Lyndsay Jerusha MacKay, PhD, RN

Selected Current Research:

• Pathfinders in Practice: Bedside Research by Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Discovery and Pilot Program. MacKay, L. & Lee, L. (C0-PI), Crawford, S., Davidson, S., Deloss, M. 2024-2026. University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing.
• Improving Inpatient Care of Children with Medical Complexity: Co-Creation of a Core Outcome Set as the First Step. MacKay, L. & Dewan, T. (Co-PI), Sawatsky, R., Wolf, A., Zwicker, J., McGuire, M., Gill, P., Nicholas, D., Santana, M., Comeau, E. 2024-2025. VPR Catalyst Grant, University of Calgary.
• Psychosocial Supports for Children and their Parents when Admitted to a Hospital: A Scoping Review. MacKay, L (PI), Dewan, T., Bernie, K., Christopherson, M., Lagrisolal, N. 2024-2025. Trinity Western University
• Undergraduate Student Research Award, Alberta Innovates SRS.
• Exploring Trust among Parents of Hospitalized Medically Fragile Infants and Pediatric Nurses. MacKay, L (PI), Reimer-Kirkham, S., Kamke, J., Shantz, S., Ragan, L., Dewan, T. 2023-2025. SSHRC Fall Internal Grant Trinity Western University.

Awards & Honours

•    AMS Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence and Compassion (2020)
•    Alberta Children’s Hospital ARC award in Family-Centered Care (2018)
•    Queen Elizabeth II Graduate (Doctoral) Scholarship (2017)

Recent Publications

• MacKay, L. J., Dewan, T., Lal, J., Hayden, K. A., Change, U. (2024). Exploration of the evidence on discharge from hospital to home for children with medical complexity and their parents. Child: Care, Health and Development. In Press.
• MacKay, L. J., Dewan, T., Asaad, L., Buchanan, F., Hayden, K. A., Montgomery, L., & Chang, U. (2024). The health and well-being of children with medical complexity and their parents' when admitted to inpatient care units: Findings from a scoping review. Journal of Child Health Care. In Press.
• MacKay, L. J., Chang, U., Kreiter, E., Nickel, E., Kamke, J., Bahia, R. Shantz, S., Meyerhoff, H. (2024). Exploration of trust between pediatric nurses and children with a medical diagnosis and their caregivers on inpatient care units: A scoping review. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 78:e1-e30.
• Dewan, T., MacKay, L. J., Asaad, L., Buchanan, F., Hayden, A., & Montgomery, L. (2024). Experiences of inpatient healthcare services among children with medical complexity: A scoping review. Health Expectations. 27(5):e14178.
• Dewan, T., Whiteley, A., MacKay, L. J., Martens, R., Noel, M., Barnard, C., Jordan, I., Janvier, I., & Thorne, S. (2024). Trust of inpatient physicians among parents of children with medical complexity: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 12.
• Lowe, C. T., Trask, C. M., Rafiq, M., MacKay, L. J., Letourneau, N., Ng, C. F., Keown-Gerrard, J., Gilberta, T., & Ross, K. M. (2024). Perspectives and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic: A thematic analysis. COVID, in press.
• Komanchuk, J., Toews, A. J., Marshall, S., MacKay, L., Hayden, K. A., Cameron, J. L., Duffett-Leger, L., & Letourneau, N. (2023). Impacts of parental technoference on parent-child relationships and child health and developmental outcomes: A scoping review. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 26(8), 587-603.
• Lowe, C., Rafiq, M., MacKay, L., Letourneau, N. Cheuk, N., Gerrard, J., Trevor, G., & Ross, K. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian social connections: A thematic analysis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(1), 76-101.
• Duffett-Leger, L., Tryphonopoulos, MacKay, L., M., Beck, A., Moshirpour, M., Poelzer, K., Pottery-Dicky, A., Shillington, J., Linder, J., Deane, A., Wu, K., & Letourneau, N. (2021). User-engaged design in the adaptation of VID-KIDS home visiting program for virtual delivery in the context of COVID-19. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society: Annual Review, 18(1), 49-73
• MacKay, L., Komanchuk, J., Letourneau, N., & Hayden, K. A. Impact of Parental Technoference on Parent-Child Relationships and Child Health and Developmental Outcomes: A Scoping Review Protocol. (2021). Systematic Reviews, 11(1), 45-52
• MacKay, L., Benzies, K., Barnard, C., & Raffin, S. (2021). Parental and Health Care Professionals’ Experiences Caring for Medically Fragile Infants on Pediatric Inpatient Units. Child Health Care, 51(2), 119-138.
• Letourneau, N., MacDonald, S., MacKay, L., Bell, R. C., Hetherington, E., Deane, A. J., Dewey, D., Edwards, S., Field, C. J., Giesbrecht, G., Graham, S., Lebel, C. Leung, C., Madigan, S., McArthur, B. A., McMorris, C., Racine, N., Ross, K. M., Muci, W., Tough, S. C. (2021). Cross-Sectional Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Impact Survey of Mothers and their 7-11 year old children in Alberta, Canada. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 1-12.
• MacKay, L., & Letourneau, N. Investigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Contemporary Albertan Families. (2021). Notes on Nursing Scholarship Newsletter. CASN/ACESI. February 2021 5th Edition.
• MacKay, L., Benzies, K., Barnard, C., & Raffin, S. (2020). Parental experiences caring for their hospitalized medically fragile infants: A description of grief, stress, and coping. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 53(3), 191-201.
• MacKay, L., Benzies, K., Barnard, C., & Raffin, S. (2020). Health care professionals’ experiences of providing care to hospitalized medically fragile infants and their parents. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 53, 14-21.
• MacKay, L. (2019). Processes of care for medically fragile infants on an inpatient pediatric unit: a grounded theory study (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
• MacKay, L., & Benzies, K., Hayden, A., & Barnard, C. (2019). Parental experiences caring for medically fragile infants: A scoping review. ACTA Paediatrica. 109(2), 266-275.