The master's program is offered in English and French with a thesis option or a clinical option (course based) and on a full-time or part-time basis. It may be combined with the Diploma in Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner. In accordance with the University of Ottawa policy, students can write exams, course assignments and the thesis in either language.

The courses from the master's program can be offered by distance modalities. The courses from the Diploma PHCNP are offered using a combination of face-to-face and distance modalities. Francophones from minority communities on the Canadian west and east coasts and in the Territories benefit from additional privileges thanks to the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS). CNFS is a nationally-represented organization that comprises ten university- and college-level academic institutions offering French-language education in various health-related fields.

The department offers a collaborative program in Women’s studies at the MA level. For more information on this program, see 'Admission'.

The program operates within the general framework of the general regulations of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS) of the University of Ottawa, which are posted on the FGPS website.

The professors included in the list below are members of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This means that they are authorized to supervise or co-supervise theses. A complete list of the faculty and staff members associated with the program can be found at http://www.health.uottawa.ca/asg/index.htm

BAJNOK, Irmajean, Adjunct Professor

BRAJTMAN, Susan, Associate Professor
Palliative care; agitated delirium at the end of life; end of life care for seniors; interprofessional education; nursing education in end-of-life care

CRAGG, Catherine E., Emeritus Professor
Use of technology for nursing education; interprofessional education; nursing leadership; nursing curriculum

DARMANN-FINK, Ingrid, Adjunct Professor

DAVIES, Barbara, Full Professor
Knowledge transfer; maternal infant health; collaborative multi-disciplinary maternity care; supportive care in childbirth; clinical practice guidelines

DUNN, Sandra, Adjunct Professor

EDWARDS, Nancy, Cross-appointment
International health; multiple interventions for community health; fall prevention for seniors; knowledge transfer and utilization (practice, programs and policy); mixed methods designs

ELLIOTT, Jayne, Adjunct Professor

ELLIS, Jacqueline, Associate Professor
Pediatric pain assessment and management; institutional support for best practice pain management; culture and pain assessment; patient safety and complex nursing interventions; program evaluation

ETOWA, Josephine, Associate Professor
Inequities in health and health care; diversity in nursing; women's health; qualitative research; critical theory; participatory action research (PAR) approaches

FORGERON, Paula, Assistant Professor
Social Functioning of Adolescents with Chronic Pain ; Pediatric Pain Management ; Global Health ; Knowledge Translation ; Mixed Methods

FOTH, Thomas, Assistant Professor
Nursing history and discourse analysis, Ethics, Actor-network theory, Subjectification processes and nursing, Critical theory and "Frankfurt School", Queer theories and postcolonial theories, Professionnalisation

FOTHERGILL BOURBONNAIS, Frances, Emeritus Professor
Qualitative research; pain and symptom assessment and management in palliative care; family assessment mechanisms; strategies to facilitate care of patients with HIV/AIDS; aspects of critical care nursing, interprofessional education

GAGNON, Marilou, Assistant Professor
Critical theory and feminist perspectives; medico-pharmaceutical complex; interface body-technology; people living with HIV/AIDS (women living with HIV/AIDS); marginalization and deviance, politics of HIV/AIDS; women's Health

GIFFORD, Wendy, Assistant Professor

GRAHAM, Ian, Cross-appointment
Knowledge transfer and utilization; Evidence-based practice; Ottawa model of research use; Implementation trials; Clinical practice guidelines; Decision making; Qualitative methods, Survey methods

GRINSPUN, Doris, Adjunct Professor

GUIMOND, Pierrette, Assistant Professor
Decision-making; experiential learning; critical thinking; reflective practice; preceptorship; clinical teaching

HARRISON, Denise, Assistant Professor
Pain management in sick infants; Sucrose analgesia in diverse populations of infants and children; Knowledge translation of research into clinical practice

HIGUCHI, Kathryn, Associate Professor
Knowledge transfer and innovation with health care professionals; teaching and learning in health professions education; clinical reasoning/decision-making; clinical practice guidelines

HOLMES, Dave, Full Professor
Critical theory; post-structuralism; queer theory; governmentality; social control; forensic psychiatry; sexuality; public health.

JACOB, Jean-Daniel, Assistant Professor
Critical theory; Violence and risk management; Psychiatric nursing; Forensic psychiatric nursing; Socio-political aspects of nursing; Ethics

KREUTZER, Susanne, Adjunct Professor

LAPERRIÈRE, Hélène, Associate Professor
Community nursing; community evaluation; partnership state/popular civil society; collection action; formation of health professionals from minorities; care and cooperative housing; HIV/AIDS; popular education in health; Latin America, systematization of experiences; collective research and volunteering.

LAUZON, Sylvie, Full Professor
Nursing epistemology; nursing care for older adults; nursing care for older adults with cognitive disorders; family caregivers' health and experience

LLOYD, Monique, Adjunct Professor

MCCABE, Janet, Adjunct Professor

MCPHERSON, Christine, Associate Professor
Palliative care (symptom management and psychosocial issues); health psychology (chronic disease); social gerontology; research methods (qualitative, quantitative); systematic reviews

MERCER, David, Adjunct Professor

MOREAU, Denise, Assistant Professor
Women's health (adult & youth); health of francophone women living in a minority situation in Canada; maternity representations & practices; health communication; health promotion

MURRAY, Mary Ann, Adjunct Professor
Palliative Care

NOEL-WEISS, Joy, Assistant Professor
Human lactation and breastfeeding ; Nursing ; Ethics (theory and application) ; Ethical dilemmas for nurses and for lactation consultants ; Maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy ; Peer support for women who want to breastfeed

O'BYRNE, Patrick, Assistant Professor
Marginalized populations; sexual health; sexually transmitted infections and HIV; critical theory and Politics; nursing

PERREAULT, Isabelle, Adjunct Professor
Analysis of Discourses and Practices with Regard to Lobotomy at Hôpital Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, 1940–60.

PERRON, Amélie, Assistant Professor
Marginalized populatons; psychiatry and mental health, forensic nursing; identity and subjectivity; risk; power relationships; ethics and politics, critical theory, discourse deconstruction; policy deconstruction; epistemology

PETERSON, Wendy, Assistant Professor
Perinatal health services for priority ('vulnerable') populations, pregnant and parenting youth, postpartum nursing care of adolescent mothers, mental health and adolescent parenthood, health care provider-client relations, patient satisfaction, access to determinants of health, integration of preventive services and interdisciplinary collaboration, qualitative methods, survey development and psychometrics

PHARAND, Denyse, Teaching Associate
Clinical teaching evaluation in nursing; preceptorship in nursing teaching; violence in psychiatric setting; best practice guidelines in nursing practice

PHILLIPS, Craig, Assistant Professor
The ecosocial context of health as a human right ; Vulnerable populations ; Sexual minority health and gay men's health ; HIV, HIV antiretroviral therapy adherence ; Smoking cessation ; Ecosocial theory ; Social epidemiology

POLOMENO, Viola, Associate Professor
Perinatal sexuality; intimacy of the parenting couple; relationship love-health; intervention programs on intergenerational family health promotion; perinatal education; perceptual interpersonal approach; development, psychometric evaluation and translation of family research instruments

RASHOTTE, Judith, Adjunct Professor

SMITH, Dawn, Associate Professor
Equity and access to services; improving capacity to provide care for minority populations; health services and policy research; public and population health; Aboriginal health; community health; rural health

SPRAGUE, Ann, Adjunct Professor
Perinatal nursing; bed rest; preterm birth; knowledge translation; risk management

SQUIRES, Janet Elaine, Assistant Professor

ST-PIERRE, Isabelle, Adjunct Professor

STACEY, Dawn, Associate Professor
Patient decision making (nurse coaching, patient decision support tools); knowledge translation to patients; telephone nursing; implementation of innovations in practice/organizations, oncology supportive care nursing

STUART, Meryn, Adjunct Professor
History of health care; history of women and the professions; history of nursing and wars; poststructuralism; feminism; feminist theory

THIFAULT, Marie-Claude, Associate Professor
History of nursing in Canada; history of women in Quebec and Canada; history of nursing sisters; history of life in mental institutions in the 19th and 20th centuries; women and marginality; gender and madness; cultural history

TOMAN, Cynthia, Adjunct Professor
History of nursing; history of health care; history of medical technology; history of military nursing

TOURIGNY, Jocelyne, Full Professor
Pre-operative preparation of children and parents ; emotional distress in young children ; parents' involvement in children's ambulatory care; fathers' involvement in children's health care, partnership model for parents and professionals

WALSH, Elizabeth, Adjunct Professor

WOODEND, Kirsten, Adjunct Professor
Health services research; cardiovascular disease; women's health (CVD related); multidisciplinary teams; continuity of care

• Have completed a baccalaureate in nursing (equivalent to the degree offered by the University of Ottawa) with at least 70% (B) average
AND
• Have successfully completed an introductory statistics course (or equivalent) within the last six (6) years.

This course must be completed prior to commencing the program or, if not, during the first session in the program. A current certificate of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario or equivalent from another province is required. The equivalent of two years of recent nursing practice as a registered nurse, preferably in the chosen area of concentration, is strongly recommended.

Graduate Diplomas or Specialization

Diploma in Primary Health Care for Nurse Practitioners

Graduate Diploma in Health Services and Policy Research (Temporarily suspended.)

Collaborative Program in Women's Studies at the Master's Level

Students should normally apply for acceptance in the women's studies collaborative program at the same time as they apply for admission to the master's program in nursing.

For further details, please consult the Women’s studies program on the FGPS website.

MSc with Thesis Option

MSc with Clinical Option

• Five compulsory courses (21 credits):
NSG5130 Development of knowledge and theory in nursing as a discipline (3cr.)
NSG5140 Research methods in nursing (3cr.)
NSG5192 Statistical analysis in nursing (3cr.)
NSG5210 Advanced nursing practice in primary health care (6cr.)
or
NSG5220 Advanced nursing practice in tertiary health care (6cr.)
NSG6401 CLINICAL PROJECT IN ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE (6cr.)

• Three elective courses (9 credits):
Subject to approval from the program director, appropriate electives may be chosen from other graduate programs offered at the University of Ottawa or at other universities.


MSc in Nursing with a Diploma in Primary Health Care for Nurse Practitioners (PHCNP)

Clinical Option

• Eleven compulsory courses (45 credits):
NSG5130 Development of knowledge and theory in nursing as a discipline (3cr.)
NSG5140 Research methods in nursing (3cr.)
NSG5192 Statistical analysis in nursing (3cr.)
NSG5350 Pathophysiology for the nurse practitioner (3cr.)
NSG5360 Roles and responsibilities of the nurse practitioner (3cr.)
NSG5370 Advanced health assessment and diagnosis I (3cr.)
NSG5375 Advanced health assessment and diagnosis II (3cr.)
NSG5380 Therapeutics in primary health care I (3cr.)
NSG5385 Therapeutics in primary health care II (3cr.)
NSG5401 Integrative practicum (12cr.)
NSG6401 CLINICAL PROJECT IN ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE (6cr.)


Collaborative Program in Women's Studies

Students admitted to the Collaborative program in women's studies at the master's level must meet the requirements for a master's degree in their primary program as well as the requirements of the women's studies program. Normally, the women's studies courses are recognized as partial fulfillment of the requirements of the student's primary program, in which case the passing grade in the relevant FEM course or courses is the same as that specified for the primary program.

The Women's Studies requirements are:

• Two compulsory courses:
FEM5300 FEMINIST THEORIES (3cr.)
FEM5103 FEMINIST METHODOLOGIES (3cr.)

Students must complete the two compulsory courses before their first registration for the major research paper or thesis.

• A thesis or major research paper on a topic related to women, gender, feminism or sexualities. The proposed topic must be approved by the Women’s Studies Graduate Committee as well as by the student’s primary program. The thesis or major research paper must demonstrate knowledge of feminist scholarship in the field or fields appropriate to the topic, and of feminist methodologies where applicable.
• The thesis supervisor must possess Women’s Studies and/or feminist expertise. In the case of a major research paper, the supervisor should, ideally, possess Women’s Studies and/or feminist expertise. If not, one of the readers must possess such expertise. Joint supervision by a professor from the participating unit and a professor chosen by the WSGC may be appropriate in some cases.
• Thesis or Major Research Paper Proposal: The thesis or major research paper proposal must be approved by the Women’s Studies Graduate Committee as well as by the primary program. Usually the thesis or major research paper proposal is submitted to women’s studies by the end of the third session of the first year of studies. For the primary programs that do not require a proposal, students must still submit a proposal to the Women’s Studies Graduate Committee.
• Examiner or Reader: One of the examiners (for the thesis) or reader (for the major research paper) must be a person approved by the Women’s Studies Graduate Committee.
• The passing grade in all courses is C+. Students who fail two courses (equivalent to 6 credits) must withdraw from the program.

Duration of the Program

Master's students are expected to complete all requirements within two years. The maximum time permitted is four years from the date of initial registration. The thesis must be submitted within four years of the date of initial registration in the program.


Minimum Standards

The passing grade in all courses in the program is B. Students who fail two courses or six credits must withdraw.

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