Karen Furlong

Education

• PhD, Faculty of Education, UNB Fredericton
• Comprehensive Systematic Review Certification, Joanna Briggs Institute. Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, 2011
• Canadian Nurses Association Certification in Neuroscience Nursing, 2008
• Master of Nursing UNB, Fredericton, 2005
• Diploma of University Teaching, 2003
• Bachelor of Nursing BN/RN UNB, Saint John, 2000
• Diploma in Nursing – Saint John School of Nursing, 1985

Teaching

• Classroom
  • Adult medical-surgical nursing
  • Health Assessment
• Clinical & laboratory teaching
  • Acute care nursing
  • Nursing skill laboratories

Research, grants & publication summary

• Recipient of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Regional Partnerships – New Brunswick Fellowship, 2011
• Using Technology to Support Student Learning – A research project investigating the utility of mobile devices to support both teaching and learning within the undergraduate nursing program at UNB, Saint John.
• Health Informatics - Doctoral Student, Educational Studies, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.
• Furlong, K., & Wuest, J. (2008). Self-Care Behaviors of Spouses Caring for Significant Others with Alzheimer’s Disease: The Emergence of Self-Care Worthiness as a Salient Condition. Qualitative Health Research, 18(12), 1662-1672.
• Wuest, J., Hodgins, M., Merritt-Gray, M., Seaman, P., Malcom, J., & Furlong, K. (2006). Queries and Quandaries in Developing and Testing an Instrument Derived from a Grounded Theory. Journal of Theory & Testing, 10(1), 26-33.

Professional practice

• NB Nursing Informatics Group
• Canadian Nursing Informatics Association
• Member of the Canadian Association of Neuroscience Nurses