Joanne Olson, University of Alberta

Research

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Plunkett R.Leipert B. & Olson J

Latest papers

Psychological distress in patients receiving critical care: An evolutionary concept analysis.
Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses · 2026
Supporting Nurse Participation in Deprescribing: A Qualitative Study of Long‐Term Care Nurses in Alberta, Canada
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology · 2026
Perceived Impacts and Predictors of Cannabis Products Used by Patients with Rheumatologic Conditions in Alberta, Canada: A Multivariable Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data.
Arthritis care & research · 2026

All 36 publications

Latest funding

Operationalizing Structural Competency in Mental Health Care
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$105,000
Intervention to improve perinatal outcomes following the 2016 Alberta wildfires: administration, effectiveness and community implementation
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$500,000

All 2 grants and awards

36 publications.

01

Psychological distress in patients receiving critical care: An evolutionary concept analysis.

Kusi-Appiah E, Saleema A, Rewa O, Montgomery C, Olson J, Papathanassoglou E

Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2026.101606 PMID: 42139837

02

Supporting Nurse Participation in Deprescribing: A Qualitative Study of Long‐Term Care Nurses in Alberta, Canada

Jude A. Spiers, Cheryl A Sadowski, Olson Jk, Ana Vucenovic, Kalee Lodewyk, Roni Y. Kraut

Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.70205 PMID: 41640089

03

Perceived Impacts and Predictors of Cannabis Products Used by Patients with Rheumatologic Conditions in Alberta, Canada: A Multivariable Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data.

Zhang S, Lowe SAJ, Sun F, Jones A, Turk T, Olson J, Paul P, Yamamoto S, Kolewaski L, Yacyshyn E, Sadowski CA

Arthritis care & research2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/acr.80071 PMID: 42045789

04

Preconception Care: A Concept Analysis of an Evolving Paradigm.

Aynalem YA, Paul P, Olson J, Lassi ZS, Meherali S

Journal of advanced nursing202510 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/jan.16711 PMID: 39791592

05

Nursing Knowledge in the Care of Patients on Hemodialysis Who Are Living with Depression: An Integrative Review.

Mharapara P, Olson J, Ahmed SB, Schick-Makaroff K

Nephrology nursing journal : journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association20252 citations

PMID: 40623233

06

Sex and Gender Characteristics of Adults on Hemodialysis Experiencing Depression and Depressive Symptoms: A Scoping Review.

Mharapara P, Ahmed SB, Olson J, Schick-Makaroff K

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/20543581251378018 PMID: 41122301

07

Time, diagnosis, and medication: The institutional circuit of billing in community mental health care.

Melino K, Olson J, Spiers J, Rankin J, Hilario C

Social science & medicine (1982)20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118455 PMID: 40768956

08

The development of a cannabis risk assessment tool for patients with rheumatologic conditions: a Delphi study

Tarek Turk, Kaitlyn E. Watson, Heba A. T. Aref, Dimple Patel, C Allyson Jones, Joanne Olson, Pauline Paul, Cheryl A Sadowski, Elaine Yacyshyn

Clinical Rheumatology2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10067-025-07807-z PMID: 41345331

09

Rhetorics and Realities of Access in Community Mental Health Care.

Melino K, Rankin J, Olson J, Spiers J, Hilario C

Nursing inquiry2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/nin.70014 PMID: 40190176

10

The meaning of preparedness for informal caregivers of older adults: A concept analysis.

Dal Pizzol FLF, O'Rourke HM, Olson J, Baumbusch J, Hunter K

Journal of advanced nursing202431 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/jan.15999 PMID: 38041594

Operationalizing Structural Competency in Mental Health Care

SupervisorCIHR2022Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Melino, Katerina

Keywords: Determinants Of Health; Health Equity; Health Systems Transformation; Intersectionality; Mental Health Care; Qualitative Research; Structural Competency; Structural Inequities

$105,000

Intervention to improve perinatal outcomes following the 2016 Alberta wildfires: administration, effectiveness and community implementation

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: Health Effects of the Alberta Wildfires - Other

Principal investigators: Olson, David M; Mcneil, Deborah A

Keywords: Biomarkers; Epigenetics; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Neurodevelopment; Newborn; Perinatal; Pregnancy; Resilience; Stress; Wildfire

$500,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Kathleen Hunter and Sherry Dahlke: 56 shared papers
Ève Dubé and Shannon MacDonald: 47 shared papers
Suzette Bremault-Phillips and Phillip Sevigny: 17 shared papers
Joanne Olson and Pauline Paul: 11 shared papers
David Olson and Suzette Bremault-Phillips: 10 shared papers
Jennifer Baumbusch and Sherry Dahlke: 9 shared papers
Kathleen Hunter and Hannah O'Rourke: 9 shared papers
Shannon Scott and Shannon MacDonald: 9 shared papers
Alexandra Heber and Suzette Bremault-Phillips: 7 shared papers
Jennifer Baumbusch and Greta Cummings: 7 shared papers
Shannon Scott and Greta Cummings: 6 shared papers
Sofia Ahmed and Kara Schick-Makaroff: 6 shared papers
Suzette Bremault-Phillips and Carla Hilario: 6 shared papers
Jennifer Baumbusch and Kathleen Hunter: 5 shared papers
Shelby Yamamoto and Allyson Jones: 5 shared papers
Hannah O'Rourke and Sherry Dahlke: 5 shared papers
Sherry Dahlke and Joanne Olson: 5 shared papers
Alexandra Heber and Phillip Sevigny: 4 shared papers
Shannon Scott and Ève Dubé: 4 shared papers
Shannon Scott and Carla Hilario: 4 shared papers
Greta Cummings and Carmel Montgomery: 4 shared papers
Shelby Yamamoto and Suzette Bremault-Phillips: 4 shared papers
Carla Hilario and Joanne Olson: 4 shared papers
Cheryl Sadowski and Elaine Yacyshyn: 4 shared papers
Cheryl Sadowski and Joanne Olson: 4 shared papers
Elaine Yacyshyn and Joanne Olson: 4 shared papers
Elaine Yacyshyn and Pauline Paul: 4 shared papers
Jennifer Baumbusch and Hannah O'Rourke: 3 shared papers
Shannon Scott and Joanne Olson: 3 shared papers
Sofia Ahmed and Ève Dubé: 3 shared papers
Sofia Ahmed and Shannon MacDonald: 3 shared papers
Greta Cummings and Kara Schick-Makaroff: 3 shared papers
Greta Cummings and Jude Spiers: 3 shared papers
David Olson and Joanne Olson: 3 shared papers
Shelby Yamamoto and Sherry Dahlke: 3 shared papers
Suzette Bremault-Phillips and Joanne Olson: 3 shared papers
Sherry Dahlke and Pauline Paul: 3 shared papers
Cheryl Sadowski and Pauline Paul: 3 shared papers
Cheryl Sadowski and Allyson Jones: 3 shared papers
Elaine Yacyshyn and Allyson Jones: 3 shared papers
Joanne Olson and Jude Spiers: 3 shared papers
Joanne Olson and Allyson Jones: 3 shared papers
Alexandra Heber and David Olson: 2 shared papers
Alexandra Heber and Joanne Olson: 2 shared papers
Sofia Ahmed and Joanne Olson: 2 shared papers
Kara Schick-Makaroff and Joanne Olson: 2 shared papers
David Olson and Phillip Sevigny: 2 shared papers
Shelby Yamamoto and Joanne Olson: 2 shared papers
Ève Dubé and Joanne Olson: 2 shared papers
Phillip Sevigny and Joanne Olson: 2 shared papers
Carla Hilario and Jude Spiers: 2 shared papers
Shannon MacDonald and Joanne Olson: 2 shared papers
Jennifer Baumbusch and Joanne Olson: 1 shared paper
Kathleen Hunter and Joanne Olson: 1 shared paper
Barbara Gibson and Deirdre Jackman: 1 shared paper
Barbara Gibson and Joanne Olson: 1 shared paper
Barbara Gibson and Pauline Paul: 1 shared paper
Greta Cummings and Joanne Olson: 1 shared paper
Hannah O'Rourke and Carmel Montgomery: 1 shared paper
Hannah O'Rourke and Joanne Olson: 1 shared paper
Carmel Montgomery and Joanne Olson: 1 shared paper
Deirdre Jackman and Joanne Olson: 1 shared paper
Deirdre Jackman and Pauline Paul: 1 shared paper

School of Nursing
Medicine Dept
Physical Therapy
Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dept
Pediatrics
Occupational Therapy
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Other

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Pauline Paul

Faculty

11 shared papers, latest 2026

Sherry Dahlke

Faculty

5 shared papers, latest 2023

Cheryl Sadowski

Faculty

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Carla Hilario

School of Nursing

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Elaine Yacyshyn

Medicine Dept

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Jude Spiers

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Allyson Jones

Physical Therapy

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Shannon Scott

Pediatrics

3 shared papers, latest 2023

Wendy Duggleby

Nursing

3 shared papers, latest 2021

David Olson

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dept

3 shared papers, latest 2022

Suzette Bremault-Phillips

Occupational Therapy

3 shared papers, latest 2022

Alexandra Heber

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Ève Dubé

Département d'anthropologie

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Shannon MacDonald

Cumming School of Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Kara Schick-Makaroff

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Shelby Yamamoto

School of Public Health

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Phillip Sevigny

Educational Psychology Dept

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Sofia Ahmed

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Sadrudin Premji

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Shela Hirani

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Solina Richter

Ethnography

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Phyllis Montgomery

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Sonia Semenic

Ingram School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Deirdre Jackman

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2010

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Plunkett Dear Professor Olson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Psychological distress in patients receiving critical care: An evolutionary concept analysis." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Psychological distress in patients receiving critical care: An evolutionary concept analysis.

Supporting Nurse Participation in Deprescribing: A Qualitative Study of Long‐Term Care Nurses in Alberta, Canada

Perceived Impacts and Predictors of Cannabis Products Used by Patients with Rheumatologic Conditions in&#xa0;Alberta, Canada: A Multivariable Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data.

Preconception Care: A Concept Analysis of an Evolving Paradigm.

Nursing Knowledge in the Care of Patients on Hemodialysis Who Are Living with Depression: An Integrative Review.

Sex and Gender Characteristics of Adults on Hemodialysis Experiencing Depression and Depressive Symptoms: A Scoping Review.

Time, diagnosis, and medication: The institutional circuit of billing in community mental health care.

The development of a cannabis risk assessment tool for patients with rheumatologic conditions: a Delphi study

Rhetorics and Realities of Access in Community Mental Health Care.

The meaning of preparedness for informal caregivers of older adults: A concept analysis.

Operationalizing Structural Competency in Mental Health Care

Intervention to improve perinatal outcomes following the 2016 Alberta wildfires: administration, effectiveness and community implementation

Frequent collaborators

Pauline Paul

Sherry Dahlke

Cheryl Sadowski

Carla Hilario

Elaine Yacyshyn

Jude Spiers

Allyson Jones

Shannon Scott

Wendy Duggleby

David Olson

Suzette Bremault-Phillips

Alexandra Heber

Ève Dubé

Shannon MacDonald

Kara Schick-Makaroff

Shelby Yamamoto

Phillip Sevigny

Sofia Ahmed

Sadrudin Premji

Shela Hirani

Solina Richter

Phyllis Montgomery

Sonia Semenic

Deirdre Jackman

Perceived Impacts and Predictors of Cannabis Products Used by Patients with Rheumatologic Conditions in Alberta, Canada: A Multivariable Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data.