Steve Ross BSN, MNAssociate Teaching Professor | School of Nursing
Email: stross@tru.ca
Phone: 250-852-7115
Interests
NURSING & HEALTH CARE
* Clinical Decision Making
* Social Advocacy/Marginalized Populations
NURSING PRACTICE EXPERTISE
* Orthopedics
* Neurosurgery
* Pain Management
Research Interests
* Pain Management
* Healthcare access for marginalized populations
Education
(2005) MN University of Alberta
(2000) BSN University College of the Cariboo
GRANTS
British Columbia Ministry of Health & Interior Health Authority, NP4BC initiative (Successful Grant
Application submitted on behalf of Conayt Friendship Society, Merritt, BC). Creating Opportunities to
Further Promote the Integration of Nurse Practitioner Roles in British Columbia Conayt Friendship
Society. 2014. $177,730.00 [Annually/Ongoing]
Aboriginal Health Program Direct Service Initiatives with Emphasis on Mental Health and Problematic
Substance Use: Conayt Friendship Society. Interior Health Authority. 2014. $200,000
CIHR, Canadian Institute of Health Research (Co-investigator). Promising Practices in the Engagement of
People Living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS in Rural Canada. PI= Dr. Barbara Paterson, 2010-2013.
$324,304.00
AWARDS
2024 Thompson Rivers University Chair Leadership Award
The Canadian Nurses' Respiratory Society/Canadian Lung Association Masters Fellowship Award. (2004-2006)
$10,000
Alberta Registered Nurses Educational Trust Travel Grant. American Thoracic Society (2004). Orlando, FL,
$1000.00
University of Alberta ??? Graduate Students Awards Committee. Helen E. Penhale Research Travel Award.
American Thoracic Society (2004). Orlando, FL, $1000.00
Alberta Registered Nurses Educational Trust Tuition Supplement (2003). $500.00
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) ??? Pain Management Certification (2009) Silver Spring, MD,
USA
American Association of Colleges of Nursing End of Life Nursing Consortium (2007). (ELNEC) Trainer
Washington, DC, USA
Publications
PUBLICATIONS
Ross, S., Jeffery, L., Duffy, L., Bulman, D., & Amirault, M. (2015). Barriers to meaningful
involvement in AIDS service organizations in three Maritime Provinces. International Journal of Social
Work, 2(2), 81-98.
Paterson, B., Ross, S., & Gaudet, T. (2014). Motives for meaningful involvement in rural AIDS
service organizations. AIDS Care 26(5): 582-586.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL)
Anderson, R, Lomen, J., Noyes, H., Plowe, K., Ross, S., Sullivan, A., & Innes-Wiens, A. (2023,
June). Exploring Common Ground between Nursing and Respiratory Therapy in the Delivery of an
Interprofessional Education Simulation. Oral Presentation: Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education (STLHE) 2023 Annual Conference, Charlottetown, PEI.
Anderson, R., & Ross, S. (2023, June). Concept Mapping: A Collaborative Learning Approach. Round
Table Presentation: Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) 2023 Annual
Conference, Charlottetown, PEI.
Caputo, S., Cinel, J., Kouroupis, A, Ross, S., Shamro, M., & Walker, C. (2023, June). Admissions
Processes through an Equity Lens. Oral Presentation: 2023 Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
(CASN) Biennial Canadian Nursing Education Conference, St. Johns, NL.
Ross, S. (2015). Clinical nursing experiences in rural Aboriginal settings. Accepted Poster
Presentation: 43rd Biennial Sigma Theta Tau Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Ross, S., & Sanders, T. (2015). Conayt: Clinical nursing experiences in rural Aboriginal nursing
settings. Poster Presentation: Western & North-Western Region Canadian Association of Schools of
Nursing (WNRCASN) Conference, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Ross, S., & Sanders, T. (2015). Conayt: Nursing student immersion in rural Aboriginal nursing
settings. Poster Presentation: Elsevier Faculty Development Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Bade, S., Bara, I., Manual Jr, B., McBee, V., Nokelby, K., Perry, A., Ross, S., Sanders, T., Stark, B.,
Tom, M., & Toodlican, J. (2014). Conayt: BScN student Immersion in rural Aboriginal nursing
practice. Oral Presentation: 2014 Canadian Network for Innovation in Education Conference Confluences:
Spaces, Places, & Cultures for Innovative Learning, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Paterson, B., Dingwell, J., Jackson, L., Fong, M., Bulman D., Duffy, L., Jeffery, L., MacDonald, G.,
Ross, S., Gaudet, T, & McNutt, A. (2013). Promising practices in the engagement of people living
with or at-risk for HIV in rural Canada. Oral Presentation: Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) Annual
Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Keim, A., Knutson, K., Ross, S., Stent, R., & Work, T. (2012). TRU students and Conayt Friendship
Society: A collaboration to enhance mental health and wellness among Aboriginal people. Poster
Presentation: CSNA Western/Prairie Regional Conference "Beyond the Bevel Nursing in Vancouver's Four
Pillars Model", Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ross, S. (2011). Budget Deficit as a Window of Opportunity to embrace change and innovation. Oral
Presentation: 2011 CASN Nursing Academic Leadership Conference Transforming Nursing Education for
Evolving Leadership in Practice, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Paterson, B., Dingwell, J., Fong, M., Jackson, L., Bulman, D., Duffy, L., Elliott, R., Jeffrey, L.,
Jurgens, R., Macdonald, G., Ross, S., Amirault, M., Leard, A., Porter, C., Scott, N., Gaudet, T.,
McNutt, A., & Saulnier, G. (2011). Promising practices in the engagement of people living with or at
risk for HIV/AIDS in rural Canada. Poster Presentation: 20th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS
Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Employment History
NURSING EDUCATION
(2020-present) Tenured Associate Teaching Professor & BSN Chair, Thompson Rivers University,
Kamloops, BC
(2016-2020) Tenured Associate Teaching Professor, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
(2012-2016) Tenure Track Lecturer, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
(2009-2012) Lecturer, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
NURSING PRACTICE
(2012-2015) RN, Inmate Health Care Services, Kamloops Regional Correctional Center, Kamloops, BC
(2009-2015) RN, Orthopaedics, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, BC
(2007-2009) RN/Instructor, Pain/Palliative Care, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
(2006-2007) RN, Pulmonary, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
(2003-2005) RN, Medicine float pool, The University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB
(2001-2003) RN, Pulmonary, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
(2000-2001) RN, Medicine/surgery, G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, Quesnel, BC
TEXTBOOK REVIEWER
Clayton, B., & Willihnganz, M. (2017). Basic Pharmacology for Nurses 17th Edition. St. Louis:
MO.
Reviewed entire textbook (Chapters 1-49; Pages 1-801).
Courses Taught
Nursing 2380-Consolodate Practice Experience
HLSC 2660 Health Science: Pharmacology
Nursing 2730-Health and Healing
Nursing 2740-Nursing Practice
Nursing 2840-Nursing Practice
Nursing 3510-Nursing Practice
Professional Affiliations
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Silver Spring, MD
British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)
McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE) Reviewer. Hamilton, ON, Canada
Sigma Theta Tau, XI Eta Chapter
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing Invited NCSBN RN Item Writer. Chicago, Illinois, USA
World Journal of Social Science Research Invited Reviewer. Los Angeles, California, USA
