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- 2Estabrooks, Carole Anne
- 2King, Kathryn Margaret.
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- 2Lemermeyer, Gillian
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Fall 2021
Currently, 79.5 million people worldwide have been forced to cross international borders because of political instability and civil war in their country of origin (International Organization for Migration, 2020; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2020). Globally, 51% of refugees are...
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Spring 2021
Background: New graduate nurses (NGNs) continue to experience co-worker incivility even when educational interventions, transition programs, and workplace policies and programs are provided. Incivility contributes to NGNs leaving the nursing profession at staggering rates contributing to an...
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An Interpretive Description of Nigerian Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives, Experiences and Practices of Self-Management Support for Persons with Type 2 Diabetes
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Background: Studies show that most people living with diabetes in Nigeria have inadequate knowledge of their condition, poor self-management, and poor glycemic control. Many of these studies focused on patients who were often blamed by healthcare providers (HCPs) for their situation. There is a...
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Spring 2021
Introduction: Immunization coverage for most childhood vaccines is measured and reported at 2 years and at 7 years of age in Alberta. There is currently a gap in knowledge regarding immunization coverage for children entering kindergarten (typically at age 5 years), as well as on factors...
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The Development and Evaluation of an Innovative Knowledge Translation Tool about Pediatric Concussion
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Background: Pediatric concussion is a common, yet complex injury caused by a direct or indirect blow to the head. Pediatric concussion places considerable burdens on children, families, and the healthcare system. To minimize this burden, it is essential that patients and families are connected to...
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Understanding How Day Programs Work as Care in the Community for People Living with Dementia and their Families
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In Canada, most people living with dementia live at home, with family, friends and neighbours providing most of the care. While often mentioned in policy as an ideal, it seems that ‘care in the community’ is much more elusive to implement in practice for people with dementia and their families....
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Nursing Practice and Context: The Relationship Between the Hospital Setting and Environmentally Responsible Practice
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to answer the following question: What are Albertan nurses’ beliefs related to climate change, health, and nursing practice, and how is their ability to practice in an environmentally responsible manner influenced by their workplace setting? Background: Climate...
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Perceived Role of School-Based Public Health Nurses in a Publicly Funded Health Care System: A Qualitative Inquiry
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Children are experiencing increasingly complex health needs that can be exacerbated by adverse events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. While school-based public health nurses are in ideal positions to help address these needs, a comprehensive literature review suggests that school nurses are...
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Fall 2021
This phenomenological study explores the lived experience of the nurse’s touch in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Touch is deeply embedded within NICU nursing, sometimes so taken-for-granted as to seem invisible, but implied in nearly every nursing gesture and pursuit. Inserting an...
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Experiences of Mothers Using the Prevention Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Program to Prevent Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Transmission in Rwanda
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The purpose of my study was to explore the experiences of mothers using the PMTCT Program to prevent HIV transmission in Rwanda. Critical ethnography was the research design for my study. The intersectionality framework guided this study. The population of my research study included HIV + women;...