Manal Kleib, MSN, MBA, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing

Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Email
kleib@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 248-1422
Address
5-112 ECHA Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
11405 - 87 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 1C9

Availability
By Appointment

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Nursing Workforce Readiness Digital Health Nursing Informatics Digital Health Education Nursing Practice with Existing and Emerging Technologies Quantitative Methods Simulation and Virtual Reality


About

Degrees

  • PhD, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Alberta, AB, Canada.
  • MBA, Health Care Management, University of Leicester, UK. 
  • MSN, Nursing Education, University of Jordan, Jordan.
  • BSN, Nursing Science, University of Jordan, Jordan. 
  • Diploma in Nursing, Princess Muna College of Nursing, Jordan.

Research

Dr. Kleib is a highly regarded professional with diverse and advanced nursing knowledge and skills in local and international healthcare environments. Her research program focuses on the nursing workforce preparedness and capabilities in digital health.

Current Projects:

Principal Investigator

  • Kleib, M., Arnaert, A., & Nagle, L. (2021). Learning how to provide nursing care in a digital health context. SSHRC Insight Development Grant. 2021-2023.
  • Kleib, M., Strudwick, G., & Nagle, L. (2020). Nurse Leaders’ Self-Perceptions of Informatics Competency: Development and Psychometric Validation of Informatics Competency Self-assessment for Canadian Nurse Leaders (ICS-CNL). 2020 - 2022.
  • Kleib, M., & Jackman, D. (2019). Integration of Electronic Health Record Simulation in Nursing Education. Project Grant from Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, University of Alberta. April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2021.
  • Kleib, M., Nagle, L., & Furlong, K. (2019). Informatics Preparedness among Canadian Nursing Students. Education Research Award Grant from Western and Northwestern Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. April 1, 2019 – May 31, 2022.
  • Kleib, M., Jackman, D., & Witschen, B. (2018). Interprofessional Simulation to Promote Teamwork and Communication among Nursing and Respiratory Therapy Students. Seed Funding from Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, University of Alberta. May 1st , 2018 – April 30, 2020.

Co-Investigator

  • Salma, J., Kleib, M., & Tong, H. (2020). Exploring Digital Competence in Older Arabic-Speaking Immigrants: A Community–based Participatory Research Project. SSHRC IDG. 2020-2023.
  • Leidl, D., Kleib, M., Li, H., Press, M., Wilson, J., Banow, R., & Kawula, K. (2020). Exploring virtual reality into clinical nursing education. Collaborative Innovation Development Grant from Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. March 2020 – March 2021.
  • Oliver, M., Punithakumar, P., Boulanger, P., Cohen, J., Ensslin, A., Ferguson-Pell, M., Jaremko, J., Kleib, M., Kawchuk, G., McTavish, L., Ogbogu, U., Smallwood, S., & Thompson, R. (2020). Know Thyself through Virtual Reality. KIAS Cluster Fund from Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), University of Alberta. March 2020-March 2023.

Teaching

Dr. Kleib’s teaching practice aims to facilitate authentic learning experiences that foster learners’ growth and help them achieve goals they have set out for themselves. At the undergraduate level, she teaches NURS 300 “Health Policy, Health Care Organizations, Change Management,” and NURS 200 "Innovation, Systems Thinking, & Leadership in Healthcare." At the graduate level, she teaches NURS 508 “Healthcare Technology & Innovation”, NURS 568 “Advanced Leadership in Health Systems.” Dr. Kleib works collaboratively with graduate students to advance their research training in areas of interest related to nursing informatics and digital health education and practice. Please contact Dr. Kleib via email to discuss current opportunities.

Selected Awards/Distinctions:

Courses

NURS 200 - Innovation, Systems Thinking and Leadership in Healthcare

An introduction to the concepts of innovation, health technology, systems thinking and relational leadership in a healthcare context. The course develops the knowledge, skills and values that foster personal capacity for innovation and relational leadership. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative Program.


Browse more courses taught by Manal Kleib

Publications

The Psychometric Properties of Version Two of the Canadian Nurse Informatics Competency Assessment Scale.

Author(s): Kleib, M., & Nagle, L.
Publication Date: 7/6/2022
Publication: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
Volume: Ahead-of-print
Page Numbers: 1-10
DOI: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000940
External Link: https://journals.lww.com/cinjournal/Abstract/9900/The_Psychometric_Properties_of_Version_2_of_the.38.aspx

Developing nursing students’ informatics competencies - A Canadian faculty perspective.

Author(s): Chauvette, A., Kleib, M., & Paul, P.
Publication Date: 6/14/2022
Publication: International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
Volume: 19
Issue: 1
Page Numbers: 1-11
DOI: 10.1515/ijnes-2021-0165
External Link: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijnes-2021-0165/pdf

Emergency nurses’ triage narrative data, their uses and structure: A scoping review protocol.

Author(s): Picard, C., Kleib, M., O’Rourke, H., Norris, C., & Douma, M.
Publication Date: 4/13/2022
Publication: BMJ Open
Volume: 12
Issue: 4
Page Numbers: 1-5
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055132
External Link: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/4/e055132

Are future nurses ready for digital health? Informatics competency baseline assessment.

Author(s): Kleib, M., Nagle, L., Furlong, K., Duarte Wisnesky, U., & Ali, S.
Publication Date: 3/25/2022
Publication: Nurse Educator
Volume: Online only
Page Numbers: 1-7
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001199
External Link: https://journals.lww.com/nurseeducatoronline/Abstract/9000/Are_Future_Nurses_Ready_for_Digital_Health__.99003.aspx

Nursing student awareness and utilization of educational and professional resources towards informatics competency development.

Author(s): Lysak, D., Palamarek, K., Trieu, J., & Kleib, M.
Publication Date: 3/22/2022
Publication: Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics
Volume: 17
Issue: 1
Page Numbers: 1-17
External Link: https://cjni.net/journal/?p=9766

Compassionate nursing care and the use of digital health technologies: A scoping review

Author(s): Ali, S., Kleib, M., Paul, P., Petrovskaya, O., & Kennedy, M.
Publication Date: 1/13/2022
Publication: International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume: 127
Issue: 104161
Page Numbers: 1-10
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104161
External Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020748921003060

Prescribing injectable opioids: A necessary and effective treatment to reduce harm

Author(s): Fyshe, B., Dewani, T., & Kleib, M.
Publication Date: 9/7/2021
Publication: Canadian Nurse
Page Numbers: 1-5
External Link: https://www.cna-aiic.ca/dev-cn-en/blogs/cn-content/2021/09/07/prescribing-injectable-opioids-a-necessary-and-eff

Transition of mental health service delivery to telepsychiatry in response to COVID-19: A literature review

Author(s): Li, H., Glecia, A., Kent-Wilkinson, A., Leidl, D., Kleib, M., & Risling, T.
Publication Date: 6/8/2021
Publication: Psychiatric Quarterly
Page Numbers: 181-197
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-021-09926-7
External Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11126-021-09926-7

Digital and informatics competencies: Requirements for nursing leaders in Canada

Author(s): Lo, B., Nagle, L., White, P., Kleib, M., Kennedy, M., & Strudwick, G.
Publication Date: 5/21/2021
Publication: Healthcare Management Forum
Page Numbers: 1-6
DOI: 10.1177/08404704211015428
External Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08404704211015428

Academic Electronic Health Records in Undergraduate Nursing Education. Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Author(s): Kleib, M., Jackman, D., Duarte-Wisnesky, U., & Ali, S.
Publication Date: 4/1/2021
Publication: JMIR Nursing
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Page Numbers: e26944
External Link: https://nursing.jmir.org/2021/2/e26944

Approaches for defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies: A scoping review

Author(s): Kleib, M., Chauvette, A., Furlong, K., Nagle, L., Slater, L., & McCloskey, R.
Publication Date: 3/1/2021
Publication: JBI Evidence Synthesis
Volume: 19
Issue: 4
Page Numbers: 794-841
External Link: https://journals.lww.com/jbisrir/pages/currenttoc.aspx

Interprofessional simulation to promote teamwork and communication between nursing and respiratory therapy students: A mixed methods study

Author(s): Kleib, M., Jackman, D., & Duarte Wisnesky, U.
Publication Date: 2/1/2021
Publication: Nurse Education Today
Volume: 99
Page Numbers: 1-7
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104816

Digital Health in Canadian Schools of Nursing Part B: Academic Nurse Administrators' Perspectives

Author(s): Nagle, L., Kleib, M., & Furlong, K.
Publication Date: 10/1/2020
Publication: Quality Advancement in Nursing Education
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
DOI: 10.17483/2368-6669.1256
External Link: https://qane-afi.casn.ca/journal/vol6/iss3/8/

Advancing Emergency Nurses’ Leadership and Practice through Informatics

Author(s): Picard, C. & Kleib, M.
Publication Date: 10/1/2020
Publication: Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume: 43
Issue: 3
Page Numbers: 13-17
External Link: https://doi.org/10.29173/cjen37

Digital Health in Canadian Schools of Nursing Part A: Nurse Educators' Perspectives

Author(s): Nagle, L., Kleib, M., & Furlong, K.
Publication Date: 4/30/2020
Publication: Quality Advancement in Nursing Education
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Page Numbers: 1-19
DOI: 10.17483/2368-6669.1229
External Link: https://qane-afi.casn.ca/journal/vol6/iss1/4/

Approaches for defining and assessing nursing informatics competencies: A Scoping review protocol

Author(s): Kleib, M., Chauvette, A., Furlong, K., Nagle, L., Slater, L., & McCloskey, R.
Publication Date: 2019
Publication: JBI Database of Systematic reviews and Implementation Reports
Volume: 17
Issue: 6
Page Numbers: 1071-1078
External Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31192897

Nursing students’ informatics competency in action: Using QR technology to promote health education about Cannabis

Author(s): Kuchta, K., Stiegelmar, M., Joffe, R. & Kleib, M.
Publication Date: 2019
Publication: Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics
External Link: http://cjni.net/journal/?p=5984

Study of Digital Health in Canadian Schools of Nursing: Curricular Content and Nurse Educator Capacity

Author(s): Nagle, L., Kleib, M., & Furlong, K.
Publication Date: 2019
Publication: Canada Health Infoway
External Link: https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/component/edocman/resources/reports/benefits-evaluation/3716-study-of-digital-health-in-canadian-schools-of-nursing

Psychometric Properties of the Canadian Nurse Informatics Competency Assessment Scale (C-NICAS)

Author(s): Kleib, M. & Nagle, L.
Publication Date: 2018
Publication: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
Volume: 36
Issue: 7
Page Numbers: 359-365
External Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29634497

Factors Associated with Canadian Nurses’ Informatics Competency

Author(s): Kleib, M. & Nagle, L.
Publication Date: 2018
Publication: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
Volume: 36
Issue: 8
Page Numbers: 406-415
External Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596068

Development of the Canadian Nurse Informatics Competency Assessment Scale (C-NICAS) and Evaluation of Alberta Registered Nurses’ Self-Perceived Informatics Competencies

Author(s): Kleib, M. & Nagle, L.
Publication Date: 2018
Publication: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
Volume: 36
Issue: 7
Page Numbers: 350-358
External Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29668498

Parental evaluation of a nurse practitioner-developed paediatric neurosurgery website

Author(s): Vogel, T., Kleib, M., Davidson, S., & Scott, S.D.
Publication Date: 2016
Publication: JMIR Res. Protoc
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Page Numbers: 2-13
External Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27072930

Information and Communication Technology: Design, delivery and outcomes from a nursing informatics boot camp

Author(s): Kleib, M., Simpson, N., & Rhodes, B.
Publication Date: 2016
Publication: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN)
Volume: 21
Issue: 2
External Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27854426

Evaluation of an Informatics Educational Intervention to Enhance Informatics Competence among Baccalaureate Nursing Students

Author(s): Kleib, M. & Olson, K.
Publication Date: 2015
Publication: Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal
Volume: 7
Issue: 3

Status of informatics integration in baccalaureate nursing education

Author(s): Kleib, M., Zimka, O., Olson, K.
Publication Date: 2013
Publication: Canadian Journal of Nursing Research
Volume: 45
Page Numbers: 138-154

Integration of health informatics in baccalaureate nursing education: Effectiveness of face-to-face vs. online teaching methods.

Author(s): Kleib, M.
Publication Date: 2012
External Link: http://era.library.ualberta.ca/public/view/author/Kleib

United States Registered Nurses' Self-reported Access to Web

Author(s): Kleib, M., Sales, A., Beaith, A., Lima, I., & Baylon, M.
Publication Date: 2011
Publication: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
Volume: 29
Issue: 5
Page Numbers: 304-310
External Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21048496

Nursing Minimum Data Sets

Author(s): Kleib, M., Sales, A., Doran, M., Mallette, C., & White, D.
Publication Date: 2010
Page Numbers: 487-512

Continuing Education in Informatics among Registered Nurses in the United States in 2000

Author(s): Kleib, M., Sales, A., Lima, I., Beaith, A., & Baylon, M.
Publication Date: 2010
Publication: Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
Volume: 41
Page Numbers: 329-336