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Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge of Disordered Sleep, Sleep Assessment Tools, and Nonpharmacological Sleep Interventions for Persons Living with Dementia: A National Survey.
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Jones, A., Crick, K., Wielandt, P., Brown, C. A., Wilson, D.
Alarge proportion of personswith dementiawill also experience disordered sleep. Disordered sleep in dementia is a common reason for institutionalization and affects cognition, fall risk, agitation, self-care ability, and overall health and quality of life.This report presents findings of a survey...
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2013
Greta G. Cummings, Leslie Hayduk, Janet E. Squires, Carole A. Estabrooks, Lisa A. Cranley, Alison M. Hutchinson, Peter G. Norton, Mark Gierl
Background and Purpose. In this paper, we present a protocol for advanced psychometric assessments of surveys based on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. We use the Alberta Context Tool (ACT) as an exemplar survey to which this protocol can be applied. Methods. Data mapping,...
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The influence of an undergraduate problem/context based learning program on evolving professional nursing graduate practice.
The influence of an undergraduate problem/context based learning program on evolving professional nursing graduate practice.
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Spiers, J.A., Kabotoff, W., Williams, B., Richard, E., McIlwraith, D., Fisk, A., Sculley, A., Gibson, B.
Graduates' perception of the value of their undergraduate program is a critical component of professional program evaluation and contributes a viewpoint rarely reported in the literature. It has been proposed that Problem Based Learning (PBL) enhances knowledge acquisition, clinical competency...
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Does treating tobacco addiction in persons with mental illness compromise their quality of life?
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In contrast to overall declining smoking rates, the high rates among persons with mental illness remain unchanged. They consume 44% of purchased cigarettes and are heavier, more addicted smokers. Smoking is the most salient risk factor for their premature death, estimated at 25 years. Chemicals...
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2011
Dover, D.C ., Schopflocher, D.P.
Public health surveillance is often concerned with the analysis of health outcomes over small areas. Funnel plots have been proposed as a useful tool for assessing and visualizing surveillance data, but their full utility has not been appreciated (for example, in the incorporation and...
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Merging social networking environments and formal learning environments to support and facilitate interprofessional instruction.
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Greidanus, Elaine, Carbonaro, Michael, King, Sharla, Drummond, Jane, Patterson, Steven
This study describes the redesign of an interprofessional team development course for health science students. A theoretical model is hypothesized as a framework for the redesign process, consisting of two themes: 1) the increasing trend among post-secondary students to participate in social...
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Understanding the Provision of Palliative Care in the Context of Primary Health Care: Qualitative research findings from a pilot study in a community setting in Chile.
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Santos Salas, A., Cameron, B. L.
This pilot study looked at the provision of palliative care in the context of primary health care in a developing setting in Chile. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to delineate the experience of palliative care from the perspective of patients and health care professionals; to examine...