More about Marilyn Beaton
Marilyn has been teaching at the School of Nursing for 37 years.
She has taught various courses but since the 1990s has consistently
taught distance courses in the BN (Post RN) program. As well, over
the years she has had temporary and permanent positions in
administration.
Marilyn has, with Jeanette Walsh, written a book on the history of
nursing in Newfoundland and Labrador and together they have written
a second book with Marilyn Marsh who interviewed nurses in the
1980s but was unable to publish her research. Marilyn and Jeanette
have submitted a third book for publication using the oral
histories of nurses who came from outside the country to the
province and stayed to make it their home. From 2005-2008 she and
Jeanette were the co-editors of the newsletter for the Canadian
Association for the History of Nursing/Association canadienne pour
l’histoire du nursing. In addition, they have attended many
conferences on the history of nursing.
Marilyn has been active in the life of the school. She has been
involved with planning the celebrations of the 25 year and 40 year
anniversaries of the school and helped form the School of Nursing
Alumni Group which, after several years became inactive, much to
her disappointment. She has been more successful as the faculty
liaison to the retired faculty group by sending a bimonthly
newsletter and organizing and attending bimonthly potluck events at
retirees’ homes.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Beaton, M. & Walsh, M.J. 2004 From the Voices of Nurses: An
Oral History of Newfoundland Nurses who graduated prior to 1950.
St. John’s, NL: Jesperson Publishing
Marsh, M., Walsh, M.J., & Beaton, M 2008 A Life of Caring: 16
Newfoundland Nurses Tell their Stories. Breakwater Books Ltd., St.
John’s, NL.
Articles:
Beaton, M., & Walsh, J. June, 2010, Overseas recruitment:
Experiences of nurses immigrating to Newfoundland and Labrador,
1949-2004 Nursing Inquiry 2010: 17: 173–183
(DOI)10.1111/j.1440-1800.2009.00471.x
Beaton, M. Nov./Dec.2007. Putting the Senior Seminar Online. Nurse
Educator. Vol 32 No. 6. Pp.265-268.
Gaudine, A. & Beaton, M. 2003. Employed to go against
One’s Values: Nurse Managers’ Accounts of Ethical
Conflict with Organizations. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research
34(2) p17-34
Gaudine, A., Beaton, M., Dawe, D., & Saks, A. 2001. Employee
Reactions to Absenteeism Feedback and Goal-Setting Interventions.
HRM Research Quarterly, 5 (4), 1-6.
M. Beaton, & D. Morgan, Family Initiatives in Canadian Health
Care. Journal Leadership in Health Services. September/October
1994. Vol.3, No.5.
PRESENTATIONS (For the last 10 years)
Walsh, J. & Beaton, M. (Accepted) The challenges and rewards
for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) acting as a client
advocates in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, (Poster) National
Perspectives in the History of Nursing Conference, London, England
14th to 16th September, 2010
Beaton, M. & Walsh, J. (Accepted) Experiences of
Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) who immigrated to
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. National Perspectives in the
History of Nursing Conference, London, England 14th to 16th
September, 2010
Beaton, M., Walsh, J., & Marsh, M. Nursing Anecdotes from the
Past. Canadian Federation of University Women (Atlantic Region)
Annual General Meeting and Conference Theme: Voicing Women's
Experiences October 2-3, 2009 St. John's, Newfoundland &
Labrador
Beaton, M. & Walsh, M.J. The challenges and rewards for the
Internationally Educated Nurse (IENs) acting as a client advocate
in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. (Poster) ARNNL AGM June 22-24,
2009. Corner Brook
Beaton, M & Walsh, M.J. Forty Nurses Share their experience of
Immigrating to and practising in Newfoundland and Labrador. Nursing
Research Day, Memorial University, School of Nursing, Sept. 27th,
2008.
Beaton, M. & Walsh, M.J. Overseas recruitment: Experiences of
nurses immigrating to Newfoundland and Labrador. CAHN/ACHN
International Nursing History Conference (Borders, boundaries and
political context in nursing and health care history). Toronto,
Canada. June 5-7, 2008.
Beaton, M. Comparison of Online and Classroom Teaching In an
Undergraduate Seminar Course. Atlantic Region Canadian Association
of Schools of Nursing Conference (Nursing Scholarship: Visions for
today and tomorrow). UNB, Saint John, NB. June 13-15, 2007.
Marsh, M., Beaton, M., & Walsh, J.M. Are Newfoundland Nurses
motivated to leave the province by adventure or job opportunity?
What does history show? Nursing Research Day Conference, Memorial
University School of Nursing, September 30, 2006.
Marsh, M., Beaton, M., & Walsh, J.M. The Adventurous
Newfoundland Nurse: Caring Within & Beyond Our Borders.
Canadian Association for the History of Nursing/Association
canadienne pour l’histoire du nursing 18th Annual Conference
June 7-10, 2006. St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC.
Beaton, M. & Walsh, M. J., The history of nursing in
Newfoundland and Labrador. Paper presentation, Canadian Nursing
Students Association, St. John’s, NL. January 11, 2006.
Beaton, M. Web-based education for the Registered Nurse: Is it
suitable for everyone? The International Council of Nurses: 23rd
Quadrennial Congress 2005. Taipei, Taiwan. May 21-27, 2005.
Beaton, M. & Walsh, J. Nursing in Newfoundland and Labrador:
Recollections of nurses who graduated before 1950. (Poster
Presentation) ARNNL Annual General Meeting, St. John, NL. October
13, 2004.
Beaton, M. & Walsh, J.M. From the voices of nurses:
Recollections of 33 nurses who graduated before confederation and
practiced nursing in Newfoundland and Labrador until the mid 1980s.
Nursing Research Day Conference, Memorial University, School of
Nursing, October 2, 2004.
Beaton, M. & Walsh, J.M. A Record of the Experiences of Nurses
Who Graduated from Nursing School Prior to 1950 and Who Practised
in Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Association for the History
of Nursing/Association canadienne pour l’histoire du nursing
Annual Conference June 11-13, 2004 Founders College, York
University. June 11, 2004
Beaton, M. & McGrath, G. Bridging the Distance- Bringing
Professional Development Home. 2003 Northern Solutions Conference:
A Showcase Forum of Innovative Technologies and Enabling
Applications West St. Modeste September 30th to Thursday October
2nd.
Gaudine,A., Beaton, M., Dawe, D., Saks, A. Evidence-based nursing
management: The influence of feedback about absenteeism on nurses'
sick days. Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research
Conference. University of Manchester Institute of Science &
Technology. Manchester, England, UK. April 10 - 12 2003.
Saks,A., Gaudine, A., Beaton, M., Dawe, D. Effects of Absenteeism
Feedback and Goal Setting on Employee Absenteeism (Poster
Presentation Accepted) 18th Annual SIOP Conference (Society for
Industrial & Organizational Psychology Inc.) Orlando, Florida.
April 11, 2003.
Gaudine, A., & Beaton, M. Ethical Conflict within Partnerships:
Nurse Managers’ Accounts of their Value Differences with
Organizations. CAUSN Conference, Quebec City, Que., June 2002. 3,
4
Beaton, M., & Gaudine, A. Nurse Managers’ Accounts of
their Value Differences with Organizations. Association of
Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador Annual Conference,
Corner Brook, NF, June 4, 2002.
Gaudine, A., & Beaton, M. Nurse Managers’ Accounts of
their Value Differences with Organizations. ARCAUSN Conference,
Antigonish, NS, April 2002. 4
Gaudine, A., Beaton, M., & Dawe, D. Nurses’ Attendance at
Work: The Influence of Feedback and Goal-Setting. ICN 22nd
Quadrennial Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2001. 2,4
Gaudine, A., Beaton, M., & Dawe, D. Do Feedback and
Goal-Setting Influence Nurses’ Absenteeism from Work?
International Conference on Perspectives in Health Care
Administration -- Theory, Research and Practice, Tampere, Finland,
May 2001. 2, 4
