Program
Only noted sessions below are available virtually. You can use the filter option to narrow down the sessions.
CONNECT with Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Health Professionals for International Collaboration in Research
May 26, 2023 from 10:50am EDT to 11:20am EDT
CONNECT is a global community of nursing and allied professional cardiac surgery (including cardiothoracic and aortovascular surgery) researchers. Through CONNECT we foster and support international cardiac surgery research to address cardiac surgery challenges. Objectives: This interactive hybrid presentation will feature CONNECT members from North and South America, Europe and Australia. The workshop will begin with an overview of CONNECT, followed by a discussion of the current academic and research projects underway. The session will conclude with an interactive dialogue addressing future international cardiac surgery research collaborations between CONNECT and Canadian researchers. Outcomes: Increased awareness of CONNECT and expanded opportunities to grow the potential to work with national and international colleagues in cardiovascular/surgical nursing research. Increased awareness of the scarcity of clinical academics/nurse scientists/academics in cardiac surgery. To create momentum and a mechanism for national and international collaboration supporting the cardiac surgery clinical researcher academic role across health care.
Speakers / Panelists
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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 -
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 Role of CXRs in Cardiac Disease: Are they helpful? What can they tell you? (available virtually)
May 27, 2023 from 10:20am EDT to 11:05am EDT -
Poster H: Valvular Heart Disease: Signs, Symptoms and Assessment Findings (13:30)
May 27, 2023 from 1:05pm EDT to 1:45pm 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 -
A Tale of Two QI Projects
May 26, 2023 from 2:20pm EDT to 2:50pm 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 -
CONNECT with Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Health Professionals for International Collaboration in Research
May 26, 2023 from 10:50am EDT to 11:20am 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 -
CONNECT with Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Health Professionals for International Collaboration in Research
May 26, 2023 from 10:50am EDT to 11:20am 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.
Karen Then
RN CCN(C) ACNP PhD
Karen Then
Karen Then
RN CCN(C) ACNP PhD
Dr. Then is a Professor at the University of Calgary and an acute care nurse practitioner in cardiac surgery with AHS. Dr. Then has published numerous peer reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and monographs. She serves as an Editor for the Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, and has edited for the Emergency Nursing Journal, Critical Care Nurse, Heart and Lung and a variety of other high impact journals. Dr. Then believes strongly in linkages between the clinical practice setting and her teaching and research and serves on many local, provincial and national committees. She was on the secondary panel reviewer for the 2016 Canadian Dyslipidemia Guidelines and the 2021 Guidelines. She sits on numerous local, provincial, and international committees related to risk reduction strategies and policy development.
In addition, Dr. Then has been instrumental in an international collaboration in Guyana, South America. She has developed a training program for registered nurses and helped start the first cardiac intensive care unit in Guyana. She has also been working with the University of Guyana in the development of a post RN degree program in cardiovascular nursing.
Emily Hyde
RN
Emily Hyde
Emily Hyde
RN
Emily Hyde, RN, MN
I was born and raised in southern Ontario and attended the University of Western Ontario for my undergraduate education where I obtained a Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree along with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. I moved to Winnipeg in 2013 to participate in the Winnipeg Critical Care Nursing Education Program (WCCNEP) and never left Manitoba. After completing the WCCNEP, I worked in the post-operative cardiac surgery ICU. I began working as a clinical education facilitator with nursing students on the cardiology unit, which opened the door to the educator role on that unit. I was the Continuing Education Instructor for the Cardiology Unit and the Pacemaker/ Defibrillator Clinic at St Boniface Hospital from 2015 to 2021 when I became a Clinical Nurse Specialist with Cardiac Sciences. I completed my Master of Nursing degree through the University of Manitoba in 2020 and began my doctoral studies there in fall 2021.
I enjoy collaborating with other healthcare professionals to drive change using research evidence in innovative ways to ensure we are providing the best educational experience to our coworkers and the best healthcare to Canadians. The projects I am involved in and am passionate about include congenital heart disease, structural heart interventions, heart failure, and post-intensive care syndrome. I enjoy working with the multidisciplinary team to integrate all team members along with patients and their families into care delivery to optimize patient outcomes.
I live outside of Winnipeg with my husband and two dogs. When not working or at school, I enjoy spending time with friends and family, travelling, and trying the variety of restaurants and cuisine Winnipeg has to offer.
Suzanne Fredricks
RN
Suzanne Fredricks
Suzanne Fredricks
RN
Lisa Keeping-Burke
RN
Lisa Keeping-Burke
Lisa Keeping-Burke
RN
Lisa Keeping-Burke, RN, PhD, is the Associate Dean of Health Research in the Department of Nursing & Health Sciences at the University of New Brunswick. She has Bachelor and Master of Nursing degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing from McGill University. Her program of research includes the management of adult chronic diseases with a focus on cardiovascular illnesses. Her research involves patient populations across institutional and community settings.
Davina Banner-Lukaris
RN
Davina Banner-Lukaris
Davina Banner-Lukaris
RN
Dr. Davina Banner is an Associate Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia and resides on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh. Davina leads an interdisciplinary program of research that is focused on cardiovascular and rural health, along with research that advances the science and practice of integrated knowledge translation and patient-oriented research. Through her research, Davina seeks to improve the health of Canadians living with complex health conditions, along with studying methods and practices that support meaningful co-production in research. Davina's clinical practice foundations are in cardiothoracic critical care nursing and hospice palliative care.
Jill Bruneau
Ph.D. NP CC(N)C
Jill Bruneau
Jill Bruneau
Ph.D. NP CC(N)C
I am currently an Assistant Professor and Nurse Practitioner Coordinator for the Master of Science in Nursing Program, NP Option at Memorial University. I am a PhD-prepared nurse practitioner with experience caring for cardiac patients over the past 20 years, and educating NP students for over 12 years. My dissertation work was focused on cardiovascular health promotion and the development and testing of an intervention for the early detection of cardiac risk factors and management of patients by health care providers using evidenced-based guidelines. I have attained numerous scholarships and research grants for my dissertation work and current research initiatives. I am currently working on my program of research in the areas of knowledge translation, cardiovascular health promotion, management of risk factors, and timely access of vulnerable groups to appropriate health care services. I am interested in connecting with others on projects related to these research areas.