Adult health checkup: Update on the Preventive Care Checklist Form©.

Objective: To describe updates to the Preventive Care Checklist Form© to help family physicians stay up to date with current preventive health care recommendations.

Quality Of Evidence: The Ovid MEDLINE database was searched using specified key words and other terms relevant to the periodic health examination. Secondary sources, such as the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Trip database, and the Canadian Medical Association Infobase, were also searched.

A renal nursing professional practice model: the next generation.

Professional practice models provide a structure for excellence in nursing practice. Our centre has had a long tradition of working with a professional practice model with proven nursing outcomes such as job satisfaction, empowerment and perceptions of improved patient care. Our model, in place since 1999, has provided an opportunity to discuss and articulate a vision for nursing practice based on the values of accountability, evidence-informed care and empowerment.

A hinting strategy for online learning of radiograph interpretation by medical students.

Context: We examined whether a 'hint' manoeuvre increases the time novice medical learners spend on reviewing a radiograph, thereby potentially increasing their interpretation accuracy.

Methods: Senior year medical students were recruited into a randomised control, three-arm, multicentre trial. Students reviewed an online 50-case learning set that varied in degree of 'hint' intervention.

Occupational burnout, retention and health outcomes in nephrology nurses.

Occupational burnout can have serious implications on productivity, nurses'health, service usage, and health care costs. This study examined the effect of burnout on nurses' mental and physical health outcomes and job retention. Randomly selected Canadian nephrology nurses completed surveys consisting of the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Pressure Management Indicator.

Workplace empowerment and burnout in Canadian nephrology nurses.

Nephrology nurses, like nurses in other areas, are impacted by the stress in their work environment. As recruitment and retention issues become more apparent, research in the area of conditions of work life for nephrology nursing has emerged, as an important area of study. Burnout has been reported as high as one in every three nephrology nurses (Flynn, Thomas-Hawkins, & Clarke, 2009).

Implementation of a diabetic foot management best practice guideline (BPG) in hemodialysis units.

The aim ofthis study was to examine the impact of introducing the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario Best Practice Guideline (BPG), Assessment and management of foot ulcers for people with diabetes (2005), on foot ulcer incidence, recurrence, and amputation rate in adult diabetic clients who are undergoing chronic hemodialysis treatments. Fifty-seven individuals from three hemodialysis units participated in the study. Data were collected at three points in time over a 15-month period.

Chronic kidney disease: what's in a name?

There is a lack of precision and clarity in the terms used to describe chronic kidney disease (CKD). Inconsistent terminology is confusing for both practitioners and patients. The purpose of this article is to review and examine various terms used to label CKD and to propose an evidence-based recommendation to support the use of a standard terminology for CKD.

Work environment, health outcomes and magnet hospital traits in the Canadian nephrology nursing scene.

Nephrology, like others areas of health care, is confronting a nursing shortage. Unless action is taken to address nursing shortages, patient care may be negatively affected (American Nephrology Nurses' Association, 2007). Previous studies have been conducted on magnet hospital traits, quality of nursing worklife, empowerment, job satisfaction, burnout, health outcomes, and their influence on nursing retention in Canada.

Nurses' perceptions of the impact of a renal nursing professional practice model on nursing outcomes, characteristics of practice environments and empowerment--Part II.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a renal nursing professional practice model (PPM) on nurses'perceptions of empowerment, characteristics of practice environments and the impact on nursing care outcomes in a university-based teaching hospital in Canada. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used. This paper will focus on the qualitative results.

Nurses' perceptions of the impact of a renal nursing professional practice model on nursing outcomes, characteristics of practice environments and empowerment--Part I.

A transformational nursing professional practice model (PPM) was developed and implemented in the London Health Sciences Centre's renal program. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a renal nursing PPM on nurses'perceptions of empowerment, characteristics of practice environments, and nursing outcomes. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used in this study.

Prevalence of risk factors predisposing to foot problems in patients on hemodialysis.

A disturbingly high prevalence of single or bilateral lower extremity amputations in our program prompted us to conduct a study to identify the prevalence of risk factors that predispose patients on hemodialysis (HD) to foot problems. The study consisted of a one-time assessment of subjects' risk for and actual prevalence of amputation. The sample consisted of 232 subjects--56% male, 44% female.

Implementation challenges of a renal nursing professional practice model.

A city-wide steering-committee developed and introduced a program wide renal nursing professional practice model (PPM) using a variety of strategies. The PPM outlines values, practice guidelines, professional relationships, and the care delivery model. Challenges are inherent when implementing changes on multiple sites amidst a city-wide merger.