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2014
Gul, Raisa B., Paul, Pauline, Olson, Joanne
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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Decision-making and evidence use during the process of prenatal record review in canada: A multiphase qualitative study
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Semenic, Sonia, Williams, Beverly, Montgomery, Phyllis, Edwards, Nancy, Premji, Shahirose, Olson, Joanne
Background Prenatal records are potentially powerful tools for the translation of best-practice evidence into routine prenatal care. Although all jurisdictions in Canada use standardized prenatal records to guide care and provide data for health surveillance, their content related to risk factors...
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Enhancing Educators’ Skills for Promoting Critical Thinking in Their Classroom Discourses: A Randomized Control Trial
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Gul, Raisa B., Schopflocher, Donald, Cassum, Shanaz, Ahmed, Azra, Saeed, Tanveer, Khan, Shehla, Profetto-McGrath, Joanne, Parpio, Yasmin
The literature reveals that educators find it challenging to foster critical thinking (CT) in their students if they have not learned how to use CT in their educational system or training. This paper reports findings from a national research project that was undertaken to enhance the educators’...
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2015
Olson, Joanne, Brémault-Phillips, Suzette, Sinclair, Shane, Parmar, Jasneet, Weis, Jeanne, Abbasi, Marjan, Puchalski, Christina M., Magnus, Ralph, Brett-MacLean, Pamela, Oneschuk, Doreen
Patient care frequently focuses on physical aspects of disease management, with variable attention given to spiritual needs. And yet, patients indicate that spiritual suffering adds to distress associated with illness. Spirituality, broadly defined as that which gives meaning and purpose to a...
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2014
Pepin, Jacinthe I., Myrick, Florence
The Dr. Pat Griffin Research Scholar Award is presented annually to an established Canadian scholar with a strong program of research in nursing education. The purpose of this award is to support and promote nursing education research through inquiry, mentorship, and dissemination.
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2015
For people dealing with changes in their health status, nursing care often involves attention to the physical aspects of their condition. In addition, people to long discuss with health professionals how their lives have changed as a result of circumstances. Such discussions are based on the...
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Reliability and validity of the Alberta Context Tool (ACT) with professional nurses: Findings from a multi-study analysis
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Mallick, Ranjeeta., Estabrooks, Carole A., Squires, Janet E., Norton, Peter G., Cummings, Greta G., Hutchinson, Alison M., Hayduk, Leslie.
Although organizational context is central to evidence-based practice, underdeveloped measurement hinders its assessment. The Alberta Context Tool, comprised of 59 items that tap 10 modifiable contextual concepts, was developed to address this gap. The purpose of this study to examine the...
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Self-employed nurses as change agents in healthcare: strategies, consequences, and possibilities
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Purpose: This article reports on ethnographic research that investigated how self-employed nurses perceive the contemporary healthcare field, what attributes they possess that facilitate their roles as change agents, what strategies they use to influence change, and what consequences they face...