Carmel Montgomery, PhD, MN, BSN, RN

Area of Study / Keywords

Critical Illness Frailty Health Economics Cardiovascular disease Advanced Practice Nursing

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About

I have diverse clinical and administrative experience across multiple care settings. As an ICU nurse, I have worked in both adult and pediatric general units, adult specialized cardiac surgery units, as well as in fixed-wing/rotary air and ground transport of ICU patients. In the community, I served as a palliative home care clinical nurse specialist. Additionally, I led multiple quality, patient safety, and process improvement projects in cardiology, ICU, and emergency departments for several years. My PhD coursework was focused on epidemiology, biostatistics, and health economic evaluation. My current program of research is centered on clinical and cost outcomes associated with critical illness, particularly in patients with pre-admission frailty and post-intensive care syndrome, and evaluation of advanced practice nursing roles.

Academic training

Postdoctoral fellowship - Network of Alberta Health Economists

PhD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta

MN - Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta

Advanced Studies in Critical Care Nursing - School of Nursing, Mount Royal University

BSN - College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan

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Research

Current research activities

• Functional and quality-of-life outcomes in ECMO survivors
• Impact of nurse practitioner led post-cardiac surgery follow-up clinic
• Costs associated with ICU nursing turnover
• Post-ICU syndrome in survivors of critical illness

Research Funding

As principal investigator

• University of Alberta Endowment Fund for the Future, Project: Assessing the feasibility of a digital health follow-up program for patients at risk of experiencing post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) (2025)
• Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network New Investigator, Project: Determining Patient Needs in the ICU Survivorship Clinic (2023-2025)
• Canadian Frailty Network Early Career Researcher, Project: Hospital Discharge Follow-up of ICU Patients with Preadmission Frailty (2022-2024)
• University of Alberta Endowment Fund for the Future, Project: Hospital Discharge Follow-up Care of ICU Patients with Preadmission Frailty (2023)
• ARNET Early Career Nursing Investigator, Project: Impact of NP-led cardiac surgery follow-up clinic (2021-2022)
• Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses Research Grant – Costs Associated with Early Mortality in ICU (2020-2021)

As co-principal investigator

• Canadian Frailty Network / CIHR Research Grant, Project: COVID-19 Associated Outcomes of Critical Illness in Patients with Frailty, NPI: OG Rewa (2020-2022)
• Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network Systematic Review Grant, Project: Frailty-inclusive care pathways in acute and community-based care: Evidence review and synthesis, PI: D Rolfson (2021-2022)

As co-investigator

• Women and Children's Health Research Institute Innovation Grant Program, Project: Partnering with women to co-create a strategy to manage the psychological distress of critical illness. PI: E Papathanassoglou (2024-2026)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Catalyst Grant: Policy Research for Health Systems Transformation 2022, Project: The Impact of Post-COVID-19 Condition on Nursing Labour Supply, PI: E Rafferty (2023-2024)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Project: REVIVe – Frailty, Rehabilitation, and Hospitalization Outcomes in Adult and Pediatric Survivors of COVID-19, PI: ME Kho, OG Rewa, K Choong (2021-2024)

As collaborator

• Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Health System (PRIHS 6), Project: Improving the delivery of acute dialysis to critically ill Albertans: Dialyzing Wisely, PI: OG Rewa (2021-2024)

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Teaching

Courses (recent):

NURS 311 - Evidence Informed Nursing Practice (undergraduate)

NURS 316 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I (undergraduate)

NURS 125/335 - Nursing Practice - Health Assessment and Nursing Process (undergraduate)

NURS 593 - Applied Inquiry I - Framing the Inquiry Focus (graduate)

NURS 596 - Foundations in Nursing Research (graduate)

NURS 597 - Understanding Complex Systems (graduate)

Current trainees

Primary supervision

Sarah Lartey, PhD candidate, co-supervision with Dr. Greta Cummings, Development and pilot testing of the nursing educational institution diversity and inclusivity measurement tool. 2021-present.

Ian Alagadan, PhD student, co-supervision with Dr. Greta Cummings, Consequences of ICU nursing leadership turnover on organizational and patient outcomes. 2022-present.

Kathleen Bykowski, PhD candidate, co-supervision with Dr. Donna Wilson, A mixed-method approach to understanding rural Canadian nurse practitioner clinical competencies. 2022-present.

Christopher Picard, PhD student, co-supervision with Dr. Colleen Norris, Triage narratives: Mixed methods analysis of triage nurse documentation in the emergency department. 2023-present.

Angie Grewal, PhD student, co-supervision with Dr. Holly Symonds-Brown, Experience of post-ICU syndrome in family caregivers of ICU survivors. 2024-present.

Prospective graduate students

PhD students - not currently accepting.

MN students - thesis or capstone, please contact me with your CV and details about how your experience aligns with my program of research.

NURS 596 - Research Foundations

Explore diverse methods and approaches to formal research inquiry, including Indigenous research approaches. Compare and contrast research methods and practices, including approaches to framing of the research question, generating and analyzing data, presenting and disseminating findings. Increase understanding of research literacy, appraisal of rigour, and roles of research team members leading and participating in research endeavours.

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NURS 597 - Understanding Complex Systems

Explore the complex nature of nursing practice in the context of evolving healthcare systems, including fiscal, policy and regulatory environments. Emphasis is placed on models of care delivery, relationships within and between systems, and issues of health inequity, gender, culture, and bias.

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Browse more courses taught by Carmel Montgomery

Lartey, S. A., Richter, S., Cummings, G. G., & Montgomery, C. L.

Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2025 June; 10.1111/jan.17061

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Picard, C., Violato, E., O’Dochartaigh, D., Kruger, C., Imbrogno, L., Drew, R., Montgomery, C., Norris, C., & Douma, M. J.

Vascular Access. 2025 June;

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Meghani, S., Frishkopf, M., Park, T., Montgomery, C. L., Norris, C. M., & Papathanassoglou, E.

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 2025 February; 86 10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103777

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Meghani, S., Frishkopf, M., Park, T., Montgomery, C., Norris, C., & Papathanasoglou, E.

International Journal of Critical Care. 2024 November; 18 (3):68-98 10.29173/ijcc992

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Picard, C., Montgomery, C. L., Violato, E. M., Douma, M. J., & Norris, C. M.

Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2024 October; 47 (2):111-137 10.29173/cjen226

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Mellett, J., Andersen, S. K., Deschenes, S., Kilcommons, S., Douma, M. J., Montgomery, C. L., Opgenorth, D., Baig, N., Fiest, K. M., Rewa, O. G., Bagshaw, S. M., & Lau, V. I.

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. 2024 September; 10.1007/s12630-024-02825-y

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Montgomery, C.L., Davenport, A., Milovanovic, L., Bagshaw, S.M., Rolfson, D.B., & Rewa, O.G.

Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2024 August; 27 (3) 10.5770/cgj.27.731

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Rehmani, A., Au, A., Montgomery, C. L., & Papathanassoglou, E.

Nursing in Critical Care. 2024 March; 10.1111/nicc.13076

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Lartey, S. A., Douma, M. J., Kennedy, M., Cummings, G. G., Pooler, C., & Montgomery, C. L.

Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2024 January; 47 (1):6-13 10.29173/cjen225

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Douma, M. J., Myhre, C., Ali, S., Graham, T. A. D., Ruether, K., Brindley, P. G., Dainty, K. N., Smith, K. E., Montgomery, C. L., Dennet, L., Picard, C., Frazer, K., & Kroll, T.

Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2023 November; 49 (6):912-950 10.1016/j.jen.2023.07.001

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Picard, C., Cotton, R., Ware, M., Hill, A., Bell, B., Bouffard, L., O'Dochartaigh, D., Dyjur, D., Montgomery, C., Douma, M. J., & Norris, C. M.

Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2023 May; 46 (1):10-12 10.29173/cjen223

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Lartey, S.A., Montgomery, C.L., Olson, J. K., & Cummings, G.G.

International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2023 April; 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104496

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Moverley, D., Park, T., & Montgomery, C. L.

Canadian Journal of Critical Care Nursing. 2023 April; 34 (1):7-14 10.5737/23688653-3417

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Mercier, D., Douma, M. J., & Montgomery, C. L.

Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2023 March; 45 (3):E3-5 10.29173/cjen200

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Picard, C., Kleib, M., Norris, C., O'Rourke, H. M., Montgomery, C., & Douma, M.

JMIR Nursing. 2023 January; 6 10.2196/41331

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Douma, M., Picard, C., Su, K., Myhre, C., Smith, K., & Montgomery, C. L.

Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2023 January; 46 (1):14-18 10.29173/CJEN228

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Bruno, R. R., Wernly, B., Bagshaw, S. M., van den Boogaard, M., Darvall, J. N., De Geer, L., de Gopegui Miguelena, P. R., Heyland, D. K., Hewitt, D., Hope, A. A., Langlais, E., Le Maguet, P., Montgomery, C. L., Papageorgiou, D., Seguin, P., Geense, W. W., Silva-Obregon, J. A., Wolff, G., Polzin, A., Dannenberg, L., Kelm, M., Flaatten, H., Beil, M., Franz, M., Sviri, S., Leaver, S., Guidet, B., Boumendil, A., & Jung, C.

Annals of Intensive Care. 2023 January; 13 (1) 10.1186/S13613-023-01132-X

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Montgomery, C. L., Stelfox, H. T., Norris, C. M., Rolfson, D. B., Meyer, S. R., Zibdawi, M., & Bagshaw, S. M.

CMAJ Open. 2021 July; 9 (3):E777-E787 10.9778/cmajo.20200034

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Montgomery, C. L., Hopkin, G., Bagshaw, S. M., Hessey, E., & Rolfson, D. B.

Systematic Reviews. 2021 March; 10 (83) 10.1186/s13643-021-01638-0

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Hessey, E., Montgomery, C. L., Zuege, D. J., Rolfson, D. B., Stelfox, H. T., Fiest, K. M., & Bagshaw, S. M.

Journal of Intensive Care. 2020 December; 8 (1) 10.1186/s40560-020-00494-9

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Montgomery, C. L., Thanh, N. X., Stelfox, H. T., Meyer, S. R., Zibdawi, M. A., & Bagshaw, S. M.

CJC Open. 2020 September; 3 (1):54-61 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.09.009

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Andersen, S. K., Montgomery, C. L., & Bagshaw, S. M.

Journal of Critical Care. 2020 August; 60 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.08.024

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Montgomery, C. L., Zuege, D. J., Rolfson, D. B., Opgenorth, D., Hudson, D., Stelfox, H. T., & Bagshaw, S. M.

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. 2019 May; 66 (11):1-10 10.1007/s12630-019-01414-8

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Montgomery, C. L., Rolfson, D. B., & Bagshaw, S. M.

Critical Care Clinics. 2018 August; 34 (4):527-247 10.1016/j.ccc.2018.06.007

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Montgomery, C. L., Pooler, C., Arsenault, J. E., Berean, C., Sharman, R., Cameron, C. L., & de Kock, I.

Home Healthcare Now. 2017 January; 35 (4):196-201 10.1097/NHH.0000000000000526

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Montgomery, C. L., & Bagshaw, S. M.

Intensive Care Medicine. 2017 January; 43 (12):1887-1888 10.1007/s00134-017-4974-y

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Bagshaw, S. M., Mondor, E. E., Scouten, C., Montgomery, C., Slater-MacLean, L., Jones, D. A., Bellomo, R., & Gibney, R. T.

American Journal of Critical Care. 2010 January; 19 (1):74-83 10.4037/ajcc2009532

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McKim, R., Warren, S., Montgomery, C., Zaborowski, J., McKee, C., Towers, D., & Rowe, B. H.

Healthcare Quarterly. 2007 January; 10 (1):34-42 10.12927/hcq..18647

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