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2012
Richter, S., Caine, V., Chambers, T., Maina, G., Johnson, L., Darkwah, V., Yamane, H.
Background: Nurses must understand the needs and barriers of people who are homeless when they are in a health care environment in order to render effective care. Objective: The objective of this review is to synthesize research findings on studies that examine the needs and barriers of people...
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2014
Olson, J. K., Gul, R. B., Paul, P.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and challenges of co-supervision of doctoral students, as found in the literature and from our experiences. We define co-supervision and then discuss the process in detail. Examples are based on experiences of co-supervision from faculty...
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2009
Our personal and professional lives draw us to a shared interest in ‘identity’ and ‘relationships’, and our understanding is shaped by our lives as narrative inquirers. As we struggle to name this complexity we begin to play with metaphors; the metaphor of ‘kites’, and thus string, kite and kite...
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International dimensions of higher education in nursing in Canada: Tapping the wisdom of the 20th century while embracing possibilities for the 21st century
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Paul, P., Ogilvie, L., Burgess-Pinto, E.
New focus on the internationalization of universities occurred in the late 20th century and higher education in nursing has been quick to embrace the opportunities. In this manuscript, writers provide a brief overview of the nursing and more general literature from the late 20th century relating...
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Pain, anxiety, and analgesics: A comparative study of elderly and younger surgical patients
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Grace, M., Wry, J., Oberle, K., Paul, P.
To determine if the post-operative experience of elderly and younger patients is different, data were collected from 41 elderly patients (65 years and older) and 249 younger patients (under 65 years). Pain and anxiety were assessed on days two and three post-operative. Anxiety was also measured...
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Shifting from Reading to Questioning: Some Thoughts Around Ethics, Research, and Aboriginal Peoples
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During the summer of 2002, we worked on a project exploring issues surrounding ethics and research with Aboriginal people. As we reviewed a number of articles published in this area, our library and Internet searches were accompanied by multiple conversations. Within these conversations we often...
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2003
Paul, P., Olson, J. K., Douglass, L., Goddard, N., Simington, J., Clark, M. B.
The purpose of this study was to identify the extent to which the spiritual dimension is addressed in Canadian university undergraduate nursing curricula. An exploratory descriptive design was used to gather data from faculty members at Canadian university schools of nursing. Eighteen (62%) of...
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Strategies for Engaging Undergraduate Nursing Students in Reading and Using Qualitative Research
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Spiers, J.A., Paul, P., Weaver, K., Jennings, D.
Teaching undergraduate nursing research courses can be challenging. There is substantial research explicating why this is so, but little has been written about strategies to enhance students’ ability to engage in and learn about research, especially in the context of large classes offered over...