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- 139Nursing, Faculty of/Health Systems
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- 3Medicine and Dentistry, Faculty of
- 3Medicine and Dentistry, Faculty of/Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE)
- 2Nursing, Faculty of/Health Equity
- 23Estabrooks, C.A.
- 15Cummings, G. G.
- 14Cummings, G.G.
- 13Estabrooks, C. A.
- 11Squires, J.E.
- 10Norton, P.G.
- 15Knowledge translation
- 12Systematic reviews
- 10Long-term care
- 9Implementation
- 8Nurses
- 8Quality improvement
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2017
Flynn, Rachel, Rotter, Thomas, Hartfield, Dawn, Scott, Shannon D.
Aim. A discussion of how nurses can contribute to and lead improvement science activities in healthcare. Background. Quality failures in healthcare have led to the urgent need for healthcare quality improvement. However, too often quality improvement interventions proceed to practice...
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The relationship between body mass index, treatment, and mortality in patients with established coronary artery disease:a report from APPROACH.
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Padwal, R. A., Sharma, A., Kalanta-Zadeh, K., Oreopoulos, A., Norris, C.M., McAlister, F. A., Ezekowitz, J., Fonarow, G.C.
Our objective was to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and survival according to the type of treatment in individuals with established coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and results: Patients with CAD were identified in the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment...
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The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set 2.0 Quality Indicators : A Systematic Review
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Johnson, C., Teare, G., Milke, D., Hutchinson, A.M., Maisey, S., Squires, J.E., Estabrooks, C.A.
Background: The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) 2.0 is designed to collect the minimum amount of data to guide care planning and monitoring for residents in long-term care settings. These data have been used to compute indicators of care quality. Use of the quality...
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2011
Estabrooks, C.A., O'Rourke, H.M., Cobban, S., Squires, J.E., Bostrom, A.M., Hutchinson, A.M.
Background: In the past forty years, many gains have been made in our understanding of the concept of research utilization. While numerous studies exist on professional nurses' use of research in practice, no attempt has been made to systematically evaluate and synthesize this body of literature...
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Training programmes and mealtime assistance may improve eating performance for elderly long-term care residents with dementia
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Slaughter, Susan, Keller, Heather
Implications for practice and research: Multifactorial rather than single component interventions are more likely to improve eating performance of older adults with dementia in long-term care. Future research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness and fidelity of interventions in real world...
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Translating and testing the Alberta context tool for use among nurses in Swedish elder care.
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Squires, J. E., Ehrenberg, A., Estabrooks, C. A., Eldh, A. C., Wallin, L.
Background There is emerging evidence that context is important for successful transfer of research knowledge into health care practice. The Alberta Context Tool (ACT) is a Canadian developed research-based instrument that assesses 10 modifiable concepts of organizational context considered...
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2009
Hutchinson, A.M., Birdsell, J.M., Morgan, D., Cummings, G.G., Norton, P.G., Degner, L., Squires, J.E., Estabrooks, C.A.
Background: The knowledge translation field is undermined by two interrelated gaps underdevelopment of the science and limited use of research in health services and health systems decision making. The importance of context in theory development and successful translation of knowledge has been...
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2008
Newman, S. C., Schopflocher, D.
Objective: To analyze trends in antidepressant (AD) prescription rates among the elderly (aged 65 years and older) in Alberta during 1997 to 2004. Method: Numerical data on AD prescriptions were obtained from Alberta Blue Cross. Age-standardized prescription rates were calculated according to...
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Understanding feedback report uptake: process evaluation findings from a 13-month feedback intervention in long-term care settings
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Gao, Gloria, Bucknall, Tracy, Maisey, Suzanne, Baylon, Melba A., Sales, Anne E., O'Rourke, Hannah M., Fraser, Kimberly
Background Long-term care settings provide care to a large proportion of predominantly older, highly disabled adults across the United States and Canada. Managing and improving quality of care is challenging, in part because staffing is highly dependent on relatively non-professional health care...