Although older adults are the largest growing group of emergency patients, most emergency departments are ill prepared to receive, assess, and treat the complex needs of this group (Leah & Adams, 2010; Nolan, 2009; Roethler, ...

A surgical checklist is a tool used to increase safety in the operating room. Checklists are often divided into three parts in order to perform safety checks at different stages of a surgical procedure. Overall, compliance ...

People who are street-involved and use drugs suffer from a host of physical, mental, and social harms related to homelessness and illegal drug use. Despite the great need for appropriate healthcare services, these health ...

Hermeneutics, the art of interpretation, has traditionally been an integral part of nursing research; however, little attention has been devoted to nursing’s pivotal role as interpreter in the context of nursing practice. ...

Even though student nurse stress related to the clinical setting has been a prominent issue in the nursing literature for many years, few studies exist that have focused on evaluating interventions that clinical nurse ...

The challenges associated with ensuring continuity of care for patients within the context of contemporary health care delivery are significant. One of the key challenges within a specialty field such as Oncology care ...

With a rapid increase in numbers of procedures performed as day surgery, organizations are challenged to sustain quality care for patients using these services. In this paper, I will investigate the current pain care ...

In this paper, I advocate for the potential of mindfulness as a pedagogical tool that supports the teaching and learning of the practice of nursing. It is my conviction that mindfulness based in contemplative pedagogy can ...

My goal in this project was to explore literature on chronic kidney disease management particularly as it relates to providing care for people within the Indo-Canadian population in British Columbia. I have conducted an ...