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The Lived Experience of Bereaved Caregivers: Caring for Loved Ones at End of Life in Rural Ontario Home Settings
(2017-07-27)
The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of bereaved caregivers who cared for their loved ones at end of life in rural Ontario home settings. van Manens hermeneutic phenomenology research method was ...
Nurses' Perspectives when Working with Families while Delivering Function-Focused-Care to Older Adults in Acute Care Settings
(2017-07-27)
Older adults are at increased risk for developing functional decline during hospitalization, putting them in danger of negative health outcomes including skin breakdown, impaired mobility and infections. Function-Focused-Care ...
Relationship Between Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, and Interprofessional Team Collaboration Among Nurses Caring For Older Adults in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
(2018-11-21)
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship between role conflict (RC), role ambiguity (RA) and interprofessional team collaboration (ITC) among nurses caring for older adults in intensive ...
Opening the Closet Door on Reproductive Cancer Care for Sexual Minority Women: Interactions with Health Providers
(2015-08-28)
The aim of this critical feminist study was to illuminate aspects of interactions between sexual minority women with reproductive cancers and their health care providers (HCPs) that may perpetuate or challenge barriers to ...
Exploratory Study of Documented Psychosocial Nursing Interventions within the Palliative Care Setting
(2017-07-27)
Further research is needed to better understand issues related to the provision of psychosocial care at end-of-life (EOL). Nursing documentation provides an effective strategy for assessing quality of care. The objective ...
Collaborating for Better Outcomes: Exploring the Link Between Nurse-Nurse Collaboration and Nurse Job Satisfaction
(2016-09-20)
As Registered Nurses (RNs) are crucial to delivering care, it is important to determine the factors which contribute to a healthy work environment for nurses and positive outcomes for patients. Past research has focused ...
RNs Experiences of Enactment of Psychotherapy Act, 2007: A Mixed Methods Study
(2018-03-01)
The College of Nurses of Ontario will comply with the Psychotherapy Act, 2007 by requiring nurses to initiate psychotherapy by an order from a physician or NP. This study examines the possible constraints to RN psychotherapy ...
Companioning End-Of-life: Nurses' Experiences of Caring for the Child Who is Dying Through a Relational Ethics Lens
(2019-07-02)
Caring for children who are dying requires exploration to understand and validate the meaning of this lived experience for nurses. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method to answer the research question: What is ...
Can Practical Knowledge About Medication Safety be Simulated Through a Learning Module for Nursing Students
(2015-08-28)
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of introducing an online learning module to nursing students in the fourth year of a BScN program as a way of (a) increasing student knowledge of specific system factors and their ...
Parental Needs Rating By Parents and Nurses: Association With Illness Severity
(2016-09-20)
The purpose of this study was to investigate parents and nurses perspectives on the psychosocial needs of parents, the extent to which those needs are viewed as met; and to understand the association between parental needs ...