Recognizing pain as an early warning symptom of ischemic cardiovascular disease: A qualitative artistic representation of the journey.

Unlabelled: : Understanding the experience of prodromal ischemic cardiac pain and associated symptoms through use of literary and visual art evokes heightened a wareness of the emotional journey.

Aims: The aim of this study was to describe the initial early prodromal pain-related symptoms and feelings associated with adjusting to this new cardiac health concern and explore the subjective experience of coming to the realization and awareness of developing heart disease.

Materials And Methods: This study is a secondary supplemental qualitative analysis, using an arts-based embodied layered exploration assisted to translate the experiences of 23 individuals' journeys through symptom recognition.

Dissecting through Barriers: A Follow-up Study on the Long-Term Effects of Interprofessional Education in a Dissection Course with Healthcare Professional Students.

Several studies have shown significant improvements in the attitudes and perceptions of healthcare professional students toward interprofessional education (IPE) immediately following intervention with IPE courses. However, there remains little evidence on the lasting effects of IPE courses and the long-term influences of these IPE experiences are poorly documented. The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term effects of an intensive, ten-week interprofessional gross anatomy dissection course at McMaster University.

Informed Strangers: Witnessing and Responding to Unethical Care as Student Nurses.

Nursing students occupy a unique perspective in clinical settings because they are informed, through education, about how patient care ought to happen. Given the brevity of placements and their "visiting status" in clinical sites, students are less invested in the ethos of specific sites. Subsequently, their perspectives of quality care are informed by what should happen, which might differ from that of nurses and patients.

The Applicability of the NCLEX-RN to the Canadian Testing Population: A Review of Regulatory Body Evidence.

The NCLEX-RN® was adopted by Canadian regulators in 2011 as the test which entry-level nurses must pass in order to be certified to practice. As part of their justification for adopting the exam, the Canadian regulators pointed to two studies conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). These studies aimed to determine the applicability of the NCLEX-RN® test plan to the Canadian testing population (NCSBN, 2014),with the NCLEX-RN® providing "a fair, valid, and psychometrically sound measurement" of nursing competencies of entry-level RNs in Ontario, Canada (NCSBN, 2012 , p.

Reality Check: Are We Truly Preparing Our Students for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice?

Many academic settings offer interprofessional education (IPE) experiences that are of short duration and situated in safe, controlled environments such as classrooms or simulation labs. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 10-week IPE strategy that was incorporated into the final clinical practicum of a BScN program. A mixed methods design was chosen, in the belief that qualitative data would help explain quantitative data from pre-test/post-test design (n = 268).

Dissecting through barriers: A mixed-methods study on the effect of interprofessional education in a dissection course with healthcare professional students.

Healthcare delivery is reliant on a team-based approach, and interprofessional education (IPE) provides a means by which such collaboration skills can be fostered prior to entering the workplace. IPE within healthcare programs has been associated with improved collaborative behavior, patient care and satisfaction, reduced clinical error, and diminished negative professional stereotypes. An intensive interprofessional gross anatomy dissection course was created in 2009 to facilitate IPE at McMaster University.

Overcoming all obstacles: a framework for embedding interprofessional education into a large, multisite Bachelor of Science Nursing program.

As the delivery of health care becomes more complex and challenging, the need for all health care professionals to collaborate as a team has been identified. Nurses are an integral part of the health care team, so it is critical that their education prepare them for interprofessional collaborative practice. Although many academic settings are currently offering interprofessional education (IPE) in the form of compulsory and elective activities and courses, it may not be enough nor an option for programs with large volumes of students who are distributed across a variety of sites and locations.

Seeking to understand telephone support for dementia caregivers.

Caregivers of persons with dementia encounter particular challenges in their roles and often experience unmet needs for information and emotional support. This article describes a qualitative descriptive study designed to explore the intervention of telephone support for such caregivers. Data were collected from both caregivers and telephone support providers.

A critical analysis of the broker and strengths models of case management: identifying a potential framework for community case managers.

In Canada, case management has been applied to a variety of health care settings including the community care system, where case managers have become an integral component in the delivery of government-funded, in-home services. Specifically in Ontario, home care is accessed through 43 Community Care Access Centres (CCACs), and the model currently driving case management practices most closely resembles the Broker model. Not only does this create moral distress among the case managers, but it also hinders their ability to meet the health care needs of the community as current cost containment strategies can lead to suffering and emotional distress for a significant portion of the people who are cut from care.