Sheila O’keefe-mccarthy Rn
Assistant Professor
Nursing
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy’s program of research is aimed at improving cardiac-related pain assessment and symptom management for people suffering from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dr. O’Keefe-McCarthy’s research focuses on: 1) the development and testing of innovative, mobile digital health technology interventions for acute, chronic and palliative cardiovascular diseases, 2) examination of cardiac pain-related anxiety, and 3) examination of pre-hospital cardiac prodromal symptoms in men and women with CVD.
Research Interest
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Anxiety, Cardiac Pain, Cardiac Pathophysiology; Pain, Pain Assessment, Pain and Symptom Management, Self-management; Cardiac-Prodromal Symptoms, Knowledge Translation Science, Systematic Reviews, Psychometric Tool Development/Evaluation, Critical Care, Simulation Education Research. Methodology: Quantitative and, Qualitative, Sex/Gender Analysis.
Publications
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S. O’Keefe-McCarthy, M. McGillion, S. Nelson, S. Clarke, J. Jones, S. Rizza, & McFetridge-Durdle (2014). Acute Coronary Syndrome Pain and Anxiety in a Rural Emergency Department- Patient and Nurse Perspectives. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 46(2), 80-100.
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Kandola, D., Banner-Lukaris, D., O’Keefe-McCarthy, S. & Jassel, D. (2014). Sampling Methods in Cardiovascular Nursing Research: An overview. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 24 (3), 15-18.
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O’Keefe-McCarthy, S., McGillion, M., Clarke, S., & McFetridge-Durdle, J. (2014). Pain and anxiety in rural acute coronary syndrome patients awaiting diagnostic cardiac catheterization. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.
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O’Keefe-McCarthy, S., & Ready, L. (2014). Impact of Prodromal symptoms on future cardiac-related events: A systematic review. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.
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Parry, M., Neilson C., Muckle, F., O’Keefe-McCarthy S., van Lien, R., & Meijer, J. (2015). A Novel Noninvasive Device to Assess Sympathetic Nervous System Function in Patients with Heart Failure. Nursing Research, 64(5), 351-360.
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M. McGillion, J.C. Victor, S. L. Carroll, K. Metcalfe, S. O’Keefe-McCarthy, N. Jamal, S. Gershman, H.M. Arthur, R. McKelvie, E.M. Jolicoeur, J. Hanlon, J. Stone, R. Beanlands, N. Svorkdal, & D. Stacey. (2015). The CREATE method for expressing continuous outcome data in absolute terms for use in patient treatment decision aids: A validation study. Medical Decision Making. 35(8), 959-966.
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O’Keefe-McCarthy, S., McGillion, M., Victor, J.C., Jones, J. & McFetridge-Durdle, J. (2015). Prodromal symptoms associated with acute coronary syndrome acute symptom presentation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.
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McGillion, M, Devereaux, P.J., Yost, J., Bender, D., Carroll, S.L., Peter, E., Ritvo, P., Krull, K., Lamay, A., S. O’Keefe-McCarthy, and the SMArT VIEW Team. (2016). The SMArT VIEW, CoVeRed: TecHnology Enabled monitoring and Self- MAnagemenT – Vision for patient EmpoWerment following Cardiac and VasculaR surgery. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 5(3), e149.
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Harkness, K. R., Buck, H.G., Wion, S. Carroll, T. Cosman, K. Kaasalainen, J. Kryworuchko, M. McGillion, S. O’Keefe-McCarthy, D. Sherifali, P. Strachan, &. H. Arthur. (2016). Caregiver contribution to heart failure self-care (CACHS). Nursing Open Journal, 3(1), 51-60.
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O’Keefe-McCarthy, S., Guo, S-L. (2016). Development of the Prodromal Symptoms-Screening Scale [PS-SS]: Preliminary Validity and Reliability. The Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 26(2). ISSN: 2368-8068.
