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The educational needs of women and families after a miscarriage and the educational needs of nurses caring for these women and families: A needs assessment.
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...


Health Research: Accessible, Applicable and Useable for Rural Communities & Practitioners
Principal Investigator: Edge, Dana S
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: Health care issues, delivery systems, community education and incorporation of new knowledge and practices vary between Canada's various rural and remote communities. This study will look at how health practitioners and community members in rural and remote settings in Canada access health information and use research findings. By interviewing community members and health practitioners in these ar...


The Transition into Nursing for New Graduate Nurses in the Northwest Territories: a Grounded Theory Study
Principal Investigator: Stockton, Pam
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004
Summary: The purpose of this study is to explain how new graduate nurses begin to practice in the NWT. Approximately 10 to 15 currently practicing graduates of the Northern Nursing Program at Aurora College will be interviewed for the purpose of describing their...


The experience of wellness/being healthy/feeling good in the Inuit Community of Paulatuk, NWT
Principal Investigator: Heffel Ponting, Heffel Ponting
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: A qualitative design has been selected to obtain descriptions of Inuit culture. The people of Paulatuk have also expressed a desire to present data in their own words. Grounded theory method will be used for this research. Within this method, as data are...


Factors predictive of long-term tenure in the recruitment of nurses for community health centre settings in the NWT
Principal Investigator: Harris, Ronald W.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: Nurses presently employed in the various health delivery settings across the NWT will be surveyed to identify the factors contributing to longer tenure. Data will be collected and analyzed in order to assess trends and models for recruitment screening and nurse hiring practices will be developed....


Identification of Content and Structure Requirements for a Nursing Diploma Program in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories.
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...


The Thinking Styles of Northern Nurse Practitioners
Principal Investigator: Graham, Karen
Licensed Year(s): 1991 1990
Summary: Ms. Graham and Ms. Haywood will continue to administer the Inquiry Mode Questionnaire of Harrison and Bramson. The investigation will compare thinking styles of nurses in Outpost Health Centres with urban hospital nurses....


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