Helen Vandenberg RN, MSN, PhD
Associate Professor- Address
- Regina
Biography
Dr. Helen Vandenberg joined the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing an as Assistant Professor in July of 2015. Her current program of research is focused on the history of hospitals, health systems, and nursing in Western Canada during the turn of the twentieth century.
Any inquiries about Dr. Vandenberg's current or past work are warmly welcomed.
Research Interests
- History of hospitals, health systems and nursing in Western Canada from 1860-present
- Nursing history in undergraduate nursing education
- Health systems, health policy and healthcare transformation
- Philosophy
- Culture and culture theorizing in nursing
- Rural nursing
- Nursing education
Methodology
- Quantitative
- Mixed Methods
- Social History
- Historiography
Teaching
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Dr. Vandenberg has taught a number of courses and labs at the graduate and undergraduate level including:
- NURS 201 - Perspectives on Health Wellness and Diversity in a Global Context
- NURS 203 - Assessment and Components of Care II
- NURS 204 - Communication and Professional Relationships
- NURS 422 - Issues in Leadership and Management Transformative Practice in Health Care Organizations
- NURS 440 - Inter-professional Perspectives: Health Systems and Policy Development within a Global Context
- NURS 450 - Practice Integration
- NURS 818 - Statistical Methodology in Nursing
- NURS 891 - Concept Clarification in Advanced Nursing Practice
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She currently teaches:
- NURS 410/810 - History of Health Systems, Public Health, and Nursing in Canada
- NURS 895 – Philosophy of Nursing Science
Publications
Grants
External Committees
Dr. Vandenberg has been involved in a number of capacities with history organizations:
- College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan
- Legislative and Bylaws Committee 2023-present
- Canadian Association for the History of Nursing
- Finance Chair and Treasurer 2018-present
- President 2017-2019
- Vice Chair 2012-2014
- Canadian Society for the History of Medicine,
- Nominations 2023-present
- Member at Large 2020-present
- BC Nursing History Society
- Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry