Natasha Prodan-Bhalla
DNP, MN/NP, BScN
Adjunct Professor
- Phone Mobile: 604.813.4817
- Email nprodanbhalla@phsa.ca
- Office 200 - 1333 West Broadway
- Address
200 - 1333 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V6H 4C1
Canada
Profile
Bio
Natasha Prodan-Bhalla, BScN, MN, DNP (she/her)
VP, Quality, Safety, Clinical Informatics, and Chief of Nursing and Allied Practice
Quality, Practice and Clinical Informatics Team
Provincial Health Services Authority
Executive Assistant: Mireno.DeMeda@phsa.ca
Credentials
Profile
Educational Background
- Doctorate of Nursing Practice (University of Colorado) May 2016
- Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate (University of Massachusetts) May 2014
- Master of Nursing/Acute Nurse Practitioner (Ethnic and Pluralism Collaborative Minor Program) (University of Toronto) April 2001
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (University of Western Ontario) June 1997
Affiliations & Links
- Member- Canadian Principle Nurses Advisory Task Force (2020)
- Chair- Provincial Nursing Network, British Columbia (2019-Present)
- Reviewer- British Columbia Patient and Safety Quality Awards (2019)
- Member- African Forum for Primary Health Care (2019-Present)
- Member- Ministry of Health, Gender Based Analysis Committee (2019-Present)
- Member- Provincial Primary and Community Care Research Advisory Committee (2018-Present)
- Inaugural Board Member - Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of British Columbia (2018)
- Member- Nurse Practitioner Standards Committee (2018-2020)
- Member- British Columbia Coalition of Nursing Associations (2013-2018)
- Member- Nurse Practitioner Privileging Dictionary Committee, British Columbia (2013-2015)
- Chair- Nurse Practitioner Community of Practice, Provincial Health Services Authority (2012-2014)
- Reviewer- Canadian American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Exam (2012-2014)
- Chair- British Columbia Nurse Practitioner Association Conference Planning Committee (2010)
Honours & Awards
- Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nurses (Induction November 2020)
- British Columbia Nurse Practitioner, Award of Distinction (2018)
- British Columbia Nurse Practitioner Advocate of the year (2012)
- Honour List, University of Toronto; Master of Nursing (2001)
Research
Area of Research
Current Projects
The Impact of Funding Models on the Integration of Registered Nurses in Primary Health Care Teams
2020 - Present | Project Grant. Knowledge User | Canadian Institute of Health Research Grant
Canadian Nurse Practitioner Mifepristone Implementation
2018 - Present | Grant. Co-Investigator | Canadian Institute of Health Research
Does a Dedicated Women’s Heart Centre Change Clinical Outcomes?
2018 - Present | Research. Co-Investigator | University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
Outcomes for Women Attending a Women’s Heart Centre: A Prospective Longitudinal Study in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2017 – Present | Research. Co-Investigator | University of British Columbia & Women’s Health Centre
Completed Projects
Prodan-Bhalla, N., & Browne, A. (2018). Exploring Women’s Health Care Experiences Through an Equity Lens: Findings from a Community Clinic Serving Marginalized Women. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28, 3459-3469. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14937.
Prodan-Bhalla, N., Middagh, D., Jinkerson-Brass, S., C., Ziabakhsh, S., Pederson, A. & King, C. (2016). Embracing our “Otherness”: A Mutually Transformative Journey in Delivering an Indigenous Heart Health Promotion Project. Journal of Holistic Nursing. doi 0898010116642085.
Prodan-Bhalla, N., Middagh, D., Davies, C., Ziabakhsh, S & Pederson, A. (2015). Women-Centred and Culturally-Responsive Heart Health Promotion Among Indigenous Women in Canada. Health Promotion Practice, 19 (6), 814-826.
Goldie, C., Prodan-Bhalla, N., & MacKay, M. (2012). Nurse Practitioners in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery: Are they Effective? Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 22 (4), 8-15.
Publications
Publications
Selected Publications not Indexed in PubMed
Prodan-Bhalla, N., & Browne, A. (2018). Exploring women’s health care experiences through an equity lens: Findings from a community clinic serving marginalized women. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(19-20), 3459-3469. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14937.
Prodan-Bhalla, N., Middagh, D., Jinkerson-Brass, S., C., Ziabakhsh, S., Pederson, A., & King, C. (2016). Embracing our “Otherness”: A mutually transformative journey in delivering an indigenous heart health promotion project. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 35(1), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898010116642085
Prodan-Bhalla, N., Middagh, D., Davies, C., Ziabakhsh, S., & Pederson, A. (2015). Women-centred and culturally-responsive heart health promotion among indigenous women in Canada. Health Promotion Practice, 19(6), 814-826.
Goldie, C., Prodan-Bhalla, N., & MacKay, M. (2012). Nurse practitioners in postoperative cardiac surgery: Are they effective? Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22(4), 8-15.
Prodan-Bhalla, N. (2001). Understanding the broader context: The health of the urban. Native Canadian. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 14(4), 20-25.
Selected Publications not Indexed in PubMed
Byres, D., Prodan-Bhalla, N., Maclaren, J., Solomon, C., Miller, M., Daigle, D., Stilwell, T., McIntosh, G. (2020). Invited. The role and scope of nurses in community and primary care. In Perspectives and Contributions of Nursing to the Promotion of Universal Health. Washington, D.C.: Pan American Health Organization; 2020. Retrieved from https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52121
Prodan-Bhalla, N. (2018). Invited. Health promotion: Mental health disorder. In Webster, J., Sanders, C., Ricci, S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (Ed.). Maternity & Pediatric Nursing. Wolters Kluwer.
Prodan-Bhalla, N., Matieschyn, Z., Gale, H., & Burton, A. (2018). Amalgamation: The next step for British Columbia’s professional associations. Canadian Nurse.
Prodan-Bhalla, N., & Scott, L. (2017). Specialized services: Nurse Practitioner collaborating to improve the continuum of care. British Columbia Nurse Practitioner Association. Discussion Paper.
Prodan-Bhalla, N., & Scott, L. (2016). Primary care transformation in British Columbia: A new model to integrate nurse practitioners. British Columbia Nurse Practitioner Association. Discussion Paper.
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching Interests
Leadership, Policy, Health Equity, Heart Disease in Women, Obesity, Health Care in Women with Disabilities
Current Teaching
Ad Hoc
Graduate Supervision
2019 Depression Screening in Cardiac Patients: Increasing Awareness for Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care. Master of Nursing- NP, UBC. Aurelie Houta.
2018 The Role of NPs in Primary Care Optimizing Risk Stratification for Coronary Heart Disease in Canadian Women: An Integrative Review. Master of Nursing- NP, UBC. Parveen Sangha.
2014 An Outreach, Community-Oriented, Relationship-Based Approach to Primary Health Care. Master of Nursing- NP, UBC. Belinda Wong.