Jacqueline Van Wijlen
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Jacqueline Van Wijlen Rankin School of Nursing St. Francis Xavier University Profile
Research Interests
Jacqueline is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University (BScN with Adv. Major, 2012), Dalhousie University (MN-NP: Family/All-Ages, 2016) and a current PhD (Nursing) student at McGill University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Elizabeth & Thomas Rankin School of Nursing at St. Francis Xavier University and teaches courses in pharmacology, maternal-child & family health and wellness.
Her nursing practice career as a registered nurse began in Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) before transitioning into Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) where Jacqueline worked full-time until beginning her Masters in Nursing. While completing her MN at Dalhousie University in the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) stream, Jacqueline continued to work casually in the NICU, as a family practice nurse for Dalhousie Student Health Services and in the undergraduate nursing program at Dalhousie University.
Jacqueline spent much of her time both as a student nurse as well as during her RN career involved in a leadership capacity with Nursing the Future and subsequently, the Nova Scotia Transition Facilitation Network, providing New Graduate nursing support within the province. She has been invited to give several guest lectures/workshops to new graduate RNs, LPNs and nursing students with the goal of preparing them for transition into professional practice.
Currently, Jacqueline is pursuing PhD studies at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Sonia Semenic. The focus of her doctoral work is related to breastfeeding post-NICU discharge in Nova Scotia. Her broad research interests include pediatric, adolescent & maternal-newborn health, family-centred care and new graduate nursing transition. Jacqueline is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing amongst other professional associations.
Selected Publications
van Wijlen, J. (2017). Healing the healer: A caring science approach to moral
distress in new graduate nurses. International Journal for Human Caring,
21(1), 15-19. MEDLINE Info: 9806969.