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Now showing items 1081-1100 of 2001
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Canadian NP Job Satisfaction” and co-presenting a paper with Dr. C. Park, entitled “NP Students’ Views on the Value of PDAs in Clinical Practice
(2009-11-26)Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the current level of NP job satisfaction and its association with extrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction characteristics among Canadian primary healthcare NPs. ... -
From Licensed Practical Nurse to Registered Nurse: Easing the Transition
(2009-11-26)Vocationally prepared nurses, most of whom are women, experience unique challenges when they complete a university degree program. And yet, educational research examining how educators and employers can support their ... -
Analysis of Additive Binary Valued Cellular Automata Using Roots of Unity
(2009-11-26)This paper considers binary valued additive cellular automata rules acting on cylinders of size n in terms of circulant matrices and roots of unity. The purpose is to illustrate some of the possibilities of such an approach. ... -
IABC Social Media Conference
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Weaving Digital Pathways with Blogging
(2009-11-26)Blogging allows educators and students to connect in new ways to enhance the learning experience. There are various reasons for including blogging activities including building audience awareness and a sense of community. ... -
Investigations about the Effects and Effectiveness of Adaptively for Students with Different learning Styles
(2009-11-27)Considering learning styles in technology enhanced learning seems to be a promising concept for making learning easier for students. However, contradictory opinions exist on this issue. In this paper, we aim at investigating ... -
Immunizing Children Who Fear and Resist Needles: Is it a Problem for Nurses?
(Nursing Forum, 2010)Despite increasing evidence that immunization procedures can be stressful for children, little is known about what the experience of immunizing frightened and needle resistant children can be like for nurses. This article ... -
Paternal postpartum depression: How can nurses help?
(Contemporary Nurse, 2010)Men’s emotional health can be overlooked during their partner’s pregnancy and throughout the fi rst postpartum year. Postpartum depression, once expected only in new mothers, is now estimated to occur in 4–25% of new ... -
LPN to BN nurses: Introducing a new group of potential health care leaders
(e-Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership, 2010)Vocationally educated Licensed Practical Nurses are seldom viewed as potential leaders in health care organizations. And yet, transformational leadership practices were evident as Licensed Practical Nurses graduated from ... -
From vocational college to university: How one group of nurses experienced the transition
(Journal for the Advancement of Educational Research, 2010)This qualitative descriptive study explored Post LPN to BN students' perceptions of their studies at a Canadian University. Kelly's (1955/1991) Psychology of Personal Constructs was the theoretical framework for this three ... -
Mobile Learning in Distance Education: Utility or Futility
(Journal of Distance Education, 2010)Can mobile technology improve flexibility and quality of interaction for graduate students in distance programs? This paper reports the results of an innovative study exploring the usability, learning, and social interaction ... -
An Integrated Approach: Techniques for Teaching Pronunciation Skills and Communicating in the ESL Classroom
(TESOL Arabia, 2010)Our intention in contributing to this book chapter is to bring together some aspects of research and best practice in Oral Communication teaching in both the Arts and the Sciences and in so doing, apply a problem-solving ... -
Perception and Prejudice in Oral Communication
(TESOL Arabia, 2010)Successful teachers of English as a Foreign Language understand the power of their 'classroom talk'. They recognize and understand the prejudices that they bring into the classroom and use accommodative processes that ... -
How to uncover post-stroke depression.
(Nursing made Incredibly Easy!, 2010)Often undetected, post-stroke depression occurs in at least one-third of stroke survivors. Nurses can help by recognizing and responding to patients who become depressed after experiencing a stroke. We fill you in ... -
Training Businesses in Quebec
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and l'Alliance de recherche universités-communautés en économie sociale (ARUC-ÉS), 2010)This report examines the experience of what are referred to in Quebec as les entreprises d’insertion. While the term training businesses is used in English, this merely describes the focus on the activity performed in ... -
Bibliography of the Athabasca river basin: a digital tool for knowledge building and open access
(ABC Copyright Forum, 2010)Athabasca University’s Athabasca River Basin Research Institute is developing a bibliography of the Athabasca River Basin (BARB) as a digital tool to promote knowledge building and information sharing. This highly ... -
Innovation in workplace and language training; the Athabasca University mobile workplace project
(ICT2010 Singapore, 2010)The need for studies on learning via mobile device, particularly how workplace and language training might be conducted, grows in importance, as more and more people become mobile device users. The Athabasca University ... -
Panel on open library, scholarship and learning at Athabasca University
(Open Access Week 2010, 2010)AUSpace: Building an effective institutional repository to support research communities and open access. AUSpace is Athabasca University’s (AU) digital content repository. Its goal is to preserve and disseminate AU ... -
Empowering learners with mobile learning
(ICT2010 Singapore, 2010)Anytime and anywhere learning is here with mobile learning. The use of mobile technologies will allow adult learners to access learning materials and support from anywhere and at anytime. Adult learners work full-time or ... -
Designing a mobile device automatic detector to support mobile library systems
(Facet, 2010)Content providers cannot ensure that digital material will be reformatted and accessed by any mobile device correctly due to mobile device limitations. A mobile device automatic detector can provide accurate information ...