Kateryna Metersky

Research interests 

• Patient self-care management
• Patient/person/family/population-centered care 
• Vulnerable populations and care participation (persons with social, health and economic challenges such as immigrants, refugees, socially isolated persons, persons 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, scoping and systematic reviews, concept analyses, opinion and descriptive papers

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 

• Al-Hamad, A., Yasin, Y. M., Metersky, K., Guruge, S., Gare, C., & Hingorani, M. (2024). Successful refugee cohabitation with host families: A concept analysis and model development. Journal of Holistic Nursing (in press).
• Al-Hamad, A., & Metersky, K. (2024). Homestays can help refugee women get to grips with life in a new country. The Conversation.
• Metersky, K., Jordan, A., Al-Hamad, A., & El-Masri, M. (2024). Psychosocial stressors among war refugees immigrating to high-income countries: A scoping review (external link) . Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. (published online ahead of print).
• Al-Hamad, A., Yasin, Y. M., & Metersky, K. (2024). Predictors, barriers, and facilitators to refugee women’s employment and economic inclusion: A mixed methods systematic review. PLOS ONE. (in press).
• Metersky, K., Al-Hamad, A., Muhunthan, M., & Yoon, R. (2024). Advancing the nursing profession, research and personal career growth: Novice faculty and collaborative work (external link) . New Trends in Qualitative Research, 20(2), e957.
• Metersky, K., Kwek, O. L., Chandrasekaran, K., Kaur, P., & Fredericks, S. (2024). Cardiac arrhythmias developed in healthy women during or post pregnancy: Scoping review. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. (in press).
• Yasin, Y., Al-Hamad, A., Metersky, K., & Kehyayan, V. (2024). Incorporation of artificial intelligence into nursing research: A scoping review (external link) . International Nursing Review. (published online ahead of print).
• Metersky, K., Chandrasekaran, K., & Ezekiel, S. (2024). Undergraduate nursing student reflections on Indigenous People's experiences with the Canadian healthcare system (external link) . Nursing Education Perspectives, published ahead of print, 1-6.
• Metersky, K., Haghiri-Vijeh, R., Balakumaran, J., & Muhunthan, M. (2024). Open educational resource case studies: Responding to nursing student educational needs (external link) . Teaching and Learning in Nursing, (published ahead of print), 1-4.
• Metersky, K., & Muhunthan, M. (2024). Navigating surgical procedures: The nurse-mother and the surgical-post anesthetic care nurse perspectives. International Journal for Human Caring (published online ahead of print).
• Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z. C., St-Amant, O., & Guruge, S. (2024). Lessons learned from recruiting socially isolated older immigrants for a survey-based study in Toronto (external link) . Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 56(1), 3-4.
• Al-Hamad, A., Metersky, K., Parada, H., Yasin, Y., Hingorani, M., & Gare, C. (2024). Blossoming through creativity: Unveiling sense of belonging among Ukrainian and Syrian refugee women in Ontario (external link) . Journal of International Migration and Integration, published ahead of print, 1-21.
• Al-Hamad, A., Metersky, K., Yoon, R., McLane-Davison, D., Yasin, Y. M., Gare, C., & Hingorani, M. (2024). Ukrainian refugee women’s experiences of settlement and navigating health and social services in Canada (external link) . International Journal of Healthcare, 10(1), 10-21.
• Al-Hamad, A., Gare, C., Yasin, Y., & Metersky, K. (2024). Refugee women’s entrepreneurship: A concept analysis (external link) . International Journal of Social Science Research and Review, 7(4), 324-340. 
• Al-Hamad, A., Hingorani, M., Yasin, Y., & Metersky, K. (2024). Impact of refugee women’s entrepreneurship on socioeconomic outcomes and well-being: A scoping review (external link) . International Health Trends and Perspectives Journal, 4(1), 129-151.
• Chahine, M., Kirkwood, M., Al-Anani, A., MacKenzie-Ede, F., Charbonneau, K., & Metersky, K. (2024). Health and well-being of refugee women in sex work: A systematic literature review. International Health Trends and Perspectives, 4(2), 237–257.
• Muhunthan, M., Olalia, M., Neretljak, S., Ezekiel, S., & Metersky, K. (2024). The burden of resilience in nursing. International Nursing Review Journal. (accepted manuscript – pending revisions).
• Zanchetta, M.S., Fredericks, S., Metersky, K., Martorella, G., Petrucka, P., Clune, L., Vedana, K. G. G., Baixinho, C. R. S., Rocha, C. M. F., Campagna, S., He, S. Z., Gouveia, M. T. O., Medeiros, M., Munari, D. B., Albarracin, D. G. E., Aguilera-Serrano, C., & Santos, W. S. (2024). Scanning resources to build a Nursing Knowledge Network (external link) . International Journal of Nursing Sciences, published ahead of print.
• 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 (external link) . Nursing Education Perspectives, published ahead of print.
• 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.
• Metersky, K., Hughes, M., Cosgrove, C., Lastumäki, O., Sandström, S., Varkki, E., Smart, A., Way., Bodach, E., Ferguson, S., Espin, S., & Neves-Silva, S. (2023). Client with COPD and complex medication profile. In Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing – Clinical Practice and Simulation Resource.
  
• 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 (2^nd ed.). Elsevier.

Prepared reports 

• Al-Hamad, A., Yasin, Y., & Metersky, K. (2023). Predictors, barriers, and facilitators to refugee women’s employment and economic inclusion: A mixed-methods systematic review (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). 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). (2024, July 17). Using poetry to teach theoretical nursing content (external link)  [Audio podcast episode]. In Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching. Nurse Educator. 
• Metersky, K., Nunes, K., & Whyte, A. (Executive Producers). (2024, February 27). Choosing the path that’s right for you (external link)  [Audio podcast episode]. In Mistakes, Missteps, and Mindsets: Stories of Failure and Resilience in Academia.
• Metersky, K., & Pullen, R. (Executive Producers). (2023, July 26). Simulations for care provisions to Indigenous Peoples (external link)  [Audio podcast episode]. In Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching. Nurse Educator. 
• Metersky, K., & Oermann, M. H. (Executive Producers). (2023, February 22). CLLEAR framework for student learning [Audio podcast episode]. In Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching. Nurse Educator.
  

Review Protocols - Published

• Yasin, Y. M., Al-Hamad, A., Guruge, S., Metersky, K., Catallo, C., Wang, L., Yang, L. Zhuang, Z., Salma, J., MacKenzie-Ede, F., Charbonneau, K., & Ravichandran, A. (2024).
• Healthcare practices among refugee older adults: A scoping review protocol. International Health Trends and Perspectives, 4(2), 310–316.
• Al-Hamad, A., Yasin, Y., Metersky, K., Guruge, S., & Mahsud, K. (2024). Homestay hosting dynamics and refugee wellbeing: A scoping review protocol (external link) . JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e56242.

Registering of Review Protocols

• Metersky, K., Richard, E., Yasin, Y. M., Al-Hamad, A., Tan, V., Jordan, A., & Eitel, J. (2024). Clinical Nurse Educators' job satisfaction and turnover intentions: A scoping review (external link) . Open Science Framework.
• Yasin, Y. M., Al-Hamad, A., Guruge, S., Metersky, K., Catallo, C., Wang, L., Yang, L., Zhuang, Z., & Salma, J. (2024). Healthcare practices among refugee older adults: A scoping review protocol (external link) . Open Science Framework.
• Al-Hamad, A., Yasin, Y., & Metersky, K. (2023). Predictors, barriers, and facilitators to refugee women’s employment and economic inclusion: A mixed methods systematic review (external link) . PROSPERO 2023 CRD42023413388.
• Yasin, M. Y., Al-Hamad, A., Kehyayan, V., & Metersky, K. (2023). Incorporation of artificial intelligence into nursing research: A JBI scoping review protocol (external link) . Open Science Framework.
• Catallo, C., Metersky, K., Peirson, L., & Metersky, Y. (2017). The effectiveness of organizational interventions to support knowledge brokering in health care and health related settings: Assessment of interventions that impact/change organizational culture and organizational evidence use to support knowledge brokering (external link) . PROSPERO 2017 CRD42017067490.

Videos - Knowledge Translation

• Al-Hamad, A., Metersky, K., Yasin, Y., & Guruge, S. (Feb 26, 2024). Shared space: A photovoice tale of Ukrainian refugee women and Canadian hosts in Toronto (external link) . [Video].
• Zanchetta, M. S., Metersky, K., & Moraes, K. L. (2024). Letramento em saúde, produção de conhecimentos e cuidado centrado na população (external link) . Professional development course. Federal University of Tocantins, Brazil. [Video]. 

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 

• President’s Award for Teaching Excellence, TMU, 2024
• 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