Kateryna Metersky

• RN PhD
• Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University

Engaging undergraduate students in nursing research is of high significance for capacity building and advancement of the nursing profession especially with current global constraints to health research. Helping students understand the significance of research can position students towards success in leveraging research in their future careers. Curr...

Social media is a powerful tool to promote and communicate nursing scholarship. As the nursing profession evolves with advances in technology, platforms including X, LinkedIn, and TikTok offer unique opportunities for academic engagement and professional networking at the individual and collective level. This editorial explores the growing role of...

Objectives Explore the interest of Canadian undergraduate and graduate nursing students in medical (MC) and recreational cannabis (RC) education. Methods Transformative learning theory framed an online survey exploring sources of information; factors and learning modalities of increasing interest in learning about MC/RC; and future career plans re...

This paper explores the relationship between the social determinants of health and their role in individual health. This paper stresses the importance of addressing these factors during healthcare delivery as they play a crucial role in the trajectories of health amongstindividuals and communities. The authors present and compare two seemingly iden...

Introduction: While existing literature primarily addresses patient cannulation anxiety, the anxiety experienced by hemodialysis (HD) nurses is frequently overlooked. HD nurse cannulation anxiety occurs when HD nurses experience nervousness prior to and during cannulation procedures. Enhancing understanding of this phenomenon can facilitate the ide...

p> Background Demonstrating cultural humility is crucial in healthcare as it helps build bridges between healthcare practitioners and patients receiving care to understand their needs and tailor interventions. International placements are one of the best ways to enhance cultural humility. Methods This study investigated the externship experien...

p>Clinical Nurse Educators (CNEs) play a critical role in supporting the recruitment, retention, and professional development of staff nurses in acute care hospital settings. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — which has exacerbated global nursing shortages — CNEs are reporting high levels of burnout associated with unpredictable work expecta...

p>Clinical Nurse Educators (CNEs) play a critical role in supporting the recruitment, retention, and professional development of staff nurses in acute care hospital settings. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — which has exacerbated global nursing shortages — CNEs are reporting high levels of burnout associated with unpredictable work expecta...

p>Approximately half of all women develop palpitations during pregnancy with a quarter experiencing arrhythmias. While most presentations are benign, some cases can result in sudden cardiac death or serious symptom development. Considering such clinical presentation, healthcare providers must acquire knowledge in this area to provide comprehensive...

p>Approximately half of all women develop palpitations during pregnancy with a quarter experiencing arrhythmias. While most presentations are benign, some cases can result in sudden cardiac death or serious symptom development. Considering such clinical presentation, healthcare providers must acquire knowledge in this area to provide comprehensive...

p> Background Demonstrating cultural humility is crucial in healthcare as it helps build bridges between healthcare practitioners and patients receiving care to understand their needs and tailor interventions. International placements are one of the best ways to enhance cultural humility. Methods This study investigated the externship experien...

Purpose: This concept analysis aims to conceptually define resourceful aging among migrants and refugees and develop a model integrating holistic nursing and healthcare practices to enhance their well-being. Methods: Using Walker and Avant’s methodology for concept analysis, we conducted a thorough and comprehensive literature search. Findings: Res...

This study explores the experiences of Ukrainian refugee women hosted by Canadian families in the Greater Toronto Area, focusing on the dynamics of this unique living arrangement amidst Toronto’s challenging housing situation. Using Feminist Standpoint Theory and a research-creation approach through Photovoice, eighteen Ukrainian refugee women shar...

Aims To present a conceptual definition of transnational healthcare in the context of migrant older adults. Design This article follows the Walker and Avant concept analysis framework to conduct an in‐depth analysis of transnational healthcare. Methods Databases were searched for scholarly articles using keywords associated with transnational hea...

Background: The aim of this study is to explore the practice experiences of new graduate nurses (NGNs) in publicly funded acute healthcare settings in the Greater Toronto Area, their perspectives on the determinants of their desire to stay or leave the nursing profession, and to identify action-oriented strategies to promote retention of NGNs. De...

This study examines the experiences of Ukrainian and Syrian refugee women in Toronto, Canada, focusing on food and housing insecurity. Through the exploration of “do-it-yourself” (DIY) strategies, 15 participants shared insights into how they navigate these challenges. The findings highlight the resourcefulness and resilience of refugee women in ad...

This poetic expression piece details the experiences of a migrant woman arriving in a new host country. While the piece it is not based on the lived experience of one specific migrant woman, the voice of one woman is used to represent a collective voice. This collective voice is comprised from all the Ukrainian migrant women participants that took...

In the context of a global nursing shortage, this paper explores the concept of resilience within the nursing profession, highlighting its implications for practice and policy on an international level. Although resilience is a vital concept for coping with stressors, we argue that placing the burden of resilience on individual nurses may obscure s...

Background Homestay accommodations aim to support a smoother transition for refugees; yet, the intricate nature of relationships between refugees and their hosting families can make this process complex, which, in turn, can affect their health and well-being. It is crucial to grasp the experiences of both refugees and their host families in order t...

Objective To analyze the configuration of power relations among the multiprofessional team in the bedside round process in the hospital. Methods Qualitative research with data analyzed through discourse analysis, based on Michel Foucault’s theoretical framework. From September to December 2022, we conducted interviews and field observations with t...

Background: Approximately half of all women develop palpitations during pregnancy, with a quarter experiencing arrhythmias. While most presentations are benign, some cases can result in sudden cardiac death or serious symptom development. Considering such clinical presentation, healthcare providers must acquire knowledge in this area to provide com...

The complex healthcare struggles faced by Syrian refugee women in Ontario, Canada necessitate innovative methodologies that transcend traditional research dissemination to accurately reflect their diverse lived experiences. Ethnodrama emerges as a potent tool in this context, addressing the noticeable gap in engaging wider audiences—including the r...

Objectives Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is an artificial intelligence-powered language model that can generate a unique outputs, in reponse to a user’s textual request. This has raised concerns related to academic integrity in nursing education as students may use the platform to generate original assignment content. Subsequent...

Approximately half of all women develop palpitations during pregnancy with a quarter experiencing arrhythmias. While most presentations are benign, some cases can result in sudden cardiac death or serious symptom development. Considering such clinical presentation, healthcare providers must acquire knowledge in this area to provide comprehensive pr...

UNSTRUCTURED Clinical Nurse Educators (CNEs) play a critical role in supporting the recruitment, retention, and professional development of staff nurses in acute care hospital settings. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — which has exacerbated global nursing shortages — CNEs are reporting high levels of burnout associated with unpredictable w...

Purpose: This concept analysis aims to address the gap in knowledge regarding the concept of successful refugee cohabitation with host families. It seeks to develop a conceptual model that integrates holistic nursing and healthcare practices into refugee cohabitation settings to enhance refugee well-being. Methods: A comprehensive literature search...

Background Refugees escaping political unrest and war are an especially vulnerable group. Arrival in high-income countries (HICs) is associated with a ‘new type of war’, as war refugees experience elevated rates of psycho-social and daily stressors. Purpose The purpose of this scoping review is to examine literature on psycho-social stressors amon...

Refugee women’s employment and economic inclusion have emerged as significant areas of focus, with these women facing unique challenges due to their gender, refugee status, and sociocultural identities. Policymakers and researchers worldwide are giving this issue increased attention. This systematic review uses a mixed methods approach and includes...

Background The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across different sectors, notably healthcare, is on the rise. However, a thorough exploration of AI's incorporation into nursing research, as well as its advantages and obstacles, is still lacking. Objective The aim of this scoping review was to map the roles, benefits, challenges, and pot...

Introduction: Pre-tenure early career researchers within academic settings play an important role as catalysts for new research and methodological innovations. However, the tenure-track process can be a high-pressure experience for such faculty. Examining organic collaborations amongst new pre-tenured faculty can afford opportunities for internal c...

This poem details a reflection by a nurse-mother coupled with two nursing voices of a surgical and postanesthetic care nurse when a child undergoes a surgical procedure. The nurse-mother’s perspective is filled with intense emotions due to the nurse-mother’s advanced knowledge, skill judgement, and experiences in the medical field. The two nursing...

This qualitative descriptive study explores Ukrainian refugee women's settlement experiences and how they negotiate the social and health care services to support their mental health and well-being in Canada. Utilizing an intersectional lens data from the lived experience of 16 Ukrainian refugee women was thematically analyzed. Four prominent theme...

Purpose: This paper aims to conceptually define refugee women's entrepreneurship in host countries, filling a literature gap on its gendered aspects and effects on well-being and integration. It seeks to clarify this concept and its impact on refugee women's empowerment, autonomy, and community contribution. Design/methodology/approach: Employing t...

Purpose: The aim is to contribute to a broader and more nuanced understanding of the experiences and challenges these women face as entrepreneurs, to aid in the development of more effective supportive measures. Method: A scoping review methodology guided by the framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley and later refined by Levac et al., and PRISMA...

BACKGROUND Homestay accommodations aim to support a smoother transition for refugees, yet the intricate nature of relationships between refugees and their hosting families can make this process complex, which in turn, can affect their health and wellbeing. It is crucial to grasp the experiences of both refugees and their host families in order to f...

Background: The process of refugee resettlement and integration into new communities is a complex and multifaceted challenge, not only for the refugees themselves but also for the host families involved in homestay housing arrangements. While these homestay arrangements are designed to facilitate smoother transitions and enhance the well-being of r...

AIM The aim of this study was to analyze nursing student level of knowledge and understanding of current experiences of Indigenous people within the Canadian health care system to identify curricular gaps that need to be addressed. BACKGROUND In response to the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, nursing schools have begun incorpor...

This paper reports the gathered information from an international environmental scan of university-baseline information for the creation of a Nursing Knowledge Network. An online environment scan of organizational context (February to October 2021) explored the identification of research areas, existing resources, expected benefits, innovations in...

Background Demonstrating cultural humility is crucial in healthcare as it helps build bridges between healthcare practitioners and patients receiving care to understand their needs and tailor interventions. International placements are one of the best ways to enhance cultural humility. Methods This study investigated the externship experience of on...

The concept of “belonging” has gained significant attention in policy debates concerning identity, migration, integration, and social cohesion, as it is closely tied to refugee wellbeing and the ability to feel comfortable and at ease in a specific location. This study investigates how Ukrainian and Syrian refugee women in Canada perceive their pro...

BACKGROUND Understanding the experiences of refugees and their host families is vital for effective refugee settlement, integration and wellbeing. However, the intricacies of refugee hosting, their interactions with host families, and the impact on their wellbeing are still unclear and ambiguous. OBJECTIVE The overall objective of this scoping rev...

Aim To explore the lived experience of advanced preparation nurses (APNs) who are mothers (APN‐mothers) as they seek care in the Emergency Department for a child with a chronic disease. Design Qualitative, Narrative Inquiry. Methods Narrative Inquiry was used to examine critical self‐reflections of four ( n = 4) APN‐mothers. Directed by a questio...

This report provides a way to harmonize the perspectives offered by refugee women regarding their perceived meaning behind employment, the layered challenges experienced in seeking employment, and facilitators to employment. By assessing key strengths and weaknesses of the existing employment landscape for refugee women, this report can be used to...

In nursing academia, educators are faced with the longstanding challenge of bridging the theory-practice gap. In a second-year nursing theory course, students were introduced to poetry on a biweekly basis, written by their educator in response to student needs in understanding complex theoretical and conceptual nursing topics. Through anecdotal evi...

Patient-partners are invaluable in health professions’ education. Sharing their lived experiences with prospective and current healthcare providers can provide an opportunity for these participants to hone their patient-centric skills. However, sharing stories publicly is a vulnerable role and may feel emotionally risky for patient-partners. Using...

Objective to analyze the distinct features, incongruencies, and harmony between the features of Canadian-Brazilian community health nursing as well their practices. Method ethnographic research conducted in primary healthcare clinics (city of João Pessoa, Brazil). Data collection unfolded from July to September 2018 and included direct, unstructur...

Objective to analyze the distinct features, incongruencies, and harmony between the features of Canadian-Brazilian community health nursing as well their practices. Method ethnographic research conducted in primary healthcare clinics (city of João Pessoa, Brazil). Data collection unfolded from July to September 2018 and included direct, unstructur...

Health professionals and care partners of persons living with dementia have expressed that learning needs related to dementia care are a priority. There are currently a variety of training programs available in Ontario (Canada) to address aspects of dementia care, but no commonly accepted description of the core knowledge, skills, and abilities, (i...

Background: Patients’ illness stories are valuable information that supports person-centred care across the illness trajectory. Aims: To learn how older South Asian immigrant women experience living with heart illness long after discharge from hospital. Method: We used narrative inquiry, a personal experience method that explores and interprets liv...

Background: Patients’ illness stories are valuable information that supports person-centred care across the illness trajectory. Aims: To learn how older South Asian immigrant women experience living with heart illness long after discharge from hospital. Method: We used narrative inquiry, a personal experience method that explores and interprets liv...

The conduct of systematic reviews is prevalent across various healthcare disciplines. However, it remains one of the least engaged methodologies in nursing. Increasingly, large numbers of individuals across healthcare are publishing in various mediums, on an annual basis, which has made it difficult for nurses to keep up with primary research evide...

The conduct of systematic reviews is prevalent across various healthcare disciplines. However, it remains one of the least engaged methodologies in nursing. Increasingly, large numbers of individuals across healthcare are publishing in various mediums, on an annual basis, which has made it difficult for nurses to keep up with primary research evide...

Background This article reports an evaluative replication study, including a workshop inspired by Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy. Purpose: Assess how the nursing students’ participation in critiquing Canadian empirical evidence on men's health literacy provokes new perceptions; explore students’ intentions of incorporating the aforementioned cont...

This poetic expression piece outlines and includes the key elements of person-centred and interprofessional care vital for healthcare providers to understand and apply in their care delivery and collaboration with patients. The author uses her first had experience with being a past recipient of care as well as her research work to share a perspecti...

Introduction: A series of 19 unfunded knowledge transfer hands-on workshops were implemented (2017–2019) and delivered by 22 facilitators from disciplines of nursing, business, communication, plastic arts, engineering, and community studies. The purpose of this paper is to report on the post-appraisal of the workshops’ implementation; uncovering th...

Framework- In the context of the need for the production of knowledge in low- and middle-income countries, as well as in high-income countries with their socially vulnerable populations and the concomitant, minimal availability of funding for international research, university researchers should innovate. Goal- Discuss critical methodological issue...

Background There is a lack of understanding of the ways in which patients can participate in their interprofessional teams (IPTs). Healthcare providers (HCPs) require further clarity on how patients can participate in such teams. Purpose This scoping review addressed the following question: “What is known about patient participation in IPTs and th...

Framework- In the context of the need for the production of knowledge in low- and middle-income countries, as well as in high-income countries with their socially vulnerable populations and the concomitant, minimal availability of funding for international research, university researchers should innovate. Goal- Discuss critical methodological issue...

Background: The current healthcare environment is filled with numerous team caring models, which are often used interchangeably, but ultimately mean different levels of collaboration among HCPs, and between HCPs and patients: multiprofessional collaboration, transprofessional collaboration, and interprofessional patient-centered collaborative (IPCC...

Purpose: This paper aims to clarify the concept of reflective practice in nursing by using Rodgers' evolutionary method of concept analysis. Data sources: Literature and references on the concept of reflective practice were obtained from two databases: Scopus and Nursing and Allied health database. Peer-reviewed articles published in English lan...

Health care providers are increasingly asked to work in interprofessional teams to enhance the care provided to and health outcomes of their patients. However, there is little evidence on how to include patients in meaningful roles on these teams to support their health monitoring and management. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into r...

The transfer of accountability (TOA) for a patient from one nurse to another at change of shift is an important opportunity to exchange essential patient care information, as well as to enhance the safety and quality of patient care. T his study was undertaken to explore nurses’, patients’ and family members’ perceptions associated with the impl...

In this paper we report reflections about the scholarly mentoring experiences of undergraduate nursing students (mentees) and faculty members (mentors) involved in an intellectual partnership at a Canadian university. The paper specifically recounts the impacts of the transformative process experienced by 18 mentees and three mentors, based on thei...

Background: Interprofessional education and practice have been gaining recognition during the past decade. However, little has been written on person-centered care (PCC) within interprofessional practice and how it could be taught to interprofessional learners. Method: A key element of PCC is therapeutic communication. Consequently, a group of i...

Interprofessional care (IPC) has been discussed in the literature as having the ability to lower health care expenditures, decrease wait times, enhance patient health outcomes and increase healthcare provider (HCP) satisfaction with care delivery. To date, limited research has been conducted on patients’ experiences of receiving IPC. Using Connelly...

Background: Patients’ illness stories are valuable information that supports person-centred care across the illness trajectory. Aims: To learn how older South Asian immigrant women experience living with heart illness long after discharge from hospital. Method: We used narrative inquiry, a personal experience method that explores and interprets liv...

Although caring is one of the integral aspects of nursing practice and education, it is often left assumed and loosely threaded through the curricula. In this arts-informed Narrative Inquiry we asked nursing students how they define caring and how we could teach it. We engaged students in the Narrative Reflective Process (NRP), a creative multi-ste...

Objectives: Interprofessional whole-person care has been depicted as being able to enhance patient health outcomes, increase health care provider satisfaction with care delivery, lower health care spending and decrease wait times for receiving care. Limited research has been conducted into exploring patients’ experiences of being recipients of this...

Research shows that high cultural competence is most often acquired through both the theoretical education and the practical experiences within the international contexts. The purpose of this project evaluation was to learn from four undergraduate nursing students, who spent three-months in a Brazilian community, how they experienced their internat...

Background: A Canadian nursing student-led knowledge dissemination project on health promotion for social development was implemented with local professionals and communities in Brazil. Objectives: (a) to identify how student-interns contrasted Canadian and Brazilian cultural and social realities within a primary healthcare context from a social...

Systematic reviews are prevalent across various healthcare disciplines, yet they remain one of the least engaged methodologies in nursing. Increasingly, massive amounts of healthcare studies and information are published in various mediums, which may made it difficult for nurses to keep up with primary research evidence. The purpose of this discuss...