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Fall 2020

Bird, Melissa A

Inadequate sleep in school-aged children presents as a public health concern across Canada and internationally. The school and home are critical learning environments where children live, learn, and play and have considerable effects on children’s health. As such, interventions that synchronize...

Fall 2022

Eaton, Andrea

Background. Patient-oriented research promotes the exploration of topics that align with stakeholder- identified, patient-focused priorities. Partnering with caregivers and healthcare professionals to determine their priorities for child and family health research provides direction for future...

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 2019

Stafford, Shawna M

Introduction: Obesity is a complex disease affecting increasing numbers of reproductive aged women. Despite ongoing research efforts, many knowledge gaps remain when caring for women with obesity in pregnancy. Currently, there is no clearly defined, comprehensive standard of care for pregnant...

Fall 2022

Pilgrim, Darrell Codey

Informed consent, future patient compliance, and patient satisfaction greatly depend on successful patient-provider communication (PPC). Existing research, although limited, suggests that PPC in orthodontics, and dentistry in general, needs to be improved. Research has traditionally emphasized...

Fall 2016

Meherali, Salima M

In the nursing profession, the concept of critical thinking (CT) has been increasingly the focus of investigation for the past several years. CT is a valuable skill in nursing practice. Nurses need complex thinking skills to manage effectively the fast-paced and constantly changing health care...

Fall 2023

Wells, Kendra L

Teaching became harder during the pandemic. More specifically, elementary teachers were expected to monitor student health on top of teaching curriculum, they were required to find creative ways to maintain relationships with students, and they needed to coach parents on implementing daily...

Spring 2019

Jane McCall

This study examined the experiences, perspectives and opinions of people who work at the Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The Crosstown Clinic is the only program of its kind in North America, providing injectable heroin and hydromorphone to people with an entrenched opioid addiction....

Fall 2024

Cunningham, Chentel R

Background: Having a child diagnosed with pediatric heart failure (PHF) is an anxiety-provoking experience for caregivers due to its high morbidity and mortality. PHF can follow a more chronic trajectory (e.g., cardiomyopathy, neuromuscular disease, myocarditis, etc.) when children who have...

Spring 2023

Piazza, Robert

The purpose of my autoethnographic study is to understand more fully how my experience of educational events and their emerging truths impact my identity and my curricular and pedagogical approaches as a seasoned English Language Arts teacher. My dissertation addresses the following research...