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Dr. Lenora Duhn

Position(s)

HSPRI Associate Faculty

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Dr. Lenora Duhn is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing. The fundamental premise of Dr. Duhn's research is to benefit nurses, and nursing to benefit patients. The program is focused on exploration, identification and testing of positive enablers for nurses in the care they provide, within the environment they practise. The action-oriented focus of beneficence guides the program’s intent in that it seeks to create knowledge about ‘ways of doing’ in health services, framed with a nursing lens. While studies are aligned within these themes, there is acknowledgement of the interconnectedness between them and examination of this is also an area of interest. An example of the focus of my work within the Safeguarding theme is Patient Engagement in Patient Safety, which was the topic of my doctoral dissertation.

Dr. Duhn worked over 23 years in an acute care teaching hospital affiliated with Queen’s University and during that time my teaching experience included interacting with: adult patients as they learned new treatments or approaches to care; healthcare professionals as they reviewed and critiqued best evidence to ensure best practice; and undergraduate and graduate Nursing students as they studied a range of topics related to clinical practice and leadership. As the Director, Nursing Education, she collaborated with clinical educators in the development of practice learning guides for practitioners, as well as educational materials for patients and their families. Her work has also included the mentorship and support of those applying for and completing Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) Advanced/Practice Clinical Fellowships.

Research Interests

Patient engagement in patient safety; nursing beneficence

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Research Interests