2025 Nursing Research Exchange

Oct 9th, 2025

 
Nursing Research Exchange

Date: November 27, 2025  |  Time: 1:00–3:30 p.m. (NT)  |  Format: Virtual (Zoom)

Hosted by Memorial University’s Faculty of Nursing, this event celebrates innovation, inquiry, and impact in nursing. It is part of the eighth annual Research Week (Nov. 24–28), Memorial University’s flagship fall research celebration across campuses.

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Research Presentations

  1. ‘Fend for yourself’: nurses’ experiences transitioning to practice in Family Care Teams in Newfoundland and Labrador

    • Presenter: Robin Burry
    • Authors: Robin Burry, Julia Lukewich, Dana Ryan, Myuri Sivanthan, Maria Mathews, Marie-Eve Poitras, Cheryl Etchegary, Shabnam Asghari, Margot Antle
  2. Team Primary Care Nurse: Canadian Post-Licensure Educational Program for Registered Nurses in Primary Care

    • Presenter: Julia Lukewich
    • Authors: Julia Lukewich, Marie-Eve Poitras, Suzanne Braithwaite, Mireille Guérin, Monica McGraw, Dana Ryan, Deanne Curnew, Crystal Vaughan, Anne-Sophie Langlois, François Gagné, Anaëlle Morin

Facilitated Discussion Presentations

  1. Barriers and Facilitators to Self-Management of Multimorbidity Among CALD Immigrants: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

    • Presenter: Esther Monari
    • Authors: Esther Monari, Ahtisham Younas, Saleh Salimi
  2. The Experience of Interprofessional Collaboration in a Telehealth Context in Primary Care

    • Presenter: Monica McGraw
    • Authors: Monica McGraw, Marie-Eve Poitras, Isabelle Gaboury, Yves Couturier, Marie-Dominique Poirier
  3. Nurses’ contributions to virtual care delivery in primary care: A scoping review

    • Presenter: Crystal Vaughan
    • Authors: Crystal Vaughan, Julia Lukewich, Maria Mathews, Lindsay Hedden, Marie-Eve Poitras, Shabnam Asghari, Michelle Swab, Dana Ryan, Ruth Martin-Misener
  4. Understanding Gender Considerations of the Health and Well-Being for Women with MS in Canada

    • Presenter: Jennifer Collins
    • Authors: Jennifer Collins, Michelle Ploughman, Marcia Finlayson, Hrag Yacoubian, Tracy Smith-Carrier, Areej Al-Hamad, Jennifer Zagrodnik
  5. Sustaining a Sense of Unknowing about the Risk for Coronary Artery Disease Following a Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

    • Presenter: Daisy Baldwin
    • Authors: Daisy Baldwin, April Pike, Donna Moralejo, Kimberly Jarvis, Martha Mackay

Poster Presentations

  1. Strengthening Team-Based Care: Optimizing the Scope of Practice of Primary Care Nurses (Scope-PCN)

    • Presenter: Julia Lukewich
    • Authors: Julia Lukewich, Maria Mathews, Patrick Chiu, Kathleen Leslie, Marie-Eve Poitras, Dana Ryan, Monica McGraw, Joan Almost, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Jill Bruneau, Suzanne Braithwaite, Deanne Curnew, Elizabeth Halcomb, Lindsay Hedden, Danielle Macdonald, Ruth Martin-Misener, Anaëlle Morin, Allison Norful, Michelle Swab, Joan Tranmer, Annie Rioux-Dubois, Annette Elliott Rose
  2. Exploring Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) self-perceived quality of life after relocating to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    • Presenter: Peggy Rauman
    • Authors: Peggy Rauman, Robin Burry, Ruth Chandran
  3. Influence of Organizational Attributes on Registered Nurse Contributions to Well-Child Care: A Scoping Review (Research in progress)

    • Presenter: Haley Tucker
    • Authors: Haley Tucker, Suzanne Braithwaite, Julia Lukewich, Danielle Macdonald, Dana Ryan, Ellen Olsen-Lynch
  4. Exploring Nursing Students’ Experiences and Preparedness in Caring for CALD Populations: A Mixed-Methods Study Proposal

    • Presenter: Chantille Isler
    • Authors: Chantille Isler, Daisy Baldwin, Esther Monari, Travis Sheppard, Jennifer Sheppard, Brooke Gosse
  5. Examining the Role of Baccalaureate Nursing Education in Primary Care Career-related Confidence

    • Presenter: Deanne Curnew
    • Authors: Deanne Curnew, Julia Lukewich, Maria Mathews, Marie-Eve Poitras, Kathleen Stevens, Toni Leamon, Kennedy Deveau, Sheila Epp, Anaëlle Morin, Keirsten Smith
  6. Exploring New Ventures in Knowledge Translation (KT) through Partnered Research

    • Presenter: Rebecca Puddester
    • Authors: Rebecca Puddester, Vanessa Francis, Mike Warren, Alex Spracklin, Holly Etchegary
  7. The effectiveness of the Cardiovascular Assessment Screening Program (CASP)

    • Presenter: Jill Bruneau
    • Authors: Jill Bruneau
  8. Gender Considerations of the Health and Well-Being for Women with MS in Canada (Expanded)

    • Presenter: Jennifer Collins
    • Authors: Jennifer Collins, Michelle Ploughman, Marcia Finlayson, Hrag Yacoubian, Tracy Smith-Carrier, Areej Al-Hamad, Jennifer Zagrodnik, Chaymaa Marouf, Kurtis Collins
  9. More than ‘Self’ in Diabetes Self-Management: Actors, Networks, and Practices in the Context of Insulin Injections

    • Presenter: Renee Crossman
    • Authors: Renee Crossman, Karen Dobbin-Williams, Olivia Riley-States
  10. Exploring Interactions between People Living with Diabetes (PWD) and Health Care Providers (HCP)

    • Presenter: Renee Crossman
    • Authors: Renee Crossman, Olivia Riley-States
  11. Mapping nursing recruitment decision-making processes in Newfoundland and Labrador

    • Presenter: Robin Burry
    • Authors: Robin Burry, Peggy Rauman, Joy Maddigan, Ruth Chandran, Rebecca Puddester, Brianna Cooze, John Hiscock