Ingram School of Nursing - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

New study highlights factors that support home deaths for patients receiving at-home palliative and end-of-life care

Hena Kon — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:22:15 +0000

Access to respite services for caregivers increases the probability of dying at home by 2.7 times, according to an evaluative study by 91�� researcher Kelley Kilpatrick and her team. Titled “Factors that support home deaths for patients receiving at-home palliative and end-of-life care: a sequential mixed-methods explanatory study”, the paper was published in BMC Palliative Care.

Graduate Student Symposiums showcase research and knowledge translation projects

Hena Kon — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:00:58 +0000

A highlight for final year masters’ students and faculty alike, this year’s Graduate Student Symposiums were held on two separate dates: April 4 for the Knowledge Translation stream and April 11 for the Research stream.

Vascular Access Student Club wins national awards

Hena Kon — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:48:42 +0000

The Ingram School of Nursing’s Vascular Access Student Club (VASC) team of talented executives and dedicated faculty advisors scored big at the 2025 National Canadian Vascular Access Association (CVAA) Conference held in PEI in May. The team was awarded 2nd place overall for their ultrasound-guided PIV insertion poster and won the People’s Choice Award for their student-led influenza vaccination clinic poster.

Research on advanced practice nursing roles informs WHO report

Hena Kon — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:32:13 +0000

The section on advanced practice nursing In the World Health Organization’s recently released State of the World’s Nursing 2025 Report was informed in part by research conducted by Associate Professor Kelley Kilpatrick. Prof. Kilpatrick holds the Susan E. French Chair in Nursing Research and Innovative Practice at the Ingram School of Nursing, and is a researcher at the Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, part of the CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal.

Reclaiming roots through art: How an arts-based assignment helped a Mohawk student reconnect with her culture

Norma Ponzoni — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:40:19 +0000

In the graduate course NUR2 608 Seminar in Nursing, an unexpected journey of cultural reconnection began for one Indigenous student through the simple yet profound act of beading. What started as an arts-based assignment quickly evolved into a transformative experience bridging academic learning with ancestral wisdom and self-discovery.

Rising to the occasion

hena.kon@mcgill.ca — Fri, 30 May 2025 14:39:03 +0000

Five graduate students working in the RISE3 LAB at the Ingram School of Nursing under the supervision of Assistant Professor Guillaume Fontaine were awarded highly competitive grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and/or the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) for their research projects.

Graduates honoured for excellence at awards reception

hena.kon@mcgill.ca — Thu, 29 May 2025 20:12:17 +0000

At a reception hosted by the Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN), nine graduating students were awarded convocation prizes for leadership, academic excellence, and passion for nursing. Held on May 27th at The Neuro’s Jeanne Timmins Foyer prior to the official convocation ceremony, the reception was a joyous occasion attended by the awardees, their families, ISoN faculty and generous benefactors.

Daring to lead: In conversation with Lynne McVey

hena.kon@mcgill.ca — Tue, 13 May 2025 19:05:17 +0000

On October 1, 2024, Lynne McVey, RN, MSc(A)N, began her 5-year mandate as Associate Dean and Director, Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN). Recognized for her extensive experience in both nursing practice and as a CEO in healthcare, Prof. McVey is a two-time graduate of 91�� university, and completed a fellowship in the Wharton Fellows Program in Health Management for Nurse Executives at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Strategy for Healthcare Delivery Program at Harvard Business School. We sat down with Prof.

From classmates to colleagues

hena.kon@mcgill.ca — Thu, 01 May 2025 19:47:54 +0000

Last fall, several members of the Class of 2006 Direct-Entry Master’s in Nursing graduates who are faculty members at the Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN) began meeting regularly over lunch to reconnect, share experiences and support each other personally and professionally. “It struck us as remarkable that such a large representation of our cohort wound up back at 91�� teaching nursing, especially when compared with other cohorts,” says Sonia Castiglione.

ISoN and clinical partners well represented at national NP Conference

hena.kon@mcgill.ca — Thu, 01 May 2025 19:36:59 +0000

A group of 91�� faculty and clinical partners presented four posters and one oral presentation at the second Annual National Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada (NPAC) conference, April 11-12, 2025 in Toronto. These presentations were in the context of the work being done by the 91��-CODIM-ODIM team that received a “91�� Nursing Collaborative for Education and Innovation in Patient-and-Family-Centered Care” operating grant ($25,000) for their project entitled: Implementing a Model of Excellence in Interprofessional Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Education.