
Healthy, Happy Hearts - Cardiology Research from Dr. Martha Mackay
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Dr. Martha Mackay is a clinical associate professor at the School of Nursing, St. Paul’s Heart Centre and the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences. Dr. Mackay divides her time between clinical and research roles. As the Clinical Nurse…
CIHR Invests in Health Systems and Services Research
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Dr. Fuchsia Howard Leads Research Project to Investigate Unplanned Hospital Readmission Following Critical Illness Survival. The UBC School of Nursing’s Dr. Fuchsia Howard and fellow researcher Gregory Halijan have recently been awarded a grant…