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2010
Ohler, M.C., Forbes, D.A., Kerr, M.S.
Patient outcomes are reliant on nursing calibre, which in turn is dependent on the health of work environments and practice settings. The National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (NSWHN) examined a broad spectrum of nurses’ work and health, with one finding of particular concern: Nurses...
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Design and introduction of a quality of life assessment and practice support system: perspectives from palliative care settings
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Sawatzky, Richard, Laforest, Esther, Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Stajduhar, Kelli, Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, Krawczyk, Marian, Öhlén, Joakim, McLeod, Barbara, Hilliard, Neil, Tayler, Carolyn, Cohen, S. Robin
Background: Quality of life (QOL) assessment instruments, including patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs), are increasingly promoted as a means of enabling clinicians to enhance person-centered care. However, integration of these instruments...
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2010
Cummings, G., Tourangeau A. E., Ferron, E. M., Cranley, L. A., Harvey, S.
Aim. This paper is a report of a study to identify nurse reported determinants of intention to remain employed and to develop a model explaining determinants of hospital nurse intention to remain employed. Background. A worsening shortage of nurses globally suggests that efforts must be made...
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Developing a living with hope program for caregivers of family members with advanced cancer.
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Duggleby, Wendy, Holtslander, Lorraine, Williams, Allison, Degner, Lesley, Cammer, Allison, Wright, Karen
A theory-based intervention, the Living with Hope Program (LWHP), was designed to foster hope in caregivers of family members with advanced cancer. The LWHP was developed from qualitative data and using Harding and Higginson's recommendations for family caregiver interventions as a guide. The...
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Developing an Initial Program Theory to Explain How Patient-Reported Outcomes Are Used in Health Care Settings: Methodological Process and Lessons Learned
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Flynn, Rachel, Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Levay, Adrienne, Greenhalgh, Joanne
A central aspect of any theory-driven realist investigation (synthesis or evaluation) is to develop an initial program theory (IPT). An IPT can be used to frame and understand how, for whom, why, and under what contexts complex interventions work or not. Despite well-established evidence that...
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Development of a “Changes Toolkit” for Rural Older Palliative Patients and Their Family Caregivers
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Goodridge, Donna, Duggleby, W., Cooper, Lori J., Williams, A., Taniguichi, A., Leipert, B., Wilson, D., Marshall,D.
A “Changes Toolkit” was developed to help rural older palliative care patients and their caregivers deal with multiple concurrent transitions that cause disruption in their lives. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of the “Changes Toolkit” to support rural palliative...
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2010
Cunningham, S., Holtslander, L., Steeves, M., Duggleby-Wenzel, S., Duggleby, W.
This study used van Dijk's critical-discourse approach to explore the current societal discourse on hope and to explore the hope of older terminally ill cancer patients, their significant others and primary nurse. Forty-three newspaper articles dealing with hope and cancer were collected and...
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2010
Fisk, A., Sculley, A., Kabotoff, W., Williams, B., Gibson, B., Richard, E., Spiers, J., McIlwraith, D.
There continues to be considerable debate about how to prepare nursing students so that they are ready to practise. A recent study with RNs, managers and educators in Alberta showed that: · there is a strong perception that practice-readiness is an idealistic, largely impossible goal that has...