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KIM JAGOS AND DR. JACQUELINE LIMOGES Professors, Nursing Nursing faculty Dr. Jacqueline Limoges and Kim Jagos are among the first recipients of Colleges and Institutes Canada's new Research on Colleges and Institutes Awards. They won the best research award in the teaching, learning and student success category. Jacqueline and Kim's work aims to improve nursing education, and ultimately patient safety, by better understanding how education influences the ways registered nurses (RN) and registered practical nurses (RPN) collaborate and make decisions together. "We wanted to contribute research findings to support safe and effective patient care and also address tensions that exist in nurses' work settings," says Jacqueline. The study involved 275 students from two cohorts of the Practical Nursing and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs. One cohort received joint education in its first and fourth semesters, while the second received joint education only in fourth semester. The findings suggest that joint education can assist students to address boundary work between the two nursing designations, develop understanding and respect for each other and to develop strategies, such as collaborative practice skills to work in complex health care contexts. Their study was published in Nurse Education Today. Jacqueline and Kim recently received a small grant from the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario and will use it to continue and expand their research. Kim Jagos (left) and Dr. Jacqueline Limoges (right) in one of Georgian's nursing labs. 43 GEORGIANVIEW 2015 FACULTY SPoTLIGHT