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- 2Estabrooks, Carole Anne
- 2King, Kathryn Margaret.
- 2Kunyk, Diane
- 2Lemermeyer, Gillian
- 2Moore, Katherine N.
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Spring 2015
Background: Heart transplant is life-saving for children with end-stage congenital heart disease or acquired heart failure. Critical illness following transplantation can include acute kidney injury (AKI). There is little data on the epidemiology of, risk factors for, or impact on outcomes of...
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Adult Children Perceptions of the Quality of Hospital Care Received by Their Advanced-Age Parents at the End of Life: A Sequential Mixed Methods Approach
DownloadSpring 2019
Dying advanced-age adults (85+) are at risk of receiving suboptimal end-of-life (EOL) care in hospital, as they are often not recognized as dying. Their children may have important perspectives on quality advanced-age hospital-based EOL care. The aim of this study was to develop a theory of...
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Spring 2020
BackgroundPatients in Alberta report significantly lower levels of satisfaction than the national average in terms of physical comfort, coordination and integration of care, information, communication and education. As a result, patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) were developed into a tool...
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An assessment of the state of measurement science underpinning research utilization in nursing
DownloadSpring 2011
Background: Nurses’ use of research findings is essential to the provision of quality patient care. As a result, a need to better understand how to implement research into nursing practice has emerged, triggering requirements for its measurement. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to...