Rosemary is a Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist focused on skin care and wound management in the Medical Care Program at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Victoria Hospital. She is also the Past-President of the Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses (CAAPN).
Education
- PhD(c), University of Alberta, expected completion: Fall 2005
- Advanced Practice Nursing (Tertiary Care Nurse Practitioner) Certificate, University of Western Ontario, 1998
- MScN, University of Western Ontario, 1991
- BScN, Laurentian University, 1984
- BA (Visual Arts), University of Ottawa, 1974
Academic Affiliations
Rosemary was Coordinator of the Post-RN program in the School of Nursing at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UWO. Rosemary has also been a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at UWO from 1995-1999.
Interests/Research Interests
Rosemary's research interests include complex wound care and pain management.
Rosemary received a Baxter Award Grant ($10 000) to study the effects of improved communication between the Acute Medical Unit and Family Physicians. The result of this project indicated that communication with Family Physicians shortly after patient admission to hospital and prior to discharge, as well as using a Discharge Planning Tool, increased Family Physician and patient satisfaction.
Rosemary has recently been involved in the High-Quality Workplace Initiative in the Medical Care Unit at South Street Hospital in London, Ontario, as well as in the development of a Professional Practice Model for Nursing in Medical Care at LHSC. Rosemary was also involved with the creation of a comprehensive wound care website that can be found under Programs and Services on the LHSC home page, or via the Internet by searching: wound management LHSC.
Rosemary has developed a Collaborative Practice Model, which is a framework that can be used in the development, implementation, and evaluation of any type of project. The model provides a template to ensure success within projects. Please contact her if you are interested in more information on this model.
Rosemary's doctoral research is a hermeneutic, phenomenological study exploring the meaning of the nurse's experience of changing a dressing. Dressings are a physical intervention requiring close involvement with the patient's body, yet there has been little in the research literature that addresses the nurse's experiential perspective of providing this intimate level of care. Dressing changes are a visceral and often emotionally charged and painful experience for the patient. In this study, nurses from acute, long term, and community care were interviewed and the rich data provided themes of: the wound itself; the world without: environment and time; and hands-on nursing: manifesting relationships.
Current Activities/Future Plans
Rosemary is currently working with the APN group within the Medical Care Program at LHSC to promote and develop clinical research. This group has applied for a Baxter Grant ($10 000) to evaluate the effect of implementation of the Pain Best Practice Guideline (RNAO). Purdue Pharma has also been supportive in the development and implementation of this project.
Rosemary is particularly interested in engaging in interdisciplinary clinical research and plans to encourage the development of an interdisciplinary clinical research team (ICRT) in the Medical Care Program with a focus on improving the quality of patient care and dissemination of research findings through team-driven publications.
Rosemary is a frequent guest speaker and was recently the closing keynote speaker for the Sigma Theta Tau Research Day in London, Ontario. She often provides educational programs and workshops on wound care. As well, she is involved in the VideoCare conference program and plans to expand this effort to include more sites in southwestern Ontario to provide wound care consultation and education.
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