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Research Summary
The social organization of health work at the interface of technology and humanity. Wound care, pressure injury
Courses & Teaching
NRSG 597 Qualitative Research NRSG 597 Healthcare Capstone Practicum
NRSG 428/528 Advanced Community Health Nursing NRSG 122 Introduction to the Profession of Nursing II
Biography
Dr. Nicola Waters grew up in the UK and began her nursing career at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex. She moved to Canada in the 1990s where she gained experience in acute, community and long-term care nursing before specializing in wound care and applying her knowledge in the Advanced Wound Care industry sector.
Nicola has been a nurse educator for over 15 years in undergraduate and graduate programs with a focus on teaching research, health literacy and community health. She is an honorary senior lecturer at Cardiff University where she has taught in the MSc. program for 12 years. She has supervised Masters and Doctoral students nationally and internationally.
Nicola’s experience in clinical practice, within the health care technology industry and in academia enabled her to establish a program of research at the interface of technology, social science and frontline clinical practice. She currently works as a health research consultant providing scientific advisory consulting, educational and research services to the health technology sector. Nicola has developed a particular interest in the ethics of Big Data and artificial intelligence and its implications for the future of healthcare. As concepts such as artificial and augmented intelligence, virtual reality, machine learning and personalized medicine become the “buzzwords” of tomorrow Nicola’s passion for technology also extends into the classroom. In her early career Nicola completed certificate programs in web design and graphics, database management and computer networking. She is an early adopter of new educational innovations and has developed skills in the use of computer software, digital design and social media platforms to enhance student engagement and learning. Nicola is an active member of member of CASN’s Digital Health Interest group.
Websites
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GQ45tBEAAAAJ&hl=en
Degrees
RGN (RN) Diploma, Mid Essex School of Nursing, England 1989
MSc. Wound Healing and Tissue Repair Cardiff University, Wales, 2008
PhD. University of Calgary, 2016
Research Interests & Projects
Psychosocial factors related to Wound Healing
The Social Organization of Nurses’ Work (Institutional Ethnography)
Technology Innovation and Nursing Practice
Selected Publications & Presentations
Gefen, A., Alves, P., Ciprandi, G., Coyer, F., Milne, C.T., Ousey, K., Ohura, N., Waters, N., Worsley, P., Black, J. and Barakat-Johnson, M., 2022. Device-related pressure ulcers: SECURE prevention. Journal of wound care, 31(Sup3a), pp.S1-S72.
Woo K, Tran J, Waters N. Novel Smart Sensor Platform for Monitoring Multiple Pressure Injury Risk Factors: A Feasibility Study in a Post-Acute Care Facility. Surg Technol Int. 2022 Aug 30; 41:sti41/1602. doi: 10.52198/22.STI.41.WH1602.
Kalan L, Schultz G, Malone M et al (2023) Slough: Composition, analysis and effect on healing. Wounds International. available at file:///Users/nicolawaters/Downloads/slough-composition-analysis-and-effect-healing.pdf
Carter-Snell, C. Waters, N. & Troy, A. (2022). Gaps in sexual assault prevention during natural disasters. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6(1), 1079.
MacDonald, S. E., Graham, B., Paragg, J., Foster-Boucher, C., Waters, N., Shea-Budgell, M., McNeil, D., Kunyk, D., Bedingfield, N., Dubé, E., Kenzie, L., Svenson, L. W., Littlechild, R., & Nelson, G. (2022). One child, one appointment: How institutional discourses organize the work of parents and nurses in the provision of childhood vaccination for First Nations children. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2048558
Swanson, T. Ousey, K. Haesler, E. Bjarnsholt, T. Carville, K. Idensohn, P. Keast, D. Angel, D. Waters, N. Weir, D. (2022). Wound Infection in Clinical Practice Principles of best practice. Wounds International. Retrieved 8 April 2022, from https://www.woundsinternational.com/resources/details/wound-infection-in-clinical-practice-principles-of-best-practice
Waters, N. and Rankin, J. (2019). The hierarchy of evidence in advanced wound care. Nursing Inquiry. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nin.12312
2019, October. Waters, N. Every Wound Tells a Story – Challenges of Conducting Clinical Trials with Patients Living with or at Risk of Chronic Wounds. The 2nd World Conference on Advanced Treatments & Technologies in Wound Care (ATTWC2019). Dusseldorf, Germany. Invited speaker.
2017, November. Waters, N. An Institutional Ethnography of Nurses’ Outpatient Wound clinic work. Invitational Lecture, Master of Nursing Program, University Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Professional Services/Affiliations/Committees
Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Digital Health Interest Group
Board of Directors, International Wound Infection Institute (IWII)
2019 – 2022, Elected research member – Board of Directors Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC).
2017-19 Elected Chair, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Institutional Ethnography Division https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/308/Division_Elections/
2012 – 2017 Secretary – Board of Directors, Canadian Association of Wound Care.
2019, April, Conference Chair, 5th International Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention Conference, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
2017, May. Conference Chair, Canadian Association of Wound Care National Conference (2017, May, Kamloops, B.C.).
Media
2016, November, A Guide to Asking & Answering Graduate Committee Questions on Institutional Ethnography. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdNzRmSSzD4/a>
2018, June. Wound care and leg ulcer advances feature at conference. https://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2018/june/wound-care/
2019, April. A local Canadian lens on the burden of wounds, By John Gregory, IIWCC. Available at: https://www.opencityinc.com/local-canadian-burden-of-wounds/#.XO613dNKgdU