Sandee Hicks-Moore, RN, MN, PhD (c)

Sandee Hicks-Moore
Associate Professor
Phone: (506) 648-5730
Fax: (506) 648-5784
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Education summary

PhD, (In progress) University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.
o Dissertation: Caring for persons with dementia: Understanding the direct caregivers’ experience.
MN, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, 2001.
o Thesis: The effects of relaxing music on agitation at mealtime among nursing home patients with dementia.
BN, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1988

Finding meaning without memory: Exploring spirituality and spiritual care in dementia. Funded by the Medical Research Fund of New Brunswick, Co-Investigator Tracy Carr, 2006 ($8500.00)
Discovering meaning without memory: Exploring the meaning of spiritual care in dementia. Funded by Atlantic Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Seed Grant, Co-Investigator Tracy Carr, 2006 (1500.00).
Music and hand massage: Effective interventions to decrease agitation in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Funded by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, Sandee Hicks-Moore (PI), 2005, ($17,102.73)
Music and hand massage: Effective interventions to decrease agitation in individuals with dementia, 2004 ($6000.00)
Pilot project to investigate staff perceptions and attitudes towards residents with dementia who frequently display agitation ($1500.00)

Carr, T.J., Hicks-Moore, S., & Montgomery, P. (2011) What’s so big about the “little things”: A phenomenological inquiry into the meaning of spiritual care in dementia. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice
Hicks-Moore, S. & Robinson, B. (2008). Favorite Music and Hand Massage: Two Interventions to Decrease Agitation in Residents with Dementia. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice 7(1), 95-108.
Hicks-Moore, S. & Pastirik, P. (2006). Evaluating Critical Thinking in Clinical Concept Maps: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Nursing Education and Scholarship 3 (1), article 27.
Hicks-Moore, S. (2005). Clinical Concept Maps in Nursing Education: An effective way to link theory and practice. Nurse Education in Practice 5 (6), 348-352.
Hicks-Moore, S. (2005). The Effects of Relaxing Music on Agitation at Mealtime among Nursing Home Patients with Dementia. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 31(12), 26-32.

Hicks-Moore, S. (2007). “Relaxing Music and Mealtime: A Useful Strategy to Decrease Agitation at Among Nursing Home Residents with Dementia”. Room 217 Music for Life’s Journey Fall Newsletter available at http://www.room217.ca
Hicks-Moore, S. & Hulbert, B. (2007). Relaxing Music at Mealtime in Nursing Homes: Effects on Agitated Patients with Dementia. ATRABUTE, June. (Alberta Therapeutic Recreation Association provincial newsletter)
Hicks-Moore, S. & Pastirik, P. (2006). Promoting student-centered learning with concept maps. Teaching Matters, March, 2-4.
Hicks, S. (2002). Relaxing music: What effect does it have on agitation at mealtime among nursing home patients with dementia? Info Nursing, (33) 3 p. 17.