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Research
Latest papers
End of life in the ICU: A scoping review of factors associated with moral distress in critical care nurses.
Nursing outlook · 2026 · senior author
Exploring the factors affecting ICU nurse retention during and post-COVID-19: A qualitative descriptive interview study.
Intensive & critical care nursing · 2026 · senior author
A national survey of factors leading to health care worker turnover in Canadian intensive care units.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026
Latest funding
- $623,474
Co-creating Understandings of Métis Peoples' Experiences in the ICU
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
- $527,850
Rooted in Home: Survey development and exploration of Métis perspectives on the care needs of older adults when aging in their communities
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
13 publications.
End of life in the ICU: A scoping review of factors associated with moral distress in critical care nurses.
Simpkin C, Harrigan J, Lemieux D, Andersen SK, Deschenes S
Exploring the factors affecting ICU nurse retention during and post-COVID-19: A qualitative descriptive interview study.
Kilcommons S, Andersen S, Mellett J, Douma M, Opgenorth D, Bagshaw SM, Rewa O, Fiest K, Lau V, Deschenes S
A national survey of factors leading to health care worker turnover in Canadian intensive care units.
Kilcommons S, Du Toit J, Deschenes S, Mellett J, Douma M, Alagadan I, Opgenorth D, Baig N, Bagshaw SM, Rewa OG, Fiest K, Montgomery C, Lau V, Andersen SK
Factors contributing to health care worker turnover in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Canada: a qualitative descriptive interview study.
Mellett J, Andersen SK, Deschenes S, Kilcommons S, Douma MJ, Montgomery CL, Opgenorth D, Baig N, Fiest KM, Rewa OG, Bagshaw SM, Lau VI
Mitigating Moral Distress: Pediatric Critical Care Nurses' Recommendations.
Deschenes S, Scott SD, Kunyk D
Moral Distress and Nursing Education: Curricular and Pedagogical Strategies for a Complex Phenomenon.
Deschenes S, van Kessel C
Family perspectives of ex situ heart perfusion.
Conway J, Deschenes S, Pidborochynski T, Freed DH, van Manen M
Factors Influencing Older Persons' Transitions to Facility-Based Care Settings: A Scoping Review.
Tate K, Bailey S, Deschenes S, Grabusic C, Cummings GG
Women's health nurses' experiences of menopause: Considerations for nurse leaders.
Vanderzalm J, Deschenes S, Kunyk D
Barriers and misconceptions of ex situ heart perfusion in pediatric donation.
Conway J, Deschenes S, Pidborochynski T, Freed DH, van Manen M
Co-creating Understandings of Métis Peoples' Experiences in the ICU
Principal investigators: Deschenes, Sadie; James, Ashton; Tate, Kaitlyn
Keywords: Caregivers; Community-Based Care; Critical Care; Indigenous Peoples; Mixed Methods; Métis Nation Within Alberta; Métis Peoples; Participatory Action Research
Rooted in Home: Survey development and exploration of Métis perspectives on the care needs of older adults when aging in their communities
Principal investigators: Tate, Kaitlyn; Bartel, Reagan M; Deschenes, Sadie; Roach, Pamela Marie
Keywords: Aging; Aging In Place; Community-Based Care; Continuing Care Services; Home Care; Indigenous Peoples
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Other
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