Principal Investigator:Brennan, Jodi N Licensed Year(s):
2011
2008 Summary:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the revised nursing curriculum being used as Aurora College as a partner within Collaboration for Academic Education in Nursing (CAEN). Students, faculty and clinical agencies will share their experiences of the curriculum.
Data will be collected using Aurora College course and semester evaluation forms and faculty meetings. This data will be used to ...
Principal Investigator:Rose, Louise Licensed Year(s):
2010
Summary:
The goal is to survey critical care nurses across Canada to obtain a comprehensive description of nurses’ current knowledge and practice of pain assessment and management in critically ill adults. The researchers hypothesize that considerable variation exists for pain assessment, documentation, and management as well as the education received regarding pain assessment and management priorities for...
Principal Investigator:Brennan, Jodi N Licensed Year(s):
2010
2005 Summary:
The overall aim of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of concept mapping as a teaching/learning tool in clinical practice courses in years one, two and three of the nursing program. The objectives include the following: evaluate one concept map per student weekly during the clinical course, and obtain student and faculty input on utilizing concept mapping as a teaching tool.
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Principal Investigator:Valaitis, Ruta Licensed Year(s):
2008
Summary:
This licence is issued for the scientific research application #917.
The objectives of this research are 1) to identify community health nurses current practice activities and their continuing education needs based on the Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice 2) to investigate differences in continuing education needs by: i. workplace setting (e.g. primary care, home health care, publi...
Principal Investigator:Rankin, Janet Licensed Year(s):
2007
Summary:
The activities to determine student mastery of tasks to meet established standards of professional competence have not been well described and are poorly understood. This research is intended to illuminate the activities that contribute to decisions about a student’s progress, to understand how professional beliefs and practices are embedded into evaluation efforts, and to explicate some of the te...
Principal Investigator:Durnford, Kerry Lynn Licensed Year(s):
2005
Summary:
This research aims to assess the need for educational material geared at women and families who have experienced early trimester miscarriage. Women who have undergone early pregnancy loss and/or their families, and nurse practitioners involved in maternity care will be approached for information in conducting this needs assessment.
Recruitment of interview participants will be done through adve...
Principal Investigator:Stockton, Pam Licensed Year(s):
2005
2004 Summary:
This is the second year of a study that the researcher expects will help to explain how new graduate nurses begin to practice in the NWT. The researcher is about halfway through interviewing a total of 10 to 15 currently-practicing graduates of the Nor...
Principal Investigator:McClelland, Patricia Licensed Year(s):
1993
1992 Summary:
To plan for nursing education in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, it is important to know the knowledge and skills that nurses require in the north. This research has been designed to ask employers, nurses and community members to rate common curriculum items in a nursing program as to their importance, and to suggest items which they feel are important but which are excluded from most nursin...