Madeleine Buck is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) program at the McGill University Ingram School of Nursing. She is also a clinical associate at the McGill University Health Centre and consultant at the TANWAT Hospital in Njombe, Tanzania. Her 38-year career in nursing has provided her with opportunities to work in acute and critical care, community health, and educational settings. She teaches in the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs at McGill, principally in the areas of acute care and illness management. She is involved in international work and leads McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope, which works with a group of Tanzanian nurses and peer health educators in dealing with the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the Highlands of Tanzania. With her nursing students in the McGill Global Health Masters stream, she works to foster collaboration and development of nursing education and practice relationships, including implementing nursing best practices in low resourced settings in Tanzania. As with previous editions, half of her royalties from the publication of this book will go toward supporting sustainable nursing projects originating from the Tanzanian Highlands Hope Nurse network.
Linda Ferguson, RN, BSN, MN, PhD (Alberta) is Full Professor in the College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan. Her undergraduate, master, and PhD study are in the field of nursing, and she has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Continuing Education. She has worked extensively in the field of faculty development within the College of Nursing and the University of Saskatchewan. At the University of Saskatchewan, she has taught educational methods courses at the undergraduate (nursing and physical therapy), post-registration, and master levels for the past twenty-five years, and nursing theory and philosophy in the master and PhD programs. Her research expertise is in the area of qualitative research with a particular focus on nursing education and workplace learning in professional practice. Her research has focused on mentorship and preceptorship, continuing education needs of precepting nurses, teaching excellence, interprofessional education, and the process of developing clinical judgement in nursing practice and mentorship. She is past president of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing and currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Saskatchewan.
Lucia Yiu, RN, BScN, BA (Psychology, Windsor), BSc (Physiology, Toronto), MScN (Administration, Western Ontario), is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Windsor, and an Educational and Training Consultant in community nursing. She has published on family and public health nursing. Her practice and research interests include multicultural health, international health, experiential learning, community development, breast health, and program planning and evaluation. She has worked overseas and served on various community and social services committees involving local and district health planning. Lucia was a board member for various community boards related to children’s mental health; community health centres; quality assurance; status of women, equity, and diversity; occupational health, employment equity, and breast cancer. She is currently a board member with CARE working with international educated nurses.
Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler began her nursing career with a BSN from St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. Her interest in patient teaching began within that program, and inspired her to complete a MEd degree from the University of Manitoba. Although she has worked in many areas of nursing, she has always gravitated to clinical areas where the relationship with patients and families is essential―such as rehabilitation, long-term care, dialysis, and VON (visiting nursing). After teaching in a diploma program at Red River College in Winnipeg, she completed a PhD in nursing from the University of Cincinnati, where she was their third graduate. She has since taught at the University of Windsor, Nipissing University/Canadore College Collaborative BSN program, and the University of Saskatchewan, South Dakota State University and currently, the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has been very active in the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN), serving as Treasurer and the first elected President who was not a Dean or Director. She is also active in Sigma Theta Tau International. Her research and international work have focused on aspects of education, from patient to health to nursing. In this spirit, she began work on Canadian nursing textbooks, recognizing that this is one way to influence the next generation of nurses. She has served as an accreditation site visitor. In 2011, her work was recognized when she was inducted as an International Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, one of eight Canadian nurses to hold that distinction at that time.
