
Kateryna Metersky
Dr. Kateryna Metersky is an Assistant Professor at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing. She completed her PhD in nursing at the University of Western Ontario in 2020. Both of her previous degrees (BScN and MN) are from the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing.
Dr. Metersky’s program of research focuses on: 1) international and cross-national collaborations and partnerships; 2) persons with social, economic and health challenges; 3) nursing and interprofessional practice and education; and 4) intersectionality and positionality in population-centred care. She has expertise with qualitative research methods as well as systematic and scoping reviews. Fittingly, her research program is focused on the integration of her Scholarly, Research and Creative work in pedagogy and practice to promote social justice, local and global community well-being, and health equity.
Dr. Metersky continues to maintain her nursing practice in general internal medicine at Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Metersky is currently the Toronto co-city lead for the Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants project. She is also a member of the manuscript review board of several peer-reviewed journals and on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Health Trends and Perspectives. She sits on the Toronto Metropolitan University’s Research Ethics Board as a Reviewer and is the co-chair of the University Senate. She is also the current co-chair of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s redevelopment of the Person- and Family-Centred Care Best Practice Guideline. Finally, Dr. Metersky sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative. Dr. Metersky has recently completed the Sigma Theta Tau International Academy training on global advocacy as well as the University of British Columbia’s Program for Open Scholarship and Education.
- Year 2 clinical practice course lead (BScN)
- Professional Practice in Nursing: Living with Chronic Illness (BScN)
- Professional Practice in Nursing: Experiencing Acute and Life-threatening Illness (BScN)
- Professional Development II: Leadership and Management Concepts (BScN)
Research interests
- Patient self-care management and empowerment
- Patient-, person-, family- and population-centered care
- Vulnerable populations and care participation (those with social, health and economic challenges such as immigrants, refugees, socially isolated individuals, those living with chronic and acute health complications, etc.)
- Interprofessional and collaborative care, practice and research
- Research internationalization
- Mentorship of international students
- Scholarship of teaching and learning in nursing and health professions
- Qualitative research methods and scoping reviews
Repository publications
- Metersky, K., & Murray, D. (2023). Opioid crisis in the adolescent population: A global health advocacy action plan - “Leave no one behind” (external link) . Sigma Repository.
Full citation publications
- Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z. C., St-Amant, O., & Guruge, S. (2023). Lessons learned from recruiting socially isolated older immigrants for a survey-based study in Toronto. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (accepted manuscript – pending publication).
- Metersky, K., Rahman, R., & Boyle, J. (2023). Patient-partners as educators: Vulnerability related to sharing of lived experience (external link) . Journal of Patient Experience, 10.
- Metersky, K., & Muhunthan, M. (2023). Navigating surgical procedures: The nurse-mother and the surgical-post anesthetic care nurse perspectives. International Journal for Human Caring (In Press).
- Metersky, K., Rahman, R., & Hoang, C. (2023). Creating and using poetry to teach theoretical and conceptual nursing content. Journal of Nursing Education (In Press).
- Zanchetta, M. S., Metersky, K., Nazzal, A., Dumitriu, M. E., Pais, S., Mok, Y. W., Lam-Kin-Teng, M. R., Yu, C., & Patel, F. (2023). Awakening undergraduate nursing students’ critical awareness about men’s health, health literacy and nursing practice (external link) . Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (online ahead of print).
- Zanchetta, M. S., Souto, R. Q., Metersky, K., Ferguson, A., de Araujo Monteiro, G. K. N., & Fernandes, B. N. (2023). Canadian-Brazilian insights for transcultural nursing: An exploration of community health nursing contexts (external link) . Texto & Contexto Enfermagem, 32, 1-19.
- Metersky, K. (2023). CLLEAR framework for online nursing education (external link) . Nurse Educator, 48(2).
- Metersky, K. (2023). Person-centred care and interprofessional practice through me (external link) . International Health Trends and Perspectives, 2(3), 326-328.
- Metersky, K., Rajani, A., Ezekiel, S., & Archibald, S. (2023). How to construct simulations regarding care provisions for Indigenous Peoples (external link) . Nurse Educator, 48(3), 1-2.
- Kay, K., Metersky, K., Smye, V., McGrath, C., Johnson, K., Astell, A., Bartfay, E., & Sun, W. (2023). A scoping review to inform the development of dementia care competencies (external link) . Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 22(5), 1138-1163.
- Zanchetta, M. S., & Metersky, K. (2022). Coherence, creativity and audacity in methodological decisions (external link) . Text & Context Nursing, 32.
- Axenciuc, R., Sai, I., Bondarenko, A., Kopcha, V., & Metersky, K. (2022). Pathomorphology of kidney damage in COVID-19: Possible etiological factors (external link) . Journal of Clinical Nephrology and Renal Care, 8(2), 1-9.
- Zanchetta, M. S., Metersky, K., Miller, B., Strachan, D., & Blackwood, E. (2022). Improving a culture of knowledge transfer in a school of nursing (external link) . Journal of Educational Researchand Practice, 12(1), 215-232.
- Zanchetta, M. S., Metersky, K., Medeiros, M., Santos, W. S., Mésenge, C., & Lessa, M. I. (2022). Conducting international online surveys: Trials, tribulations, and suggestions for success (external link) . New Trends in Qualitative Research, 10, e-514.
- Metersky, K. (2022). Must keep going (external link) . The International Journal of Whole Person Care, 9(2), 32-34.
- Metersky, K., Orchard, C., Adams, T., Hurlock - Chorostecki, C., & Mitchell, E. (2022). Patient roles within interprofessional teams: A scoping review (external link) . Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 28, 1-10.
- Metersky, K., Axenciuc, R., Mitchell, E., & Nyathi, S. (2022). The need for clarification of terminology and labels in interprofessional care: A commentary (external link) . International Health Trends and Perspectives Journal, 2(1), 80-87.
- Metersky, K. (2022). A life of waiting for a normal beat and rhythm (external link) . EP Lab Digest, 2.
- Patel, K., & Metersky, K. (2022). Reflective practice in nursing: A concept analysis (external link) . International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 33(3), 180-187.
- Metersky, K., Orchard, C., Adams, T., & Hurlock - Chorostecki, C. (2021). Patient roles in primary care interprofessional teams: A constructivist grounded theory of patient and health care provider perspectives (external link) . Journal of Interprofessional Care, 36(2), 177-185.
- Metersky, K. (2020). Patient roles within interprofessional collaborative patient-centred care teams: The patient and health care provider perspectives (external link) (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6933.
- Miller, K., Hamza, A., Metersky, K., & Gaffney, D. (2018). Transfer of accountability: Piloting a new initiative in rural Ontario hospitals (external link) . Patient Experience Journal, 5(1), 90-96.
- Zanchetta, M. Bailey, A., Kolisnyk, O., Baku, L., Schwind, J., Osino, E., Aksenchuk-Metersky, K., ... & Yu, L. (2017). Mentors’ and mentees’ intellectual-partnership through the lens of the Transformative Learning Theory (external link) . Nurse Education in Practice, 25, 111-120.
- Schwind, J. K., McCay, E., Metersky, K., & Martin, J. (2016). Development and implementation of an advanced therapeutic communication course: An interprofessional collaboration (external link) . Journal of Nursing Education, 55(10), 592-597.
- Schwind, J. K., Fredericks, S., Metersky, K., & Gaudite Porzuczek, V. (2016). What can be learned from patient stories about living with the chronicity of heart illness? A Narrative Inquiry (external link) . Contemporary Nurse Journal, 52(2-3), 216-229.
- Metersky, K., & Schwind, J. K., (2015). Interprofessional person centered care: Stories and metaphors of experience (external link) . International Journal of Person-Centered Medicine, 5(2), 78-87.
- Schwind, J. K., Santa Mina, E., Metersky, K., & Patterson, E. (2015). Using the Narrative Reflective Process to explore how students learn about caring in their nursing program: An arts-informed Narrative Inquiry (external link) . Reflective Practice, 16(3), 390-402.
- Aksenchuk, K. (2013). Patients’ experiences of interprofessional care: A Narrative Inquiry (Thesis). Retrieved from Theses and Dissertations Repository. 1921
- Schwind, J., Zanchetta, M., Aksenchuk, K., & Gorospe, F. (2013). Nursing students’ international placement experience: An Arts-Informed Narrative Inquiry (external link) . Reflective Practice, 14(6), 705-716.
- Zanchetta, M., Schwind, J., Aksenchuk, K., Gorospe, F., & Santiago, L. (2013). An international internship on social development led by Canadian nursing students: Empowering learning (external link) . Nurse Education Today, 33(7), 757-764.
- Fredericks, S., Schwind, J. K., & Aksenchuk, K. (2012). Information access and systematic reviews: A discussion (external link) . Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 7(1), 1-3.
Magazine articles
- Chandrasekaran, K., & Metersky, K. (2023). My experience as a health professions educator and researcher during my advanced practice nursing practicum (external link) . Volume 4 (Summer 2023) Together: Stories of Collective Impact [magazine]. The University of Toronto’s Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE) at the University Health Network, Toronto, ON.
- Boyle, J., & Metersky, K. (2023). CACHE patient, family, and caregiver showcase. International Journal of the Centre of Advancing Collaborative Healthcare and Education (external link) , Volume 2 (Winter 2023) Together: Stories of Collective Impact [magazine]. The University of Toronto’s Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE) at the University Health Network, Toronto, ON.
Prepared chapters – published book
- Lapum, J., Hughes, M., Lashley-Trambulo, R., Metersky, K., Bogdan, A., Accettola, E., Ferguson, S., Callahan, S., Petrie, P., & Gebreamlak, S. (2023). Lymphatic System. In Introduction to Health Assessment for the Nursing Professional.
- Lapum, J., Hughes, M., Onagbeboma, O., Metersky, K., Rahman, R., MacEachern, D., Lee, C., St-Amant, O., Ziegler, E., Petrie, P. Cosgrove, C., Chawda, M., Ghafouri, S., & GebreamLak, S. (2023). Peripheral Vascular System. In Introduction to Health Assessment for the Nursing Professional.
- Prendergast, N., Boakye, P., Metersky, K., & Bailey, A. (2022). A revolutionary anti-black racism resistance reflective model in nursing education. In J. Brady & Gingras, J. (Eds.), Teaching Social Justice in Health Professions Education (n. p.). University of Regina Press.
- Metersky, K. (2022). Discharge teaching on cast care. In Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing – Clinical Practice and Simulation Resource.
Edited book chapters
- Metersky, K. (2022). Chapter 7: Vital signs. In S. Cobbett (Ed.), Perry and Potter's Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques (2nd ed.). Elsevier.
Prepared reports
- Zanchetta, M. S., Medeiros, M., Munari, D. B., Gouveia, M. T. O., Albarracin, D. G. E., Aguilera-Serrano, C., Santos, W. S., Metersky, K., Fredericks, S., Costa, E., & He, S. Z. (2022). Levantamento de recursos para a criação de uma Rede de Conhecimentos em Enfermagem – Relatório-Síntese (external link) . Toronto Metropolitan University. Report.
- Zanchetta, M. S., Medeiros, M., Munari, D. B., Gouveia, M. T. O., Albarracin, D. G. E., Aguilera-Serrano, C., Santos, W. S., Metersky, K., Fredericks, S., Costa, E., & He, S. Z. (2022). Sondeo de los recursos para la creación de una Red de Conocimientos en Enfermería – Informe resumido (external link) . Toronto Metropolitan University. Report.
- Zanchetta, M. S., Medeiros, M., Munari, D. B., Gouveia, M. T. O., Albarracin, D. G. E., Aguilera-Serrano, C., Santos, W. S., Metersky, K., Fredericks, S., Costa, E., & He, S. Z. (2022). Environmental scan of resources for the creation of a Nursing Knowledge Network – Summary report (external link) . Toronto Metropolitan University. Report.
Prepared instructional manuals
- Metersky, K., Kahler, D., Chen, J., Sivaramalingam, S., Albanese – Cairns, S., Wilkins, M. L., Espin, S., Rose, D., Mak, L., Jude, L., Dubrovich, O., Ndondo, M., Lashley – Tambulo, R., Patel, P., Adona, A., Rajani, A., Ezekiel, S., Blight, A., Hughes, M., Cosgrove, C., & Beazely, D. (2022). Discharge teaching on fracture/cast care and pain management with an Indigenous client: Ineffective scenario. Open Educational Resource, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, TMU, Toronto, ON
- Metersky, K., Kahler, D., Chen, J., Sivaramalingam, S., Albanese – Cairns, S., Wilkins, M. L., Espin, S., Rose, D., Mak, L., Jude, L., Dubrovich, O., Ndondo, M., Lashley – Tambulo, R., Patel, P., Adona, A., Rajani, A., Ezekiel, S., Blight, A., Hughes, M., Cosgrove, C., & Beazely, D. (2022). Discharge teaching on fracture/cast care and pain management with an Indigenous client: Effective scenario. Open Educational Resource, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, TMU, Toronto, ON
Podcasts
- Metersky, K., & Oermann, M. H. (Executive Producers). (2023, February 22). CLLEAR framework for student learning (external link) [Audio podcast episode]. In Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching. Nurse Educator.
Creative activity
- Metersky, K. (co-Lead) & Hughes, M. (2022). Nursing assessment of a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A virtual gaming simulation. FDC Foundation and DCSN, TMU
- Metersky, K. (PI), Kahler, D., Chen, J., Sivaramalingam, S., Albanese, S., & Wilkins, M. (2021). Discharge teaching on fracture cast care and pain management in variousclient populations; An actor simulation. FDC Foundation and DCSN, TMU
- Nursing Research Interest Group New Member Award, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, 2022
- Frances Falconer Nursing Scholarship Fund, University Health Network, 2022
- Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence – Innovations in Teaching, 2022
- Gail J. Donner Award for Excellence in Nursing Education, Sigma Theta Tau International Lamba Pi-At-Large Chapter, 2021
- Orma L. Benson Memorial Scholarship, 2021
- Sue Williams Excellence in Teaching Award – Honorary Mention, 2021
- Dean’s Teaching Award (CUPE 1), 2020
- Louise Rickwood Scholarship in Nursing Award, 2020
- RNAO’s Nursing Education Initiative Grant, 2017 - 2020
- Dr. Marie Louise Murphy Medical Education Fund, 2020
- Nursing and Health Professional Service Staff Scholarship, 2019
- Maud Rogers Webb-Wilson Nursing Scholarship, 2018
- CNSA’s Award for the Recognition of Preceptors and Mentors, 2017