Biography

Kimberley’s expertise in undergraduate psychiatric nursing education spans more than three decades while concurrently engaged in active clinical practice initially as a front line psychiatric nurse and later in Administrative/Management capacity as an Evening Supervisor at the Brandon Regional Health Centre. In addition to being a full-time academic teaching in both the undergraduate and graduate Psychiatric Nursing programs, Kimberley currently offers Equine Assisted Psychotherapy services through not-for-profit, private practice.

Education

Ph.D. (candidate), University of Calgary
M.Ed. (Distance Education Specialty), Athabasca University
B.Sc.N.,  Brandon University
Registered Nurse Diploma, Brandon General Hospital, School of Nursing
Registered Psychiatric Nurse Diploma, BMHC, School of Psychiatric Nursing

Research Interests

Areas of research interest include: suicide in rural populations, equine assisted psychotherapy/learning, undergraduate and graduate psychiatric nursing education, curriculum development, teaching and learning, mental health psychiatric nursing, mental health of rural and isolated populations, dementia, distance education, ongoing continuing competency, and issues encountered by our aging population. Kimberley’s strength lies in the area of qualitative research.

With full membership within the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Kimberley welcomes opportunities to serve as MPN student thesis advisor and/or committee member.

Selected Publications

Thomson, A., Waddell-Henowitch, C., Herron, R., Epp, D., Rauch, K., Ryan, K., & Mullins, S. (2023) Rural perspectives on suicide prevention in Canada. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 42(1). https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2023-003

Rauch, K., Ryan, K., Ramsey, D., Epp, D., Lee, S., Herron, R., Mullins, S., Thomson, A., & Waddell-Henowitch, C. (2023). Suicidality in rural and remote communities: A scoping review of research in Canada. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 42(1). https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2023-005

Ryan, K., Mullins, S., Thomson, A., Herron, R., Waddell-Henowitch, C., Rauch, K., & Epp, D. (2023). Setting a lived experience agenda for rural suicidality research. Journal of Rural and Remote Health, 22(7559).https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH7559

Ryan K. & Hardy, K. (2022). Peer -to-peer evaluation: Kritik pilot at two post-secondary Canadian institutions. Integrative Journal of Nursing and Medicine (IJNM), 3(3), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.31038/IJNM.2022332

Epp, D., Rauch, K., Waddell-Henowitch, C., Ryan, K., Herron, R., Thomson, A., Mullins, S., & Ramsey, D. (2022). Maintaining safety while discussing suicide: Trauma informed research in an online focus group. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221135973

Ryan-Nicholls, K. D. (2014). Advanced education for RPNs: A hard fought battle. Canadian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research. 7, 40-52. www.cjpnr.org.

Haggarty J., Ryan-Nicholls K.D. & Java J.A. (2010). Mental health collaborative care: A synopsis of the Rural and Isolated Toolkit. Rural and Remote Health 10 (online) no. 1314 Available from https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/1314

Ryan-Nicholls, K. D. & Will, C.I. (2009). Rigour in qualitative research: Mechanisms for control. Nurse Researcher.16 (3), 70-85.

Ryan-Nicholls, K. D. & Haggarty, J. (2007). Collaborative Mental Health Care in Rural and Isolated Canada: Stakeholder Feedback. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. 45 (12), 37-45.

Ryan-Nicholls, K. D. (2005). Limited clinical site availability, outstanding mental health needs and barriers to faculty practice: A proposal for resolution. Nurse Education in Practice. 5 (3), 172-179.

Ryan-Nicholls, K.D. & Racher, F. E. (2004). Investigating the health of rural communities: Toward framework development. Rural and Remote Health 4 (online) no. 244. Available from http://rrh.deakin.edu.au

Ryan-Nicholls K.D. (2004). Rural Canadian community health and quality of life: Testing a workbook to determine priorities and move to action. Rural and Remote Health 4 (online) no. 248 Available from https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/278

 * Ryan-Nicholls K.D. (2004). Health and sustainability of rural communities. Rural and Remote Health. 4 (online) no. 242 Available from https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/242

 *Ryan-Nicholls K.D. & Racher F. E. (2004). Investigating the health of rural communities: Toward framework development. Rural and Remote Health 4 (online) no. 244 Available from https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/244

 Ryan-Nicholls K.D., Racher F.E., & Robinson R. (2003). Providers’ perceptions of how rural consumers access and use mental health services. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 41(6), 34-43

Ryan-Nicholls K.D. (2003). Educational needs of registered psychiatric nurses for continuing competency. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 34(5), 218-225

Ryan-Nicholls K. D. (2001). Interactive instructional television (IITV) classroom system design. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2(3), 265-274

 Ryan-Nicholls K. D. (2001). Why choose interactive instructional television (IITV) as an instructional technology? Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2(4), 367-375