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Supporting Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Co-occurring Mental Illness: An Action Research Project
(Canadian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research, 2013)
This paper presents findings from a naturalistic action research project that implemented a WrapAround mental health promotion activity with six individuals dually diagnosed with a developmental disability and mental ...
Asynchronous online peer assistance: Telephone messages of encouragement in post licensure nursing programs
(Journal of Peer Learning, 2012)
Peer assistance activities can strengthen online learning environments. And yet, like other professional adult learners, working post licensure nurses attending university part time to upgrade their credentials may have ...
Online Interest Groups: Virtual Gathering Spaces to Promote Graduate Student Interaction
(International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design, 2012)
This article discusses a 15 month educational innovation project, the objective of which was to investigate
the perceptions of health profession students about their participation in a program-wide virtual community
gathering ...
Relocation stress in long term care: How staff can help
(Canadian Nursing Home, 2013)
Relocating can be stressful and even traumatic for older adults, particularly when the
relocation is involuntary. Reports that relocating older people is detrimental to their wellbeing,
health and survival are well ...
Becoming Socialized into a New Professional Role: LPN to BN Student Nurses’ Experiences with Legitimation
(Nursing Research and Practice, 2012-01)
This paper presents findings froma qualitative descriptive study that explored the professional socialization experiences of Licensed
Practical Nurses (LPNs) who attended an online university to earn a Baccalaureate degree ...
Licensed Practical Nurses becoming Registered Nurses: Conflicts and responses that can help
(Clinical Nursing Studies, 2013)
This article describes findings from a qualitative research project designed to understand the professional socialization
experiences of Licensed Practical Nurses
attending university to transition to the role of Registered ...
Overcoming barriers to role transition during an online post LPN to BN program
(Nurse Education in Practice, 2011)
Canadian Licensed Practical Nurses continuing their education in an online Bachelor of Nursing program
face unique barriers as they transition towards a new and more complex nursing role.
This qualitative descriptive ...
Keeping clients safe on the night shift
(Mental Health Practice, 2013)
The night shift admission checklist helps night nurses to maintain a culture of safety when admitting a person to an inpatient mental health unit. Mental health symptoms can be pronounced on admission but, on night shift, ...
Peer E-Mentoring Podcasts in a Self-Paced Course
(Academic Exchange Quarterly, 2011)
This article describes how podcasts from senior students were used as brief peer mentoring tools in an asynchronous, self-paced, text-based, introductory online nursing course. An increasing number of distance educators ...
Balancing Reflection and Validity in Health Profession Students‘ Self-Assessment
(International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 2017-08)
Students and practitioners in self-regulating health professions are expected to engage in reflective, valid self-assessment activities. However, self-assessment processes can be flawed. People may have a limited understanding ...