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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...
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2012
Hewitt, J.A., Wilson, D.M., Chamberland, C.
Injuries are a leading cause of childhood death and disability. Many injuries are a result of youths taking risks and not avoiding risky situations. An educational program to reduce adolescent injury risk (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) has operated out of the Misericordia...
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2007
Nhan, J., McMahon, A., Jensen, L.
Although anemia is a common complication of chronic kidney disease, practice variability in its management continues to exist. In an effort to standardize management, the Northern Alberta Renal Program implemented an anemia algorithm, the \"Anemia Protocol.\" A cohort design was used to evaluate...
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Evaluation of real-time use of electronic patient-reported outcome data by nurses with patients in home dialysis clinics
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Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Molzahn, Anita E.
Background: Internationally, the use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) is increasing. Electronic PROs (ePROs) offer immediate access of such reports to healthcare providers. The objectives of this study were to assess nurses’ perspectives on the usefulness and impact of ePRO administration in...
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Evaluation of the living with hope program for rural women caregivers of persons with advanced cancer.
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Hampton, M., Cooper, D., Holstlander, L., Ghosh, S., Williams, A., Duggleby, W., McLean, R. T., Hallstrom, L.
Background Hope has been identified as a key psychosocial resource among family caregivers to manage and deal with the caregiver experience. The Living with Hope Program is a self-administered intervention that consists of watching an international award winning Living with Hope film and...
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Evidence-based approaches to remedy and also to prevent abuse of community-dwelling older persons
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Els, C., Ratajewicz, S.E., Asirifi, M.A., Wilson, D.M.
Elder abuse is a global issue, with an estimated 4–10% of older persons in Canada abused each year. Although Canadian legislation has been created to prevent and punish the abuse of older persons living in nursing homes and other care facilities, community-dwelling older persons are at greater...