Patricia Morris

Education

• PhD (Interdisciplinary Studies), University of New Brunswick (2024)
• MN, UNB, 2021
• BN, UNB, 2014
• MA, 2012, Trent University
• BA, 2009, St. Thomas University

Research interests

• Care of older adults
• Dementia care
• Neurodivergence and neuroaffirming care
• Nursing education
• Nurses' ways of knowing
• Feminist theory

Supervisory style

I am accepting Master's and PhD students who are interested in any of the above research areas. I bring genuine enthusiasm for nursing scholarship and mentorship, and I love working with students who are curious, self-motivated, and ready to explore complex ideas. I provide guidance, feedback, and opportunities for growth, while encouraging students to take ownership of their work and develop their own scholarly voice.

Recent publications

Furlong, K., McGill, A., Witherspoon, R., Morris, P., McCloskey, R., Gordon, R., & Keeping-Burke, L. (2025). Assessment of clinical skills in laboratory settings in pre-licensure health education programs: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis.

McCloskey, R., Morris, P., Keeping-Burke, L. McGill, A., Goudreau, A., Knight, H., Buckey, S., Mazerolle, D., & Busson, C. (2025). Pedagogical Approaches and Teaching Strategies Used in Nursing Education to Teach Academic Writing: A Scoping Review. Quality Advancements in Nursing Education.

Morris, P., McCloskey, R., Keeping-Burke, L. McGill, A., Goudreau, A., Knight, H., Buckey, S., Mazerolle, D., & Busson, C. (2025). Pedagogical approaches to teaching professional writing in pre-licensure health programs: A scoping review. JBI Evidence Synthesis.

Morris, P., McCloskey, R., Furlong, K., Moore, J. (2025). Using simulation to uncover care aides physiological and emotional responses to their work: a research protocol. PloS One.

Moore, J., Morris, P., McCloskey, R., Furlong, K. (2025), Pressed for time: Physiological indicators of mental workload among care aides in New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research.

Morris, P., Moore, J., McCloskey, R., & Furlong, K. (2025). The Impact of Person-Centered Care Indicators on Care Strain Among Care Aides in Long-Term Care Homes in New Brunswick: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nursing Reports, 15(5), 140.

Morris, P., McCloskey, R., O’Regan, K., Durkee-Lloyd, J. (2025). ‘He’s not the person I married’: Nurses’ negotiations of selfhood in the context of residential dementia care. International Journal of Human Caring.

MacLean, R., Durepos, P., Gibbons, C., Morris, P., Witherspoon, Taylor, N., R., Keeping-Burke, L., & McCloskey. R. (2024). Education and training on infection prevention and control provided by long-term care homes to family caregivers: A scoping review. Nursing Reports.

McCloskey, R., Morris, P., & Keeping-Burke, L. (2023) Best practice evidence-based information sheet for health professionals: Nursing students’ experiences of post-licensure practical nurse bridging programs. JBI Evidence Synthesis.

MacLean, R., Durepos, P., Gibbons, C., Morris, P., Witherspoon, Taylor, N., R., Keeping-Burke, L., & McCloskey. R. (2023). Education and training on infection prevention and control provided by long-term care homes to family caregivers: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 21(6), 1290 1298.

McCloskey, R., Keeping-Burke, L., Morris, P., Witherspoon, R., Knight, H. & Cave, S. (2023). Nursing students’ experiences with being enrolled in a Post Practical Nurse Bridging Program: A qualitative systematic review. JBI Evidence Synthesis.

Morris, P., McCloskey, R., & Bulman, D. (2022) Iatrogenesis in the context of residential dementia care: A concept analysis. Innovations in Aging, 6 (4), 1-16.

McCloskey, R., Morris, P. & Keeping-Burke, L. (2022). Igniting a focus on mentorship. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20 (5), 1174-1175.

McGill, A., McCloskey R., Morris, P., & Veitch, B. (2022). The Functional Resonance Analysis Method as a healthcare research methodology: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20 (4), 1074-1097.

McCloskey, R., Keeping-Burke, L., Witherspoon, R., Morris, P., Knight, H., & Cave, S. (2022). Nursing students’ experiences with being enrolled in a post-practical nurse bridging Program: A qualitative systematic review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20(8), 2102-2108.

McCloskey, R., Keeping-Burke, L., Witherspoon, R., Cook, J. & Morris, P. (2022). Experiences of faculty and staff working with nursing students during clinical placement in residential aged care facilities: A systematic review of qualitative evidence. JBI Evidence Synthesis 20 (5), 1176-1208.

Morris, P., McCloskey, R., McGill, A., Witherspoon, R., & Laging, B. (2021). Staff responses to sexual self-stimulation by residents with dementia living in residential aged care facilities: A systematic review protocol of qualitative evidence. International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, 6 (3) 1-16.

Wilson, B., Weeks, L., Morris, P., Innocente, S., Rothfus, M. (2021). Coping experiences of young adults diagnosed with a chronic illness: A qualitative systematic review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 19(12), 3315-3323

Morris, P., & Bulman, D. (2021). Reply: The Importance of Conceptualizing and Defining Episodes of Lucidity. Journal of gerontological nursing, 47(4), 6.

Morris, P., & Bulman, D. (2020). Lucidity in the Context of Advanced Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Concept Analysis. Journal of gerontological nursing, 46(12), 42–50.