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Gender differences in use and availability of home and community-based services for people with dementia.
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Henderson, S., Peacock, S., Kingston, D., Morgan, D., Leipert, B., Hawranik, P.
The purpose was to examine the use and availability of home and community-based services by men and women with dementia using data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey. Variables of interest were based on the Andersen and Newman model and included predisposing, enabling, need, and use...
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2007
Wilson-Keates, B., Squires, M., Tourangeau, A., Widger, K., Pye, C., Cranley, L.
Generational differences in values, expectations and perceptions of work have been proposed as one basis for problems and solutions in recruitment and retention of nurses. Method: This study used a descriptive design. A sample of 8,207 registered nurses and registered practical nurses working in...
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Geographic and facility-level variation in the use of peritoneal dialysis in Canada: A cohort study.
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Soroka, S. D., Tangri, N., Molzhan, A., Nessim, S. J., Komenda, P., Zappitelli, M., Rigatto, C., Naimark, D., Dart, A., Levin, A., Kappel, J., Hiebert, B., Sood, M. M., Manns, B.
Background Peritoneal dialysis is associated with similar survival and similar improvement in quality of life and is less costly compared with in-centre hemodialysis. We examined facility and geographic variation in the use of peritoneal dialysis in Canada. Methods We analyzed data from the...
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German translation of the Alberta context tool and two measures of research use: Methods, challenges and lessons learned.
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Behrens, J., Mahler, C, Berger, S., Squires, J. E., Hoben, M., Bär, M., Estabrooks, C. A.
Background Understanding the relationship between organizational context and research utilization is key to reducing the research-practice gap in health care. This is particularly true in the residential long term care (LTC) setting where relatively little work has examined the influence of...
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Gifted & talented students' career aspirations and influences: A systematic review of the literature
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The nursing shortage of registered nurses in Canada is expected to worsen, making recruitment a concern for nursing organizations. Also, many reports have outlined the need for improved leadership in nursing. Therefore, the study purpose was to describe the findings of a systematic review of...
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Glycemic control in diabetic and non-diabetic cardiac surgical patients and length of hospital stay.
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Jensen, L., Reyes, M., Kidd, W., Stewart, J.
BACKGROUND: Maintaining blood glucose levels (BGL) within normoglycemic range has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. However, there is little evidence that maintenance of normoglycemic BGL is beneficial for diabetic and non-diabetic patients who undergo...
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Graduate nurses' learning trajectories and experiences of Problem Based Learning: A focused ethnography study.
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Sculley, A., Williams, B., Kabotoff, W., Richard, E., McIlwraith, D., Spiers, J., Gibson, B.
Background: Problem-based learning seeks to foster active, collaborative and self directed learning. It is increasingly utilized in health professional education; however, it is difficult to ascertain effectiveness. Empirically, student satisfaction does not match academic achievement but the...
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2013
Higginbottom, G. M., Boadu, N. Y., Pillay, J. J.
Focused ethnographies can have meaningful and useful application in primary care, community, or hospital healthcare practice, and are often used to determine ways to improve care and care processes. They can be pragmatic and efficient ways to capture data on a specific topic of importance to...
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Habits of mind and the split-mind effect: when computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software is used in phenomenological research
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Kreitzer, L., Goble, E., Larsen, D., Austin, W., Brintnell, E.S.
When Marshall McLUHAN famously stated \"the medium is the message,\" he was echoing Martin HEIDEGGER's assertion that through our use of technology we can become functions of it. Therefore, how does adopting computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software affect our research activities and,...
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Harmonizing hope: A grounded theory study of the experience of hope of registered nurses who provide palliative care in community settings
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the hope experience of registered nurses (RNs) who provide palliative care services in community settings. The specific aims of the study were to (1) describe their hope experience, (2) develop a reflexive understanding of the processes of their...