Kate WeaverKathryn Weaver, BN, MN, PhD

Contact information

Kathryn Weaver
Professor
Phone: (506) 458-7648
Fax: (506) 453-4519
Email

Education summary:

  • BN, Dalhousie University
  • MN, University of New Brunswick
  • Diploma in University Teaching, UNB
  • PhD (Nursing) University of Alberta
  • Postdoctoral Fellowships: Strategic Training in Health Research, CIHR EQUIPP Program, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology
  • Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR), University of Alberta

Key area(s) of interest/expertise:

  • Eating disorders
  • Ethical sensitivity in professional practice
  • Concept analysis
  • Feminist grounded theory
  • Mixed methods research
  • Narrative research
  • Recovery
  • Women’s health
  • Psychotherapy
  • Mental health nursing
  • Metaphor
  • Video-based research
  • Integrative review
  • Qualitative content analysis

Classroom/clinical teaching summary

Classroom:
Psychiatric-Mental Health nursing; Eating Disorder content; Health Assessment; Wellness and Nursing; Nursing as a Profession; Qualitative Methods.

Clinical:
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Independent Practice, Integrated Practice, Ethical Sensitivity and Community Development.

Research, grants & publications summary

  • Social Support and University Students with Eating Issues 2010 Harrison McCain Foundation
  • Hallowed Be Thy Name: Family Perspectives 2009 UNB Research Series
  • Assessing University Students Seeking Help for Eating issues 2008 Harrison-McCain Young Scholar Award
  • Family Perspectives of Eating Disorders Conference 2007 (Mindcare, Inc., NB)
  • Family Perspectives of Eating Disorders: Parents’ Stories 2006 (UNB Research Series 45-1)
  • Voices of Peril and Pain: Analysis of Eating Disorder Narrative 2006 (AHFMR, Killam Small Research Grant to Spiers, Weaver & Martin-McDonald)
  • Analysis of the Concept of Ethical Sensitivity in Professional Practice 2004-2005 (ARCASN Research Seed Grant)

Publications (last 5 years):

  • Weaver, K., & Pye, K. M. (2010). It’s not about food! Peer facilitation for university Students seeking help with eating issues. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
  • Weaver, K. (2010). Transforming metaphors: Engaging the authentic self in nursing education. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 4(12), 1-12.
  • Weaver, K. (2010) Women’s recovering from anorexia nervosa. ISBN 978-3-639-23970-6 Paperback (204 pages) Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co.
  • Weaver, K. with Howell, G. (2010). Nutrition. Chapter 43. In P. Potter, A. Perry, J. Ross-Kerr, & M. Wood (eds.) Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, (Revised 4th ed., pp. 1043-1096). Toronto: Mosby Elsevier.
  • Weaver, K. (2010). Eating disorders. In W. Austin, & M. A. Boyd, Psychiatric and mental health nursing for Canadian practice (2nd ed., pp. 488-533). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Weaver, K. (2010). Nutrition (Chapter 43). In G. Ochs, J. Lamar, L. Turchin, J. C.- Ross-Kerr, & M. J. Wood. Study guide and skills performance checklists to Potter and Perry’s Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, (261-271, 4th ed.). Toronto: Mosby Elsevier.
  • Weaver, K. (2009). Nutrition. Chapter 43. In P. Potter, A. Perry, J. Ross-Kerr, & M. Wood (eds.) Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, (4th ed., pp. 1043-1072). Toronto: Mosby Elsevier.
  • Weaver, K. & Curtis, D. (2009) Guidebook to through true eyes: Recovery from eating disorders. (18 pages) Vancouver: Moving Images.
  • Weaver, K., & Mitcham, C. (2008). Nursing concept analysis in North America: state of the art. Nursing Philosophy.
  • Weaver, K., Morse, J., & Mitcham, C. (2008). Ethical sensitivity in professional practice: concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62(5), 607-618
  • Weaver, K. (2008).  Review: Dietary restriction, with or without aerobic exercise, promotes weight loss in postpartum women [Commentary]. Evidence-Based Nursing,11(1), 14
  • Weaver, K. (2008) Eating disorders. In W. Austin, & M. A. Boyd, Psychiatric nursing for Canadian practice (pp. 463-496). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Weaver, K. (2007). Review: Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal women: the A TO Z Weight Loss Study: a randomized trial [Commentary]. Evidence-Based Nursing, 10, 111.
  • Weaver, K. (2007). Ethical sensitivity: State of knowledge and needs for further research. Nursing Ethics, 14(2), 141-155.
  • Weaver, K. (2007). Anorexia nervosa: A perspective for parents. In S. Thornton, Facing the sunshine: A young woman’s emergence from the shadows of sexual abuse and anorexia. (pp. 167-171). New York: Soaring Wings Press.
  • Weaver, K. & Morse, J. M. (2006) Asking analytical questions to analyze the concept of ethical sensitivity. Research & Theory in Nursing Practice, 20(3) 191-214.
  • Weaver, K., & Olson, J. K. (2006). Understanding the paradigms used for nursing research. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 53, 494-469 Reprinted with author dialogue in Reed, P., & Shearer, N. (Eds.) (2008). Perspectives on Nursing Theory (5th ed., pp. 249-263). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Weaver, K. (2005). Review: Little evidence supports the efficacy of major commercial and organized self help weight loss programmes [Commentary]. Evidence-Based Nursing, 8(3), 77.
  • Weaver, K. (2005). Beyond concept analysis in holistic nursing [Letter to the Editor]. In Rew, L., Weaver, K., Morse, J. M, Hupcey, J. E., Penrod, J., Walker, L. & Avant, K. (2005). Discourse on concept analysis. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 23, 6-12.
  • Weaver, K., Wuest, J. & Ciliska, D., (2005). Understanding Women’s Journey of Recovering From Anorexia Nervosa. Qualitative Health Research, 15 (2), 188 - 206.

Video dissemination

Through true eyes: Process of recovery from eating disorders. (2007). Documentary Film (23.3 minutes). Producer: Daphne Curtis, Atlantic Mediaworks. Fredericton, NB.  PI: K. Weaver. This film underwent 2nd edition revisions for international distribution by Moving Images (2009). The revisions included value added features of close-captioning for high school use, chapter divisions, and minor revision of content and music.

Web publications

  • Weaver, K. (2007). Guidelines for the development of ethical sensitivity in professional practice. [PowerPoint slides] 18th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Austria, Vienna July 13, 2007. Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library website of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing (www.stti.org ).                      
  • Weaver, K. (2007). What factors unique to anorexia nervosa require the full scope of recovery and why does anorexia nervosa resurface when traumas associated with the treatment are not resolved? www.facingthesunshine.com

 

Professional practice, committees, volunteer work summary

Independent Practice: provision of long term therapy for individuals with disordered eating.

International, National, and Regional Committee Memberships: Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Atlantic Region Canadian Association of Student Nurses, International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing.

Provincial Committee Memberships: New Brunswick Network for Eating Disorders, Eating Disorder Council of New Brunswick (Board of Directors), NANB, CARNA.

UNB Committee Memberships: Senate, SS&P, Faculty of Nursing Library, Ethics Chair 2008, GAU-Nursing

Volunteer Work: Member of the Board of Directors for the Eating Disorder Council of New Brunswick, Inc. Professional At-Large Member for the Fredericton Family and Friends Eating Disorder Support Group.