Glenn Donnelly
Dr. Glenn Donnelly's research training was initially from his doctoral program. Initially he was attracted to hermeneutic inquiry, particularly the open discovery method of Max Van Manen. Dr. Donnelly's doctoral dissertation was an analytic hermeneutic analysis of the clinical practice of advanced practice nurses (Nurse Practitioners & Clinical Nurse Specialists) in Saskatchewan, in which he attempted to uncover the taken-for-granted meanings and understandings of the daily practice of advanced practice nurses in their work. This research resulted a bound unpublished doctoral dissertation leading towards a PhD, and four publications in peer reviewed journals, three of which were international; and two invited paper presentations. Dr. Donnelly's work in advanced practice nursing has resulted in consultations at the several Canadian and international universities. This work was also used in the development of the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing Master of Nursing-Nurse Practitioner program.
As a co-Principal-investigator with Elizabeth Domm and Marie Dietrich-Leurer, both of who are Professors in the College of Nursing, his research team was awarded a grant from the Regina Qu'Appelle Nursing Research Foundation to examine the retention of experienced registered nurses. Using a qualitative analysis technique of thematic identification and interpretative analysis, they were able to conduct a small scale study that was submitted to RQHR. This study has resulted in two publications in international peer reviewed journals. Five presentations and consultations, including the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.
From 2002-2006, Dr. Donnelly was on faculty with SEARCH (Swift Efficient Application of Research to Community Health). SEARCH is sponsored by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and through faculty recruited from Universities in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Liverpool delivers a two year program cycle to build research capacity in health professionals from regional health districts in Alberta and Saskatchewan. This program is delivered using seven week long intensive residential modules, on line inter-modular assignments and two supervised research projects. Using an evidenced based frameworks participants acquired skills in choosing, creating and using research. As a faculty member on the project team Dr. Donnelly was responsible for supervising students in conducting research across Alberta and Saskatchewan.
In 2006, Dr. Robin Evans of the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Ginette Rodger from The Ottawa Hospital and Dr. Donnelly, as co-principal investigators received a grant of $96,199.00 to conduct research that would examine the impact of a new nursing care delivery model to the Cypress Health Region Regional Hospital. This longitudinal study is in the second year of a five year cycle. In 2008, funding of $86,782.00 was granted by Saskatchewan Health to extend the research into rural health programming within the Cypress Health Region.
