Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Nursing"
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Attitudes Towards Influenza Vaccination During "Wait Times" in the Emergency Department
(2019-04-05)Influenza is a burdensome and preventable infectious disease. Lack of time was the reported reason 15% of Canadians did not receive their influenza vaccine in 2016/2017. Meanwhile, emergency department (ED) wait times are ... -
A Black Feminist Study of African Nova Scotian Nurses and Their Leadership in Healthcare
(2022-04-21)African Nova Scotians (ANSs) are a culturally distinct group who have endured hardship yet succeeded in exceptional ways. Little is known about African Nova Scotian (ANS) nurses; however, literature suggests that ANSs are ... -
Exploring the Employer Perspective on the Implementation of Registered Nurse Prescribing in Nova Scotia
(2019-04-05)Nurse prescribing has been implemented internationally for over 20 years in response to growing demands for healthcare services and demographic shifts. Nova Scotia is examining opportunities for innovative healthcare ... -
Juggling a way of being: A grounded theory of how one group of nurses navigates tension among personal and professional values 'in the moment'
(2013-08-22)Despite nursing’s espoused professional values of caring and social justice, some patients are stigmatized and receive discriminatory nursing care. There is a gap in existing literature about how nurses deal with the ... -
Key Predictors of Self-Rated Health and the Use of Health Services Among Various Ethnic Groups of Undergraduate Students in Maritime Canada: A Secondary Analysis
(2017-04-25)Title: Key Predictors of Self-Rated Health and the Use of Health Services Among Various Ethnic Groups of Undergraduate Students in Maritime Canada: A Secondary Analysis Background: Although an abundance of research exists ... -
The Pains of Labour: How the Commodification of Nursing is Costing the Lives of Mothers in the Philippines
(2019-02-11)The Philippines, as the largest exporter of nurses, faces challenges in its own maternal health needs. The Philippines has enormous capacity to train nurses, yet few ever care for maternal health needs in domestic communities ... -
The Process of Teaching Caring as a Multidimensional Phenomenon in Undergraduate Nursing Programs
(2016-12-14)Caring is the foundation of nursing knowledge and nursing practice. It is a moral ideal involving commitment, knowledge, and action. To study nursing is to study caring, which includes growing in understanding of ‘self’ ... -
The Student Experience of Team During an "Interdisciplinary" Clinical Practicum
(2012-08-31)Changes to healthcare delivery models such as the promotion of an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care and increased hiring of unlicensed care providers have resulted in the need for knowledge about effective ... -
WAITING FOR A LIVER TRANSPLANT: AN EXPLORATION OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS IN ATLANTIC CANADA
(2014-12-10)Liver transplantation is the only life-sustaining treatment available for patients with end stage liver disease, however the demand for these organs far exceeds availability. Many psychological, emotional and physical ...