Kathy Wilson

Other titles

Associate Vice President Academic

Education

• Bachelor of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, 1987
• Master of Nursing, Dalhousie University, 1998
• Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Studies, University of New Brunswick, 2008

Areas of interest

• Acute and chronic pain experience
• Student and workplace learning
• Transition to the workplace
• Curriculum development (graduate and undergraduate programs)
• Web based learning
• Trends and issues in professional nursing practice
• Professional formation
• Recruitment and retention of aboriginal nursing students

Classroom teaching

• Undergraduate 
  • NURS 1011: Nursing as a Profession
  • NURS 4185: Trends and Leadership in Nursing
  • NURS 4165: Integrated Nursing Care. Caring for people with chronic and acute pain.
• Graduate
  • NURS 6312 Instructional Design in Nurse Education

Clinical teaching 

• Undergraduate
  • NURS 3073: Clinical Practicum: Acute Health Challenges
  • NURS 4175: Clinical Practicum: Integrated Nursing Care
  • NURS 4123 Nursing Families in Complex Situations.
• Graduate
  • NURS 6314/6315: Practica preceptor

Research, grants and publications

Wilson, K., Getty, G., Perley-Dutcher, L. & Tamlyn, K.  Developing a Framework for Success: Supporting Aboriginal Nursing Students. Atlantic Policy Congress of First  Nations Chiefs (2011)

Secco, L., Bulman, D. & Wilson, K. Phase I: Pilot Evaluation of a Virtual clinical Experience  (VCE) Among Senior Nursing Students. Sigma Theta Tua (2010-2011)

Wilson, K. University Nurse Educators’ Constructions of Contemporary Workplaces. University Research Fund  (2009)

Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian Graduate Scholarship.  Dissertation topic:  Understanding the Experiences of New Graduate Nurses Learning in the Workplace (September 2004 to September 2007)

Wilson, K., MacIntosh, J., & Getty, G. (2007). Tapping a tie: Successful partnerships in managing addictions with methadone. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 28(9), 977-996.

Professional practice, committees and volunteer work

• Co-Chair; Canadian Consortium on New Nurse Research and Innovation
• Co-Chair: Sub-committee of the New Brunswick Council on Articulations and Transfer (NBCAT) BN-LPN Articulations
• Project Coordinator: Clinical Models Pilot Project (2005-2006)