Ongoing Research Projects

The feasibility of online modules and virtual simulation games to teach nurses about cultural humility, sexual orientation, and gender diversity

This project, led by Marian Lucktar-Flude, explores the feasibility of online modules and virtual simulation games designed to help nurses build cultural humility and confidence when caring for LGBTQI2S patients.

Designing wound assessment and management (WAM) educational modules: virtual simulation games and a virtual quiz

Led by Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude, this innovative project is designing virtual simulation games and quizzes to help nurses and students strengthen their wound care knowledge and decision-making.

Examining Registered Nurses’ level of compassion: What is the influence of practice environments?

Led by Dr. Jacqueline Galica, this study examines Ontario Registered Nurses’ levels of compassion and compassion competence, and how practice environments influence the capacity to deliver compassionate, high-quality care.

Teaching and learning about birth & midwifery – Undergraduate nursing experiences with midwives in Ontario

Dr. Danielle Macdonald and team are studying the experiences of nursing students that are placed with midwives during their maternal-newborn clinical courses.