In this integrative literature review, my aim was to understand how Action Research (AR) or partnership programs can empower and benefit adolescent females to act on issues important to their sexual health by their ...

The need for greater patient and public engagement (PPE) in policy-making in the healthcare system has garnered significant attention from governments (Lewin, Lavis & Fretheim, 2009). Patient and public involvement (PPI) ...

The preferred treatment for patients experiencing ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has evolved over the past 5 years with primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) as the current acceptable treatment. Because ...

The management of heart failure (HF) is complex, both for those experiencing HF and for those caring for people in an outpatient setting such as a Heart Function Clinic (HFC). Since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2001) ...

This project was conducted to provide a basis for the development of practice guidelines for care of the diabetic immigrant client. Based on recommendations from the integrative literature review from published qualitative ...

Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death amongst infants and children in North America. Preterm infants (<37 weeks gestational age) are often discharged from hospital weighing less than five pounds and are ...

The effects of PPD may interfere with mothers’ relationships (Murray et al., 2003) and interactions with their infants (Murray, 1992; Beck, 1998; Oberlander, 2005; Tronick & Reck, 2009), all of which increases children’s ...

Despite women’s high intention to breastfeed and their initiation of breastfeeding, breastfeeding duration rates remain poor. Health professionals supporting women in the early days with breastfeeding initiation play an ...

Public health nurses (PHNs) encounter ethical issues in practice that are different than those faced by their acute care counterparts. In the nursing literature, PHNs reported that ethical issues often stemmed from ...

A Professional Practice Consultant provides leadership and guidance around matters of nursing practice. Practice Consultants are called upon to provide support to nurses and to their leaders who work in practice settings ...