Charissa Chiu, RN, MScN, CON(C)® (2024), CHPCN(C)® (2019, renewed 2024)

Clinical Nurse Specialist I BC Cancer Vancouver - Inpatient Unit & Medical Daycare

Heather Kilgour

Charissa Chiu, RN, MScN, CHPCN(C)

Charissa Chiu is a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) within the Nursing and Allied Health Research & Knowledge Translation department. Her clinical experience includes surgical oncology, specialized dementia care, acute medicine, and palliative care. Charissa comes to the team as an experienced CNS from acute care. Her passion is working closely with teams to support patients and families access and receive equitable quality care based on their values and goals.

Charissa Chiu, RN, MScN, CHPCN(C)

Heather Kilgour is a Research Nurse with the Nursing and Allied Health Research and Knowledge Translation department. Heather’s research focuses on understanding how to better support oncology nurses to engage in advanced care planning conversations in BC’s cancer care system.

In her role as Research Nurse, Heather hopes to work with direct care nurses to identify opportunities for improving clinical practice and patient and family-centered care through nursing-led research and knowledge translation. Heather’s goal is to use nursing interventions to improve patient experience and outcomes, and advance oncology nursing excellence.

Awards:

  • Oncology Student Research Award, April 2023 - Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology. 
  • Grace Shane Bursary, January 2023 - Order of the Eastern Star
  • Jennifer Kryworuchko Memorial Scholarship in Nursing, August 2022 - UBC
  • Nursing Research Fellowship, August 2022 - BC Cancer Foundation
  • Merck Canada Masters Award, June 2022 - CNF
  • Beverly Douglas Memorial Bursary, November 2021 - RNFBC
  • Stephen Berg Oncology Nursing Education and Research Endowment Fund, August 2021 - BC Cancer
Credentials

Masters of Science in Nursing, University of British Columbia, 2023

Bachelors of Science in Nursing, McMaster University, 2017

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