Elizabeth Orr, RN, PhD

Assistant Professor, Nursing

Elizabeth Orr

905 688 5550 x4749

GLA 111
eorr@brocku.ca

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Dr. Elizabeth Orr is a Registered Nurse and Assistant Professor with clinical expertise in Pediatric, Maternal-child and Neonatal nursing. Her diverse research interests include promoting and prioritizing emotional wellbeing among graduate students conducting emotionally demanding research, supporting transition to professional nursing practice, and understanding the complex processes of hospital-to-home transitions. She has expertise in qualitative and mixed-methods research including arts-based elicitation, co-design/stakeholder engagement in research, and evidence synthesis. Dr. Orr is a current recipient of a Brock University Chancellor’s Chair for Teaching Excellence with a project focused on Co-designing a Transition to Professional Practice Nursing Course. She is also the co-lead of an international community of practice aimed at supporting researcher wellbeing.

Research Interests

  • Public and patient engagement in research
  • Transition to professional nursing practice
  • Secondary distress among researchers
  • Qualitative and Mixed Methods approaches to applied health research
  • Evidence synthesis
  • Hospital-to-home care transitions

Professional affiliations and accreditation/certification

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) 

Nurse Researchers Interest Group (NRIG) 

Maternal-Child Nursing Interest Group (MCNIG) 

Pediatric Nursing Interest Group (PedNIG) 

Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nurses (CAPWHN) 

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) 

Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI) 

Publications

  • Orr, E., Ballantyne, M., Gonzalez, A. & Jack, S.M. (2023).  Providers’ perspectives of the neonatal intensive care unit context and care provision for adolescent parents: An interpretive description. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23(1), 259. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05553-1
  • Jack, S.M., Orr, E., Campbell, K., Whitmore, C., & Crammer, A. (2023). A framework for selecting data generation strategies in qualitative health research. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 36 (4), 1480-1495. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13134
  • Orr, E. Jack, S.M., Campbell, K., & Strohm, S. (2023). Valuing tacit nursing knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Nursing, 40, 178-181. http://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13129
  • Orr, E., Ballantyne, M., Gonzalez, A., & Jack, S. M. (2022). Mobilizing forward: An interpretive description of supporting successful Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-to-home transitions for adolescent parents. Qualitative Health Research, 32(5), 831–846. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221079785
  • Campbell, K. A., Orr, E., Durepos, P., Nguyen, L., Li, L., Whitmore, C., Gehrke, P., Graham, L., & Jack, S. M. (2021). Reflexive Thematic Analysis for Applied Qualitative Health Research. The Qualitative Report, 26(6), 2011-2028. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2021.5010
  • Orr, E., Durepos, P., Jones, V. & Jack, S.M. (2021). Risk of Secondary Distress for Graduate Students Conducting Qualitative Research on Sensitive Subjects: A Scoping Review of Canadian Dissertations and Theses. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 8, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393621996679
  • Orr, E., Ballantyne, M., Gonzalez, A., & Jack, S. (2020). The complexity of the NICU-to-home experience for adolescent mothers: Meleis’ Transitions Theory applied. Advances in Nursing Science, 43(4), 349-359. DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000299
  • Orr, E., Ballantyne, M., Gonzalez, A., & Jack, S.M. (2020). Methods for Enhancing the Quality and Depth of Interview Data in Applied Qualitative Health Research. Advances in Nursing Science, 43(3), 202-213. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000321
  • Luciani M., Campbell K., Orr E., Nguyen L., Manja V., Ausili D., Jack S.M. (2019). How to Design a Qualitative Health Research Study. Part 2: Data Generation and analysis considerations. Professioni Infermieristiche, 72(3), 221-231.
  • Luciani M., Jack S., Campbell K., Orr E., Durepos P., Lin L., Strachan P., Di Mauro S. (2019). An Introduction to Qualitative Health Research. Professioni Infermieristiche, 72(1), 60-68.
  • Orr, E., Jack, S. M., Sword, W., Ireland, S., & Ostolosky, L. (2017). Understanding the blogging practices of women undergoing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): A discourse analysis of women’s IVF blogs. The Qualitative Report, 22(8), 2206-2230. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2017.2927″

Teaching

  • Relational Care and Leadership: Basic Relational Skills
  • Professional & Therapeutic Communication 
  • Nursing Theory: Nursing Care of the Young Family 
  • Nursing Practicum: Nursing Care of the Young Family

Graduate Student Opportunities

Graduate students interested in developing expertise in the areas of professional practice transition, researcher wellbeing, curriculum development, and communities of practice and/or interest in developing capacity in qualitative methods, evidence synthesis, arts-based elicitation, and co-design/stakeholder engaged research design are encouraged to contact me about current opportunities.

Undergraduate Student Opportunities

Students interested in developing expertise in the areas of professional practice transition, researcher wellbeing, curriculum development, and communities of practice and/or interest in developing capacity in qualitative methods, evidence synthesis, arts-based elicitation, and co-design/stakeholder engaged research design are encouraged to contact me about current opportunities.