Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Mu Sigma"
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Advancing Clinical Data Standards in Canada
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Advancing Clinical Data Standards in Canada. The collection, reporting and use of standardized data offers the opportunity to transform healthcare, however, for the most part ... -
"All for the family:" A case study on the migration of Philippine educated nurses to Ontario through the live-in caregiver program
Despite evidence that suggests that nurses migrate to Ontario through the Live-in Caregiver Program, no research has been conducted on this group of nurses in Ontario. This study addresses that gap utilizing the transnational ... -
Assessing the Alberta Professional Responsibility Concern (PRC) process: Perceptions of managers and front-line nurses
An exciting poster highlighting important work on the Professional Responsibility Concern (PRC) process in Alberta. Results from a prospective cohort design study, highlighting managers' and front-line nurses' perceptions ... -
Assessment of clinical decision-making models and skills in nursing new graduates in a Mexican university
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Clinical decision-making (CDM) is a complex process involving information processing, evaluation of evidence, and application of relevant knowledge ... -
Benefits and challenges of distributed synchronous learning: An undergraduate nursing student perspective
This poster reports the findings of the first phase of a sequential, embedded missed methods study to explore the experience of synchronous distributed learning among baccalaureate nursing students in a Western Canadian province. -
Beware of uncharitable speech: Perceptions of newly graduated nurses regarding their experiences of academic incivility between and among nursing students in undergraduate nursing education
The perceptions of newly graduated nurses regarding their experiences of academic incivility between and among nursing students in undergraduate nursing education were explored in this qualitative descriptive study. Six ... -
Beyond Meaning and Connectedness: Family Caregivers Spiritual Experiences in a Hospice Setting
Participants will be able to embrace the experiences of spirituality among family caregivers caring for their dying family member in a hospice setting from an Eastern context. Findings will guide healthcare professional ... -
Connecting Older Chinese to Seniors Serving Organizations Services in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Participants will be able to identify barriers in accessing services for Chinese older adults in Edmonton, Canada. They will also learn possible strategies for collaboration and systems improvement among the service providers ... -
Curriculum Development for Masters in Nursing: Collaboration Between Central University and Carnergie African Diaspora Fellowship
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Carnegie African Diaspora Program invites higher educational institutions that are accredited in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa to submit a project ... -
Debriefing in laboratory experiences in undergraduate nursing education: Consolidating learning and creating meaning
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Debriefing is a pedagogical strategy used in nursing education to allow students to create personal meaning of learning experiences, which is ... -
An Exploration of the Role of Social Support in Health Promotion and Eating Disorder Prevention
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Friday, July 26, 2013: Purpose: To explore the relationship between social support and eating disorder development within a female, nonclinical population. Eating disorders are commonplace within ... -
Exploring mentorship in the nursing context
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Mentorship is a workplace learning strategy that is beneficial to the mentor, protege, and employing institution as a means of transmitting the ... -
Fellowship Programme for Nurses and Midwives: Action Plan for Quality Care Delivery in Ghana
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: The aim(s) of the project/research: To produce cutting-edge nurses and midwives with specialist competencies who are motivated in leading and developing the future of nursing ... -
Findings of a knowledge synthesis project of simulation use in pre-licensure nursing education
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: Background: Pre-licensure nursing education has a long history of using low- and medium-fidelity simulation. High-fidelity simulation has more recently been incorporated ... -
Gaps in palliative care provision in Saskatchewan, Canada: Learning from palliative care management
(2017-07-20)Purpose: This study is part of an ongoing project to develop a working knowledge about the long-standing uneven development and delivery of palliative care in Saskatchewan, Canada; subsequently providing a foundation for ... -
Health team members' perceptions of strategies for patient-centred care in acute care settings
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Patient-centred care is an ideal of interprofessional collaborative care, and an expectation of patients and their families. Patients and their family members are often ... -
Interprofessional education in nursing education: A new way of knowing
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: Teaching and learning in nursing is changing in response to increased complexity and societal issues in client care. A call for innovation in nursing education ... -
Interprofessional Teams Integrate Spirituality into Patient Care: Lessons Learned
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: Care of advanced cancer patients and other patients with life limiting illnesses frequently focuses on the physical aspects of disease ... -
Leading the way for change: Engaging nurses in family-centred adult critical care practice
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: There are over 30 years of compelling evidence of the value and importance of Family-centred Adult Critical Care (FcACC), yet there has been slow uptake of these findings ... -
Marital reciprocal support in the context of cancer
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mutual spouse support and the psychological status of spouses whose mates were being treated for cancer. The conceptual framework was developed from a ...
