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Biography

Karen (she/her) is a full-time faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing Regina site with a teaching focus in the area of pediatric and adolescent health. Karen received her BScN from USask in 1984, her MN from USask in 2001 and her PhD from the University of Regina in 2021.

Karen is on the SaskPain Board of Directors and is the chair of the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS) Professional Practice Group in Pain Management. Karen received the SRNA Millennium Award for Innovation in Nursing and the Canadian Pain Society (CPS) Interprofessional Nursing Project Award in 2013. Karen is currently the co-principal investigator for the Improving Pain in Sk (IPSK) research project.

Research Interests

  • Pain management
  • Interprofessional Education in Pain Management
  • Pediatric Interprofessional Education using simulation
  • Peer support

Methodology

  • Qualitative
  • Participatory Research

Courses

Current courses:
  • NURS 330: Maternal Child and Adolescent Family Centered Nursing
  • NURS 331: Maternal Child and Adolescent Family Centered Nursing Practice
  • NURS 441: Transitioning to Professional Practice
Past courses:
  • NURS 220: Concepts of Patient and Family Centered Care
  • NURS 221: Patient and Family Centered Care in Clinical Practice
  • NURS 450: Practice Integration

Grants

$179,998 Tupper SM (PI). Juckes K (Co-PI), Lawson K, Downe PJ, Dell C, Baerg K, Beckwell E (Lived Experience), McCreery R (Lived Experience), Okeeweehow S (Lived Experience), Coe J (Knowledge User), Ugolini C (Decision Maker). Improving pain care through emerging Saskatchewan health networks: a community-based participatory approach. Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) and Saskatchewan Centre for Patient Oriented Research (SCPOR) Sprout Grant. Funding term March 2020 through February 2022. Purpose: Community-based participatory action research to build capacity for patient family advisors, health care providers, community-based organizations, and healthcare decision makers to identify, implement and evaluate solutions for improved chronic pain management in health networks in Saskatchewan.

External Committees

  • College of Registered Nurses Association (CRNS) Pain Management Professional Practice Group (PPG)
  • Saskatchewan Pain Society Board of Directors
  • Student Energy in Action for Regina Community Health (SEARCH) Advisory Committee, Saskatchewan Health Authority

Honours (Medals, Fellowships, Prizes)

  • SRNA Millennium Award for Innovation in Nursing 2013
  • The Canadian Pain Society (CPS) Interprofessional Nursing Project Award in 2013