April 14, 2016 - Congratulations to 2nd year BScN student Christopher Al-Youssef, who was the recipient of a Super Sophomore Award at the 2015/16 Lancers Evening of Excellence Awards Banquet on April 6, 2016. Christopher is on the Lancers Men's Soccer team.
April 13, 2016: The Faculty of Nursing congratulates Catherine Medved, who successfully defended her MScN thesis titled "Medication, Environmental, and Patient Factors That Influence Medication Administration Delivery Times" on April 5, 2016. Her committee members included: Dr. Michelle Freeman (supervisor), Dr. Susan Fox (internal reader), and Dr. Kevin Milne (external reader).
Catherine is also a Faculty of Nursing Sessional Instructor.
April 13, 2016: Congratulations to MScN student Kelly Riccardi, whose abstract "Simulation: Aiding the Transition from Student to Nurse" has been accepted for a graduate student concurrent session presentation at the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Nursing Education Conference, which will take place May 30 & 31, 2016 in Toronto.
April 1, 2016 - Nursing lecturer Jason Kiernan has been selected to be the recipient of the 2016 Council of Ontario Programs in Nursing (COUPN) Excellence in Teaching Award. This award recognizes excellence in teaching by a faculty member in a COUPN university program. The award criteria are:
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching.
• Demonstrated ability to stimulate students to think creatively and critically.
• Demonstrated caring for student learning and student well-being.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for teaching.
• Demonstrated ability to foster the development of students as nursing professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate student to exceed their own expectations.
Prof. Kiernan was nominated for this award by BScN student Elizabeth Dillon. Supporting letters were submitted by BScN students Destiny Cadarette and Patrick Frias
March 11, 2016 - The Faculty of Nursing congratulates Fran Meloche, who successfully defended her MScN thesis titled "An Ethnographic Study of Pre-Graduate, Precepted Nursing Student Clinical Placements in Long-Term Care Homes." Her committee members included: Dr. Lorna de Witt (supervisor), Dr.Linda Patrick (internal reader), and Dr. Victoria Paraschak (external reader).
Fran is also the Faculty of Nursing's Student Success Coordinator, and a Sessional Instructor.
February 25, 2016 - The BScN program (jointly with Lambton and St. Clair Colleges) and UWindsor’s educational unit received a maximum 7-year term accreditation by Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Accreditation. Collaborative partners Lambton and St. Clair Colleges also each received 7-year terms for their respective educational units. See the Daily News article for details.
February 5, 2016 - Professor Maher El-Masri has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (CJNR), which was recently acquired by Sage Publications Inc. from McGill University. This appointment is a testament of Maher’s contributions to the journal during his appointment as an editor over the past three years.
January 11, 2016 - Congratulations to Ancially Academic Staff (Experiential Learning Specialist) Judy Bornais, who received the 2015 SIM Citizenship Award. The SIM Citizenship Award recognizes Ontario simulationists who have made important contributions in the healthcare simulation field. It honours those who have made an outstanding impact on education, teaching, creative professional activities, and other endeavours. The award praises collaborative and dedicated simulationists who exceed the expectations of their role in promoting simulation in their communities. Thank you to Debbie Rickeard who nominated Judy for this award, and Sue Dennison who provided a supporting letter.
January 11, 2016: Congratulations to Associate Professor and Interim Graduate Coordinator Dr. Michelle Freeman, who was selected to receive the Impact Award for her leadership with patient safety initiatives. This award is part of the UWindsor Employee Recognition Awards Program, and its purpose is to recognize individuals or teams who have developed, revised and/or implemented a system, tool, process, initiative and/or program within their departments or across the University that had a positive impact. Thank you to Sue Dennison who nominated Michelle for this award, and to the other faculty members, students (i.e. patient safety champions) and external partners (WRH) who supported the nomination.
September 11, 2015 - Congratulations to Professor Debbie Rickeard, who is the recipient of the Faculty of Nursing's Internal Teaching and Learning Research grant for her study entitled "Didactic and Simulation-Based Education Program’s Effect on Preceptor’s Self-Efficacy to Perform the Preceptor Role for fourth-year nursing students."
