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Fall 2021

Thompson, Alison Paige

Background: Functional constipation is very common and has devastating effects on the physical, psychological, social, and financial well-being of children and families, while also inflating costs and healthcare resource use. Adequate clinical care for this difficult condition is lacking and...

Fall 2021

Desire Urindwanayo

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...

Spring 2021

Dhungana, Manisha

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...

Fall 2021

Symonds-Brown, Holly

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....

Fall 2021

Sarker, Upinder Kaur

Aim: The purpose of this study was to answer two main questions: First, does the utilization of gamification in online continued education modules motivate Registered Nurses (RNs)? And second, is the Instructional Materials Motivational Survey (IMMS) a valid tool to assess motivation in the RN...

Spring 2020

Moch, Danielle

BackgroundPatients in Alberta report significantly lower levels of satisfaction than the national average in terms of physical comfort, coordination and integration of care, information, communication and education. As a result, patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) were developed into a tool...

Spring 2020

Djkowich, Mikelle J

The use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in infants and children is increasing. This thesis examined the population of infants and children enrolled in a quaternary pediatric hospital’s NIV program with the goal of describing the clinical characteristics of that population over a one-year...

Spring 2020

Walsh, Brittany

This qualitative descriptive study used semi-structured interviews to explore how acute care nurses decide to administer “as needed” (PRN) psychotropic medication to hospitalized people with dementia. Eight nurses from three acute care units in a large tertiary hospital in Western Canada were...

Fall 2020

Marceau, Raelene D.

Background: Sustaining innovations in health systems is a topic of increasing importance to stakeholders interested in creating sustainable primary health care (PHC) reform. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) role, a PHC innovation, was initially introduced in Canada in the 1970s and re-implemented with...

Fall 2020

Baffour-Awuah, Alberta

There is evidence indicating that grief experiences and support available to women who experience perinatal loss has not been well investigated in Ghana. In particular the emotional and psychological impact of the loss, the ability of women and their family members to flexibly mourn their lost...