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2014
Gul, Raisa B., Paul, Pauline, Olson, Joanne
The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and challenges of co-supervision of doctoral students, as found in the literature and from our experiences. We define co-supervision and then discuss the process in detail. Examples are based on experiences of co-supervision from faculty...
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Complaints concerning communication reported by users of healthcare in a specific region in Sweden
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Hadziabdic, Emina, Higginbottom, Gina
Introduction: Effective communication between patients and healthcare staff is important in all healthcare services. Previous studies investigating criticism and complaints concerning treatment reported by patients and relatives in a healthcare context point to the most common complaints were...
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2015
Glazener, Cathryn M.A., Anderson, Coral A., Cody, June D., Hunter, Kathleen F., Omar, Muhammad I., Campbell, Susan E.
Background information The prostate is a male sex gland that surrounds the outlet of the bladder. Two main diseases of the prostate (cancer of the prostate, and benign (non-cancerous) prostatic enlargement) can be treated by surgery but some men suffer leakage of urine (urinary incontinence)...
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Data for improvement and clinical excellence: report of an interrupted time series trial of feedback in long-term care
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Baylon, Melba A., Fraser, Kimberly D., Schalm, Corinne, Sales, Anne E.
Background There is considerable evidence about the effectiveness of audit coupled with feedback for provider behavior change, although few feedback interventions have been conducted in long-term care settings. The primary purpose of the Data for Improvement and Clinical Excellence-Long-Term Care...
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Decision-making and evidence use during the process of prenatal record review in canada: A multiphase qualitative study
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Semenic, Sonia, Williams, Beverly, Montgomery, Phyllis, Edwards, Nancy, Premji, Shahirose, Olson, Joanne
Background Prenatal records are potentially powerful tools for the translation of best-practice evidence into routine prenatal care. Although all jurisdictions in Canada use standardized prenatal records to guide care and provide data for health surveillance, their content related to risk factors...
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Dementia care evidence: Contextual dimensions that influence use in northern home care centres
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Living and working in isolated northern communities pose challenges in using evidence to inform dementia care. Purpose : To better understand the contextual dimensions of two home care centres in two Canadian northern, rural communities that influence the use of evidence from the perspectives of...
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2004
Mallidou, Anastasia A., Scott, Shannon, Cummings, Greta
Building on the work of Ehrenberg and Estabrooks, the authors continue the series of articles on knowledge utilization by focusing on the effect of organizational factors and leadership on research use by individual practitioners. Traditionally, the onus to integrate research findings into...
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Effects of earplugs and eye masks combined with relaxing music on sleep, melatonin and cortisol levels in ICU patients: a randomized control trial
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Zhang, You-Hua, Jiang, Xiao-Ying, Hu, Rong-Fang, Hegadoren, Kathleen M.
Introduction Intensive care unit (ICU) environmental factors such as noise and light have been cited as important causes of sleep deprivation in critically ill patients. Previous studies indicated that using earplugs and eye masks can improve REM sleep in healthy subjects in simulated ICU...