Kathy Wilson
Associate Professor
PhD
Nursing, Faculty of
MacLaggan Hall 32
Fredericton
kewilson@unb.ca
1 506 458 7749
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)