Dyjur, Louise

Louise Dyjur R.N., PhD (c), M.N.
Continuous Nursing Faculty
Phone: On Leave

Email: louise.dyjur@rdc.ab.ca

Educational Background:

  • BScN, University of Alberta (1989)
  • MN, University of Alberta (1997)
  • PhD Candidate, University of Calgary (2010)

Clinical Experience

  • rural nursing
  • medical surgical nursing
  • gerontology

Teaching Areas

  • rural nursing
  • medical surgical nursing
  • gerontology
    pharmacology
  • patient safety
  • medication safety; medication work
  • drug calculations

Special Achievements and Affiliations

  • Level I Acupuncture - 2004

Scholarly Activities

  • Research:
    • Doctoral research project in progress: "Nurses' Medication Work"
    • Masters Thesis: "Elderly people attending day programs: The perceptions of participants and caregivers."
  • Publications:
    • Dyjur, L.M., Rankin, J., Lane, A. (2011) Math for Medications: An Analytical Exemplar of the Social Organization of Nurses' Knowledge,  Nursing Philosophy, 12 (3), 1466-76.
    • Folkmann, L., & Rankin, J. (2010) Nurses' Medication Work:  What do Nurses Know? Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19, 3218-3226.
  • Paper presentations:
    • Paper Presentation, 2011.  "Nurses" Medication Work". Presented at the 8th annual Red Deer College Interprofessional Health Research Conference, Red Deer, Alberta
    • Paper presentation, 2010.  "Using institutional ethnography to explore nurses' medication work".  Presented at the University of Calgary.
    • Paper Presentation, 2010.  Nurses' Medication Work, Presentation at the Annual Meeting and Conference of the SSSP (Society for the Study of Social Problems) in Atlanta, Georgia
    • Presentation, 2010.  "Clinical Calculations". Co - presented at Red Deer College, Red Deer Alberta
    • Paper Presentation, 2010.  "Math for Medications: An analytical Exemplar of the Social Organization of Nurses' Knowledge.  Co-presented at the Nursing Philosophy: Politics for Practice conference, Banff, Alberta.
    • Paper Presentation, 2010.  "The great divide: Individual versus system responsibility in nursing education".  Co-presented at the 2nd annual Dr. Olive Yonge Teaching/Learning Scholarship Day, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
    • Paper Presentation, 2010.  Presented "Medication safety" at the Red Deer College Nursing Society Pharmacology Conference, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta.
    • Paper presentation, 2009. "It doesn't add up: Clinical calculations as a core competency".  Presented at the University of Calgary Teaching for and from Practice Conference, Calgary, Alberta
    • Presentation, 2009.  "Student Experiences with Clinical Calculations".  Presented at the University of Calgary to new clinical instructors, Calgary, Alberta.
    • Paper presentations, 2004.  "New Tutors on the Block & How to Develop New Tutors", "Call it something else: Issues and Challenges in Tutorial Evaluation".  Presented at the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Problem Based Learning, Queensland, Australia
    • Paper presentations, 2004.  "The Australian experience".   Presented at the University of Alberta Professional Development Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.
  • Peer Reviewer for the journal of Clinical Nursing, reviewing articles related to medication administration and medications safety.