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2010

Langenhoff, P., Spiers, J.A., Cummings, G.G., Bhatti, A.., Sharlow, J.

In 2004, a provincial cancer agency in Canada developed and implemented a provincewide Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) to enhance organizational leadership and relationships. Research using a quasi-experimental survey design determined whether LDI implementation influenced the emotional...

2008

Yonge, O., Myrick, F., Luhanga, F.L.

In a grounded theory study examining the process of precepting an unsafe student, it was found that preceptors assigned passing grades to students who in fact should not have passed. Although preceptors perceived their role as gatekeepers for the profession, by not assigning failing grades to...

2011

Clark, K., DeForge, R., Forbes, D.A., Ward-Griffin, C., Mendelsohn, M., St-Amant, O., Kloseck, M.

The purpose of this research was to critique the nature of rural dementia care from the perspectives of persons with dementia, their family caregivers and home care providers through a social inclusion/exclusion lens. A critical gerontology approach within a human rights framework (Townsend,...

2013

Paton, P., Chiu, Y., Mumtaz, Z., Higginbottom, G. M., Safipour, J., Pillay, J.

Background Evidence suggests that immigrant women having different ethnocultural backgrounds than those dominant in the host country have difficulty during their access to and reception of maternity care services, but little knowledge exists on how factors such as ethnic group and cultural...

2012

Duggleby, W., Williams, A., McIntosh, M.J., Eby, J., Leipert, B.

Most informal caregivers in Canada are women (Cranwick, 1997; Fast, Eales & Keating, 2001; Kaden & MacDonald, 1990; MacLean, Cairn, & Sellick, 1998). Women caring for dying persons at the end-of-life have been identified in the literature as those most likely to experience negative physical and...

2013

Yonge, O., Ferguson, L., Grundy, Q., Myrick, F.

Purpose: A photovoice study was conducted to construct a narrative of teaching and learning to nurse in rural settings as seen through the eyes of nursing students and their preceptors. This article explores the rural context of team-based preceptorship; that is, how interdependence characterizes...

2010-06-01

Ross, Shelley, Campbell, Sandy, Behn Smith, Daniele

The poorer health status of First Nations, Inuit, Métis (FN/I/M) people in Canada is unacceptable and requires urgent attention. One potential means of improving FN/I/M health is to focus on improving training of medical students to enhance cultural safety. Experiential, community based...

2007-01-01

Jon Luty

Photo of sign for child's first birthday

2012

Sampath, P., Wilson, D.M.

Medicare is a popular program in Canada that offers universal access to medically-necessary healthcare services for all Canadians through a public insurance plan in each province. In spite of its popularity, healthcare privatization has been debated, often over concerns about wait times for...

2014-04-28

Susan Chaudoir

Slides for the April 28th presentation at the Collaborative Faculty Development Conference in Alberta. Overview included student & instructor responses to learning to write from Years 1 to 4 and implications for undergraduate nursing education. Discussion of faculty development included issues of...