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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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