Frances Fothergill Bourbonnais, RN PhD - Faculty of Health Sciences
Frances Fothergill Bourbonnais, RN PhD - Faculty of Health Sciences
Frances Fothergill Bourbonnais, RN PhD - Faculty of Health Sciences
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<strong>Frances</strong> <strong>Fothergill</strong><br />
<strong>Bourbonnais</strong>, <strong>RN</strong> <strong>PhD</strong><br />
Full Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, affiliated with SCOHS<br />
and The Ottawa Hospital<br />
Courses taught<br />
• Nursing 5220: nursing in tertiary health care<br />
• Nursing 4130: medical surgical theory 4 th year<br />
• Coordinate: fall and winter clinical for 4 th year<br />
students<br />
• Previously taught and helped to develop HSS<br />
4100- interdisciplinary course on death and<br />
dying.<br />
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Research interests<br />
• Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional education in palliative care<br />
• Undergraduate student needs related to<br />
palliative care<br />
• Quality <strong>of</strong> life <strong>of</strong> palliative care patients and<br />
carers<br />
• Care <strong>of</strong> patients with HIV/AIDS- various<br />
aspects<br />
Current research projects<br />
• Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional education in palliative care –<br />
development <strong>of</strong> total pain module: work with Dr. Pippa<br />
Hall at SCOHS<br />
• Undergraduate student needs related to palliative care-<br />
completed survey <strong>of</strong> 4 th year students with Dr. Susan<br />
Brajtman.<br />
• <strong>Faculty</strong> needs related to palliative care- ongoing with<br />
Susan Brajtman<br />
• Quality <strong>of</strong> life <strong>of</strong> palliative care patients and carers-<br />
work with Dr. Robin Cohen, McGill University<br />
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Thesis students<br />
• Have had 12 MScN students- mostly conducting<br />
qualitative research especially phenomenology<br />
• Covered topics such as experiences <strong>of</strong> elderly women<br />
post- MI, patient experiences in the ER, being a<br />
trauma nurse.<br />
• Member <strong>of</strong> the Strategic training program for Palliative<br />
Care researchers: consortium McGill, Laval, U <strong>of</strong> O.<br />
Currently mentoring student funded in this program<br />
• Assisted SCOHS in the development <strong>of</strong> the first<br />
fellowship in Palliative Care Nursing. Several students<br />
received funding through this fellowship.<br />
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