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Kelley Kilpatrick

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Associate ProfessorIngram School of NursingMcGill University

Kelley Kilpatrick

Associate Professor

Ingram School of Nursing

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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72 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 18 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (4 CIHR, 2 FRQS), most recently in 2025.

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176

Publications

4,092

Citations

118

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Grants

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Research

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Team effectiveness Processes in healthcare teams in acute and primary care Effects of healthcare service delivery on patients and families Role implementation and evaluation Role of patients and families in healthcare teams Team processes Acute and primary care Case studies and mixed methods research

Latest papers

Capturing the added value of nurse practitioners: Development of a conceptual framework to guide policy, practice, education, and research.
Nursing outlook · 2026 · senior author
Teaching and Learning Activities That Promote Critical Thinking in Student Nurse Practitioners: A Rapid Review.
Journal of advanced nursing · 2026
How Formal and Informal Nurse Leaders Enact Shared Implementation Leadership in a Hospital Setting.
Journal of advanced nursing · 2026

All 176 publications

Latest funding

Understand, plan and improve care and wellbeing of patients at high risk of transfer from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis (UPLIFT-PD)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$240,000
Scale up of an online nurse practitioner workload measurement index and a care quality instrument for nurse practitioner-led clinics in community-based primary care
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Transitioning patients with advanced chronic kidney disease to home or facility dialysis: understanding the experience and quality of life for patients and their caregivers (TRANSIT-CARE)
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$420,750

All 13 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 176 publications.

Capturing the added value of nurse practitioners: Development of a conceptual framework to guide policy, practice, education, and research.

Savard I, Whitley R, Kilpatrick K

Nursing outlook20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2026.102704 PMID: 41679225

Teaching and Learning Activities That Promote Critical Thinking in Student Nurse Practitioners: A Rapid Review.

McNamara S, Cranley L, Kilpatrick K, Parry M

Journal of advanced nursing20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/jan.70443 PMID: 41410113

How Formal and Informal Nurse Leaders Enact Shared Implementation Leadership in a Hospital Setting.

Castiglione SA, Lavoie-Tremblay M, Kilpatrick K, Gifford W, Semenic SE

Journal of advanced nursing20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/jan.70374 PMID: 41220187

Leveraging Research for the Benefit of Advanced Practice Nursing Health Policy

April Kapu, Wentao Zhou, Jennifer Kim, Kelley Kilpatrick

Advanced practice in nursing2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-03667-4_10

Development and validation of a questionnaire measuring healthcare professionals' individual perceptions of advanced practice nurses' contributions to team functioning: a modified international Delphi approach.

Hubo T, D'Hollander K, Kinnaer LM, Boeckxstaens P, Decoene E, Kilpatrick K, Van Hecke A

International journal of nursing studies advances2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2026.100555 PMID: 42110919

Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioners' Planned Interventions Reduce Home Care Patient Transfers to Emergency Departments in Québec, Canada: A Cost-saving Analysis

Eric Tchouaket, Mira Jabbour, Fatima El-Mousawi, Nathalie Y. Gauthier, Stéphanie Robins, Kelley Kilpatrick

SSRN Electronic Journal2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6118346

Cost-effectiveness of infection prevention and control measures for carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli: A systematic review protocol

Eric Tchouaket, Fatima El-Mousawi, Stéphanie Robins, Suzanne Leroux, Ibrahima Aw, Maripier Jubinville, Kelley Kilpatrick, Johanne Déry, Idrissa Beogo, Jasmin Villeneuve, Drissa Sia

BMJ Open2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111472 PMID: 42049306

The Mediating Role of Team Resilience at Work Between Teamwork Practice Environment, Team Functioning and Cohesion in Oncology: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Tremblay D, Berbiche D, Usher S, Durand MJ, Kilpatrick K, Landry M, Lessard S, Poder TG, Prady C, Roy M, Touati N, Turcotte A

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33040232 PMID: 42041751

Exploring factors that influence role transition from registered nurse to nurse practitioner in Quebec: a pre-implementation study using a cross-sectional survey design.

McNamara S, Cranley L, Kilpatrick K, Parry M

BMJ open2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116695 PMID: 42350002

Unlocking the potential of primary healthcare nurse practitioners globally: A concept analysis of their added value

Isabelle Savard, Gina Costanzo, Colette Henderson, Deborah C. Gray, Melanie Rogers, Kelley Kilpatrick

Nursing Outlook202511 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102358 PMID: 39891952

Understand, plan and improve care and wellbeing of patients at high risk of transfer from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis (UPLIFT-PD)

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Nadeau-Fredette, Annie-Claire

Keywords: Mixed Methods; Patient-Oriented Research; Peritoneal Dialysis; Transition

$240,000

Scale up of an online nurse practitioner workload measurement index and a care quality instrument for nurse practitioner-led clinics in community-based primary care

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Kilpatrick, Kelley; Landry, Veronique; Tchouaket Nguemeleu, Eric

Keywords: Care Quality; Nurse Practitioner; Online Tools; Patient Experience; Primary Care; Workload

$100,000

Transitioning patients with advanced chronic kidney disease to home or facility dialysis: understanding the experience and quality of life for patients and their caregivers (TRANSIT-CARE)

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Nadeau-Fredette, Annie-Claire; Kilpatrick, Kelley; Tennankore, Karthik K

Keywords: Dialysis Initiation; Facility Hemodialysis; Frailty; Health-Related Quality Of Life; Home Dialysis; Interviews; Mixed Methods; Patient-Partner; Trajectory

$420,750

Transitioning patients with advanced chronic kidney disease to home or in-center dialysis: understanding the experience and quality of life for patients and their caregivers (TRANSIT-CARE)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Nadeau-Fredette, Annie-Claire; Kilpatrick, Kelley; Tennankore, Karthik K

Keywords: Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease; Dialysis; Frailty; Home Dialysis; Quality Of Life; Transition Periods

$100,000

Professional Identity Work of Nurse Practitioners and Family Physicians in Primary Care in Quebec and Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rodriguez, Rosario (Charo)

Keywords: identity work; professional identity; nurse practitioners; family physicians; interdisciplinary primary care teams; qualitative health research; case studies

$82,487

Professional Identity Work of Nurse Practitioners and Family Physicians in Primary Care in Quebec and Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rodriguez, Rosario (Charo)

Keywords: identity work; professional identity; nurse practitioners; family physicians; interdisciplinary primary care teams; qualitative health research; case studies

$159,392

Chercheurs-boursiers

Principal investigatorFRQS2021Chercheurs-boursiers

Principal investigators: Kilpatrick, Kelley

Keywords: ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING, NURSE PRACTITIONER, CARE OUTCOME, HEALTHCARE TEAM, PROCESS, INTERPROFESSIONAL; Services de santé; Organisation des soins de santé; Optimisation des processus et de la productivité

$243,290

Compassion and Collective Care in Long-Term Care Settings: A Communicative Perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McAllum, Kirstie L.

Keywords: compassion; team interactions; elder care; long-term residential care; organizational communication; ethnography

$99,995

Chercheurs-boursiers

Principal investigatorFRQS2017Chercheurs-boursiers

Principal investigators: Kilpatrick, Kelley

Keywords: advanced practice nursing, nurse practitioner, care outcome, healthcare team, process, interprofessional; Services de santé; Organisation des soins de santé; Optimisation des processus et de la productivité

$176,938

Multiple-Case Study of Primary Healthcare Teams with Nurse Practitioners in an Integrated Healthcare System

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kilpatrick, Kelley

Keywords: Inter-Professional Team; Nurse Practitioner; Patient; Primary Healthcare; Team Process

$355,493

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.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Team effectiveness Dear Professor Kilpatrick, 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 "Capturing the added value of nurse practitioners: Development of a conceptual framework to guide policy, practice, education, and research." (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.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Scale up of an online nurse practitioner workload measurement index and a care quality instrument for nurse practitioner-led clinics in community-based primary care" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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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Kelley Kilpatrick

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Capturing the added value of nurse practitioners: Development of a conceptual framework to guide policy, practice, education, and research.

Teaching and Learning Activities That Promote Critical Thinking in Student Nurse Practitioners: A Rapid Review.

How Formal and Informal Nurse Leaders Enact Shared Implementation Leadership in a Hospital Setting.

Leveraging Research for the Benefit of Advanced Practice Nursing Health Policy

Development and validation of a questionnaire measuring healthcare professionals' individual perceptions of advanced practice nurses' contributions to team functioning: a modified international Delphi approach.

Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioners' Planned Interventions Reduce Home Care Patient Transfers to Emergency Departments in Québec, Canada: A Cost-saving Analysis

Cost-effectiveness of infection prevention and control measures for carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli: A systematic review protocol

The Mediating Role of Team Resilience at Work Between Teamwork Practice Environment, Team Functioning and Cohesion in Oncology: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Exploring factors that influence role transition from registered nurse to nurse practitioner in Quebec: a pre-implementation study using a cross-sectional survey design.

Unlocking the potential of primary healthcare nurse practitioners globally: A concept analysis of their added value

Understand, plan and improve care and wellbeing of patients at high risk of transfer from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis (UPLIFT-PD)

Scale up of an online nurse practitioner workload measurement index and a care quality instrument for nurse practitioner-led clinics in community-based primary care

Transitioning patients with advanced chronic kidney disease to home or facility dialysis: understanding the experience and quality of life for patients and their caregivers (TRANSIT-CARE)

Transitioning patients with advanced chronic kidney disease to home or in-center dialysis: understanding the experience and quality of life for patients and their caregivers (TRANSIT-CARE)

Professional Identity Work of Nurse Practitioners and Family Physicians in Primary Care in Quebec and Ontario

Professional Identity Work of Nurse Practitioners and Family Physicians in Primary Care in Quebec and Ontario

Chercheurs-boursiers

Compassion and Collective Care in Long-Term Care Settings: A Communicative Perspective

Chercheurs-boursiers

Multiple-Case Study of Primary Healthcare Teams with Nurse Practitioners in an Integrated Healthcare System

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