Michelle Carter

MSN, BSN, BSc, RN

Profile

Education

​MSN, University of British Columbia
BSN, University of British Columbia
BSc, University of British Columbia

Area of Research

Current Projects

Implementing a Clinical Tool Kit to Improve Care of Patients on Clozapine in Acute Psychiatry.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funder: Providence Health Care & Vancouver Coastal Health Care Knowledge Translation Challenge 

Exploring Nurses' Experience of Reporting Violence in Acute Psychiatry
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Dr. Emily Jenkins
Funder: Providence Health Care Research Challenge 

Evaluating the Impact of an Integrated Care Pathway on Delivering Early Psychosis Care in Acute Psychiatric Settings
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Dr. Tamara Mihic 

Publications

Carter, M., Vaughan, B., Mihic, T., Kamieniecki, R., Wide, J., Puyat, J., Bonnie, K., & Danielson, J. (2018). Promoting best practice standards: Development of an early psychosis integrated care pathway in a psychiatric inpatient setting. Presented at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference.

Carter, M., Russolillo, A., Puyat, J., Kynaston, G., & Mathias, S. (2018). Tracking violence in acute inpatient psychiatry using an innovative tablet-based application: A proposed strategy for reducing violence. Presented at the University of British Columbia e-Mental Health Conference.

Kamieniecki, R., Vaughn, B., Danielson, J., Bonnie, K., Carter, M., Mihic, T., Williams, S. and Puyat, J. (2017). Characterizing the inpatient care of young adults experiencing early psychosis. European Psychiatry, 41, p. S380.

Mackay, M.H., Ratner, P.A., Nguyen, M., Percy, M., Galdas, P., & Grunau, G. (2014). Inconsistent measurement of acute coronary syndrome patients’ pre-hospital delay in research: A review of the literature. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 13(6), 483-493.

Young, Q., Nguyen, M., Roth, S., Broadberry, & Mackay, M.H. (2014). Single-item measures for depression and anxiety: Validation of the Screening Tool for Psychological Distress in an inpatient cardiology setting. European Journal of Cardiology Nursing, DOI: 10.1177/1474515114548649.

Nguyen, M., Lauck, S., Forman, J., & Webb, J. (2012) Recovering from transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A descriptive study of post-procedure processes of care and outcomes. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 28(5), S441. Presented at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Council of Nursing Conference.

Nguyen, M., Broadberry, A., Mackay, M., & Young, Q. (2012). How distressed are cardiac inpatients? Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 28(5), S444. Presented at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Council of Nursing Conference.

Young, Q., Roths, S., Broadberry, A., Nguyen, M., & Mackay, M. (2012). Validation of the STOP-D: A new tool to assess psychosocial distress in cardiac inpatients. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 28(5), S422. Presented at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Council of Nursing Conference. 

Teaching

• ​Guest lecturer - mental health & illness courses in the undergraduate program