Program
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Opening Plenary: Embodying the HeArt of Cardiovascular Nursing with ART (available virtually)
May 26, 2023 from 8:40am EDT to 9:25am EDT
Available Virtually
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Opening Plenary: Embodying the HeArt of Cardiovascular Nursing with ART (available virtually)
May 26, 2023 from 8:40am EDT to 9:25am EDT -
CONNECT with Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Health Professionals for International Collaboration in Research
May 26, 2023 from 10:50am EDT to 11:20am EDT -
The Pre-Pandemic State of CVD Risk in Adolescents over a 6-year period
May 26, 2023 from 2:55pm EDT to 3:25pm EDT
Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy
RN
Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy
Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy
RN
Dr. Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, in the Department of Nursing at Brock University. She has been a member of CCCN since 2004 and serves as the provincial chair for Ontario on the National CCCN Research Committee. Sheila is currently the Director of Research on the CCCN Board of Directors since 2019. Sheila is a Cardiovascular and Pain Scientist at the Social Justice Research Institute, the Centre for Research Across the Life Span, and the Brock Functional Inclusive Training (Bfit) Centre. Her current research program is supported by (New Horizons Employment and Social Development Canada-New Horizons for Seniors, e-Campus Ontario, and the New Frontiers in Research Fund) and includes three inter-related areas of focus: 1) to examine and describe cardiovascular disease related pain and associated symptoms: [early cardiac prodromal symptoms and acute/chronic symptom presentations], 2) with use of digital health technology design, develop and evaluate interventions to screen for and/or manage pain and other symptoms, and 3) to create meaningful knowledge mobilization through use of arts-based approaches to research.