Nursing students' perceived ability to practice interprofessional collaboration after the inclusion of virtual and immersion interprofessional education activities: A quantitative exploration.

Background: Little is known about the influence of interprofessional education (IPE) on interprofessional collaboration (IPC), particularly following the COVID 19 pandemic.

Aim: To examine nursing students' perceived ability to practice IPC after exposure to virtual lectures and immersive clinical IPE activities founded on the competencies from the National Interprofessional Competency Framework.

Design: A cross-sectional design was used.

Utilization of the Keeping Hope Possible Toolkit with parents of children with life limiting and life threatening illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring pediatric nurses and allied healthcare provider opinions.

Background: For families with children diagnosed with complex illnesses, the COVID-19 pandemic added many challenges. In order to mitigate inevitable disruptions in pediatric care settings, caregivers may need added supports and resources. The Keeping Hope Possible (KHP) Toolkit is a self-administered intervention intended to enhance caregiving experiences of parents with a child with multiple needs.

"Balancing two worlds": a constructivist grounded theory exploring distributed/decentralised nursing education in rural and remote areas in Canada and Norway.

A challenge confronting northern nursing is delivery of equitable and culturally competent nursing education. Advances in technology support distributed approaches for decentralised learning and enhance the feasibility of nursing education in rural and remote regions. However, there is limited scholarship on distributed/decentralised technologies in nursing education, particularly in northern and circumpolar regions.

"We Eat Without Thinking: We Just Eat, Eat, Eat" - A Thematic Exploration of Cultural Practices of Ethnically Diverse Youth and Their Parents Who Are at Risk for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes.

Purpose: Cultural beliefs and practices influence management of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in youth and their parents, and have been minimally explored, limiting our understanding and implementation of preventative healthcare. An enhanced evidence base may inform comprehensive, effective community health nursing (CHN). Thus, the purpose of this research was to explore the influence of youths' and their parents' understandings of cultural practices on risk for prediabetes and T2D.

Exploring the Use of Arts-Based Interventions and Research Methods in Families of Seriously Ill Children: A Scoping Review.

Family care is essential to pediatric nursing practice, as the entire family is affected by childhood illness. However, little is known about art making for therapeutic purposes and how art is used to better understand families' experiences. Our purpose was to examine the nature of arts-based interventions and research methods used with, and the experiences of families of children facing life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses, and those families who are bereaved.

Managing the unmanageable through interdependence in adolescents living with type 1 diabetes and their parents: A constructivist grounded theory.

Background: Management of T1D is complex and requires continuous care and monitoring that place many demands on adolescents with T1D and their parents. The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of interdependence with T1D management with adolescents and their parents.

Methods: Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology, 32 open-ended interviews were conducted, transcribed, and analyzed from 11 adolescents aged 10-18 years with T1D and eight parents.

Keeping Hope Possible Toolkit: The Development and Evaluation of a Psychosocial Intervention for Parents of Infants, Children and Adolescents with Life Limiting and Life Threatening Illnesses.

Background: Globally, many infants and children are diagnosed with illnesses that impose limitations on their well-being and life course trajectory. Children's care becomes the central focus of family life. Inadequate support for parents is detrimental to their well-being and management of their child's care and support needs.

Research in pediatric oncology: Engaging parents to strengthen research processes, outcomes and knowledge translation.

Childhood cancer is the most common disease-related cause of death in Canadian children aged 0-14 years, with more than 1,000 new diagnoses every year (Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee, 2019). Treatment for childhood cancers requires complex, intensive, and lengthy regimens, often lasting years. Each new diagnosis marks tremendous upheaval in the lives of the child and their family, and an opportunity for nurses in pediatric oncology to make a difference.

A Metasynthesis: Uncovering What Is Known About the Experiences of Families With Children Who Have Life-limiting and Life-threatening Illnesses.

Purpose: To conduct a metasynthesis of qualitative research exploring parents' psychosocial experiences during complex and traumatic life transitions related to caring for a child with a life-limiting (LLI) or life-threatening illness (LTI).

Background: Parents' experiences of caring for a child impacted by an LLI or LTI are not clearly understood, and holistic, comprehensive pediatric nursing care for parents who have children with LLI and LTIs continues to be developed as treatment improves and survival is extended.

Review Methods: Predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to review qualitative studies.

Developing and pilot-testing a Finding Balance Intervention for older adult bereaved family caregivers: A randomized feasibility trial.

Purpose: This study aimed to test the feasibility of a psychosocially supportive writing intervention focused on finding balance for older adult bereaved family caregivers of advanced cancer patients.

Method: The Finding Balance Intervention (FBI) was tested for feasibility, acceptability and potential influence on increasing hope, coping and balance through a multi-method pilot study employing a randomized trial design with 19 older adults with an average age of 72 years. The intervention group received the FBI and a follow up visit from an RN-RA.

Understanding Parental Experiences Through Their Narratives of Restitution, Chaos, and Quest: Improving Care for Families Experiencing Childhood Cancer.

The purpose of this secondary analysis was to develop an enhanced understanding of the experiences of parents who have children in treatment for cancer. Data collected from 16 parents (12 mothers and 4 fathers) were analyzed using Frank's dialogical narrative analysis. Findings demonstrated that parents' experiences were represented in chaos, restitution, and quest narratives.

Keeping hope possible: a grounded theory study of the hope experience of parental caregivers who have children in treatment for cancer.

Background: Hope has been found to support parents as they care for their child with a life-limiting or life-threatening illness. However, very little research focuses on the nursing care of parents of pediatric oncology patients, and therefore, nurses may have difficulty in understanding and supporting parental well-being.

Objective: The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding of the experience of hope for parents who care for their child in treatment for cancer.

Viewing the art and the science of pediatric nursing through the lens of paradigms: the impact on hope for the future.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the strengths and limitations of common research paradigms used in the study of the hope of parents who have children with a variety of illnesses.

Conclusions: Research findings on parental hope extracted from only one paradigm present limitations to related knowledge development. To take into account the contributions from each paradigm and to allow for a multidimensional understanding of parental hope, a multiparadigmatic approach is needed.

Walking a fine line: an exploration of the experience of finding balance for older persons bereaved after caregiving for a spouse with advanced cancer.

Purpose Of The Research: During the past decade, research regarding cancer patients has become more prevalent, however research regarding the needs of their family caregivers is limited. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which caregivers, who survive the loss of their spouse to cancer, find balance in their lives.

Methods And Sample: A constructivist grounded theory approach was undertaken which included the analysis of in depth interviews, journal entries and the researcher's field notes and memos.

The role of nursing leadership in creating a mentoring culture in acute care environments.

High rates of retirement among older nurses and horizontal violence among younger nurses heighten the importance of mentoring in the context of overall organizational stability and performance. Viewing the essentials of mentoring in the context of organizational culture and leadership as a long-term commitment and solution rather than a short-term task will lead to improved staff retention, satisfaction, and, ultimately, patient outcomes. Using Bass's four leadership initiatives, a culture for mentoring can be achieved through inspirational motivation, individualized consideration, idealized influence, and intellectual stimulation.