Browsing by Author "Vandall-Walker, Virginia"
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Avant et Après La Prostatectomie Radicale: Guide d'information et de Ressources
Vandall-Walker, Virginia; Moore, Katherine; Pyne, Diane (AU Press, 2009-04)Avant et Après La Prostatectomie Radicale is a research-based, comprehensive, and comprehensible resource on prostate surgery in Canada. Aimed at men with concerns about prostate surgery and their partners, this invaluable ... -
Before and After Radical Prostate Surgery: Information and Resource Guide
Vandall-Walker, Virginia; Moore, Katherine; Pyne, Diane (AU Press, 2008-10)Before and After Radical Prostate Surgery is a research-based, comprehensive, and comprehensible resource on prostate surgery in Canada. Aimed at men with concerns about prostate surgery and their partners, this invaluable ... -
"Critical Illness, Family & Nurses: Connecting the Dots"
Vandall-Walker, Virginia (2011-03-29)Critical Illness of an adult constitutes a crisis for family members. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to delineate nursing support for family members from their perspective. Results indicated that they were ... -
Family Members' 'Work of Getting Through' Critical Illness: A Call for Nurses to Lighten Our Load
Vandall-Walker, Virginia (2009-09-01)Background A critical illness constitutes a crisis for family members. While family members necessarily yield primary responsibility for the physical well-being of their ill relative to the health professionals, they ... -
Formal Student Debating: Does It Work Online?
Vandall-Walker, Virginia (2011-04-01)Formal debating is a process for argumentation that has a long history of use in classroom settings to promote the development of skills associated with critical thinking and influencing others. In Athabasca Unviersity's ... -
Information Needs of Men and Their Partners about Prostate Surgery
Vandall-Walker, Virginia (2011-03-29)Prostate cancer is the single greatest cancer threat facing Canadian men, affecting one in eight men with a mortality rate of one in 27. Over 22,300 Canadian men were newly diagnosed in 2007, compared with 12,000 newly ... -
Nursing Support for Family Members of Critically Ill Adults
Vandall-Walker, Virginia; Jensen, Louise; Oberle, Kathleen (Sage Publications, 2007-11)Researchers have identified the needs of family members of critically ill adults, explored their experiences, and investigated interventions. To address a gap in the theoretical knowledge about how nurses help these ... -
What Does Formal Online Debating Bring to Graduate Education?
Vandall-Walker, Virginia (2010-07-14)Debating is a formal process of argument that has a long tradition of application in education. Educators value it as a strategy for promoting the development of skills associated with influencing others using logic, facts, ...