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Fall 2017

Rabel, Hope A

Cancer is a highly prevalent illness in Canada, with half of Canadians developing cancer and one quarter dying of the disease. In spite of significant advancements in cancer diagnosis and treatments, many cancers still have a poor prognosis. Palliative radiotherapy (PRT) is a common and effective...

Spring 2017

Fournier, Bonnie

This qualitative single exploratory case study design, informed by Critical Social Theory (CST) (Habermas, 1982) and a participatory approach (Freire, 2000), explored how to build knowledge and capacity to support policy interventions that create conditions for healthy eating and active living in...

Spring 2017

Fahreen, Rajani I.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality in developed countries, followed by depression. Recent literature supports a bidirectional relationship between depression and CAD, which adversely affects the quality of life. Although there is a high prevalence of co-occurring CAD...

Fall 2017

Gagnon, Danielle, L

End of life care for individuals with advanced cancer has moved from the clinical setting to the home setting. Family members thus have taken on the role of caregivers and must cope with the responsibilities and challenges of providing care. In order to support caregivers in this role, healthcare...

Fall 2017

Ritchie,Vanessa S

Objective: To increase our understanding of moral distress experienced by nurse practitioners in the continuing care setting Design: This qualitative study employed an interpretive description approach in which participants in a major urban center in Western Canada were interviewed about their...

Fall 2017

Aluwihare-Samaranayake, Dilmi S

ABSTRACT Retention of nursing staff is a worldwide concern. Inadequate workforce planning, resource constrained undersupply of new nurses, underdeveloped recruitment, retention and return policies, poor incentive and career support structures and complex quality of work-life environments compete...

Fall 2017

Oosterbroek, Tracy, A

In nursing education, preceptorship practica typically occur at the end of the undergraduate nursing program and are intended to consolidate learning as the student prepares to enter practice. Nursing students are evaluated throughout the preceptorship in part related to their ability to manage...

Spring 2017

Pasieka, Denise E

The purpose of this study was to trace the historical evolution of nursing research at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta between 1980 and 1998. The questions that guided this study were: What were the trends in nursing research, specifically what type of questions were studied and...

Fall 2017

Karimi-Dehkordi, Mehri

Heart failure (HF) is a common, costly, disabling and deadly syndrome. It places a considerable burden on Canadian society and on patients, their families, and the health care system. Self-care behaviors are essential to effective HF management. Adherence to some self-care recommendations,...

Spring 2017

McLean, Lianne D

Background: The effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs for coronary heart disease (CHD) is well established; it is associated with improved quality of life, risk factor reduction, and over the long term, a reduction in all cause and cardiac mortality. Despite this effectiveness,...