Academic Staff

Marie Edwards, RN, PhD
Associate Professor

E: Marie.Edwards@umanitoba.ca
P: 204.474.8218
F: 204.474.7682

 

 

 Education
 
PhD, University of Toronto
MN, University of Manitoba
BsN, University of Manitoba
BSc (Kinesiology) - University of Waterloo
Intensive Care Nursing Program - Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB
Diploma in Nursing - Conestoga College, Kitchener, ON
 
 Other Appointments (Academic/Research)
 
Research Associate, Health Sciences Centre
 
 Specialty/Clinical/Teaching Areas
 
Research Interests: The work of nurses, conflict related to treatment decisions, the role of the nurse as a member of the inter-disciplinary team, knowing the patient, advance care planning, moral distress, ethical issues in clinical practice, and research ethics.

Clinical Interests: Critical care nursing and clinical ethics
 

 Recent Grants 

 
Edwards, M., McClement, S. (co-PIs), Peter, E., Roger, K. (co-investigators), & Embleton, L. (collaborator). Exploring ethical practice in palliative home care using appreciative inquiry. CIHR Catalyst Grant: Ethics (June, 2009 -- $66,462 total over 2 years)

Edwards, M., & McClement, S. (co-PIs). Responding to nurses’ moral distress. CIHR Seed Grant: Ethics (June 30, 2007 - $40,045)

Woodgate, R., Borton, B., Edwards, M., Hallman, B., Rempel, G., & Ripat, J. Changing geographies of care:  Using therapeutic landscapes as a framework to understand how families with medically complex children participate in communities.  CIHR (April, 2008 competition --  $79,768 x 3 years)

Woodgate, R., Clarke, J., Edwards, M., Goldberg, A., Lane, M., McDonald, P., & Wener, P. Youth involvement in health care decisions: Ethical, social, and cultural perspectives.  CIHR (April 2008, competition -- $95,853)

Edwards, M. National survey of critical care nurses’ experiences of conflict in the intensive care unit. University of Manitoba, University Research Grants Program (December, 2008 -- $4,608)
 

 Recent Publications

Edwards, M., McMillan, D., & Fallis, W. (2010). Balancing the “goods”: Managers’ perceptions of napping during breaks on night shifts [Abstract]. Dynamics, 21(2), 16-17.

Edwards, M. (2010). Research Review. Poncet et al. Burnout syndrome in critical care nursing staff. Dynamic, 21(1), 8-9.

Edwards, M., Throndson, K., & Dyck, F. (2009). Conflict in the intensive care unit: The roles of critical care nurses [Abstract]. Dynamics, 20(2), 27-28.

Edwards, M. (2008). Withholding and withdrawing treatment: Whose decision is it [Abstract]? Dynamics, 19(2), 12-13.

Fallis, W., McMillan, D., & Edwards, M. (2008). Critical care nurses’ experiences of napping on breaks during night shift [Abstract]. Dynamics, 19(2), 29.

McMillan, D. E., Fallis, W. M., & Edwards, M. P. (2008). Napping during night shift:Experiences of critical care nurses [Abstract]. Sleep, 31 (Abstract Supplement), A123-A124.

McMillan, D.E., Fallis, W.M., & Edwards, M.P. (2010, Winter). Napping During Breaks on Night Shift – Perspectives of Critical Care Nurses on Experiences, Barriers, and the Impact on Patient and Nurse Health and Safety. Victoria General Hospital Foundation Newsletter, 28, 2. (Invited article).

Woodgate, R. L., & Edwards, M. (2010). Children in health research: A matter of trust. Journal  of Medical Ethics, 36, 211-216.