NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Regions: North Slave Region

Tags: health, health care evaluation, nursing, women's health

Objective(s): The main goal of this research is to examine the nature of maternal child nursing education in the Northwest Territories. More specifically, the research will study the influences in the territory on maternal child nursing education and what works or does not work to educate nurses for maternal child practice.

Project Description: The main goal of this research is to examine the nature of maternal child nursing education in the Northwest Territories. More specifically, the research will study the influences in the territory on maternal child nursing education and what works or does not work to educate nurses for maternal child practice. This research is intended to enable educators and administrators to take stock of what is presently happening, respond to local and national trends, critique education programs and educational strategies and plan for future programming that informs nursing practice and meets the needs of pregnant women of the NWT. This research will involve a twelve-step process to identify important stakeholders and engage in open dialogue around maternal child nursing education. This will take the form of interviews with practitioners; dialogue will be driven by their concerns and needs. This technique, called hermeneutic inquiry, will help the researchers to understand the situations in a more holistic manner. A case report will be prepared and shared with the participants and health services agencies and the college. The results will be utilized in the nursing curriculum. A report will also be submitted to ARI. The results will be shared at conferences and published in professional journals. Fieldwork will be conducted from July 24 to November 28, 2008 in Yellowknife and Fort Smith. This licence will be amended to include research in Inuvik, once the Beaufort Delta Health and Social Services Ethics Review has been completed and approved.