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Research and educational resources about Clinical Practice.
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Use this Clinical Practice collection to compare research questions, settings, and nursing implications across 26 reviewed records. Start with the original source and limitations before carrying a finding into teaching or practice.
In focus groups with 23 nurses and healthcare providers at a Vancouver long-term care home and hospital unit, dementia-friendly TV videos were described as helping calm distress, build connections, encourage social...
A Canadian constructivist grounded theory study of 23 nephrology nurses found that engagement in kidney supportive care conversations unfolds across three stages—Transactional, Intentional, and Actional—shaped by...
Nurses in British Columbia's provincial correctional facilities describe how a security-first institutional culture, stigma, and lack of confidentiality complicate cancer care for incarcerated patients. Despite these...
This Canadian rapid scoping review of 24 reports finds that Black children and youth in Canada build resilience through individual, relational, and community-level supports like matrifocal networks and spirituality,...
A Canadian qualitative study of 23 adults with diabetes found that inconsistent messaging from providers and workplaces, and patients' own tendency to psychologically distance themselves from their disease, both...
A six-week, free, asynchronous online yoga program for Alberta nursing students significantly improved depression, anxiety, stress, self-compassion, and core endurance scores (p<0.001), though the single-group pre/post..
In a Quebec study of 143 third-year nursing students, 78% expressed high intention to report medication errors and near misses, and this intention was significantly linked to every Theory of Planned Behavior construct...
In focus groups with 15 new graduate nurses in the Greater Toronto Area, researchers found that inconsistent orientation, being forced into senior roles too early due to pandemic-era staff losses, and workplace...
Interviews with 13 veterans after a 45-minute, chest-deep warm water immersion session revealed five themes of relaxation, pain relief, and calmer control over intrusive thoughts, suggesting the intervention could...
This Canadian Journal of Nursing Research editorial argues that platforms like X, LinkedIn, and TikTok can help nurses bridge clinical practice, research, and education, while cautioning that professionalism, data...
In a small feasibility study, a four-week virtual stress-reduction therapy (EAET) for adults at risk of prediabetes significantly reduced perceived stress and unhealthy eating and increased exercise, while A1C showed...
This narrative review of 26 studies (2013-2024) found technology use improved mental health among socially isolated immigrant older adults, but benefits depended on cultural, linguistic, and educational fit, and most...
A pilot study of the 8-week virtual STEP psychotherapy program for 35 Ontario nurses and PSWs found strong feasibility and acceptability, plus early improvements in burnout and work functioning at three months, though...
This Canadian Journal of Nursing Research study used interpretive description to explore how RNs and RPNs in B.C. experience prescribing opioid agonist therapy after a 2020 provincial order expanded their scope. Nurses..
Six Western Canadian nurse practitioners described navigating uncertainty, their own assumptions, ethical conflict, rigid health systems, and efforts to include patients and families when making cancer treatment...
This scoping review of 39 sources maps six barriers migrant farm workers face accessing Canadian health care: language and literacy challenges, fear of medical repatriation, lack of transportation, barriers to timely...
In a small exploratory study of 82 clients at a parish nursing agency in Italy's Marche Region, most users attended independently, had at least one chronic condition, and sought help with appointments, vital signs, and..
This scoping review of 17 studies (2014-2024) finds Afghan refugees in North America face high rates of PTSD (53.1% in one Canadian sample) and depression, shaped by gendered risk and protective factors, alongside...
In a survey of 261 New Brunswick nursing students, Generation Z learners chose nursing mainly for intrinsic and social reasons like patient contact and helping others, with motivations varying by demographic group....
In a mixed methods study of 37 interdisciplinary geriatric care providers in Ontario, most could correctly identify risk factors for older adult maltreatment, yet described real barriers — fear, apprehension,...
This Canadian Journal of Nursing Research article describes the development of Changeons ensemble, a seven-session, web-based nursing intervention built using Intervention Mapping and the IMB model to promote physical...
A mixed-methods study of internationally educated nurses (IENs) in rural and northern BC found four key themes, resourcefulness, rural life, mental health and identity, and registration-process challenges, and used a...
This scoping review of 22 studies from 10 countries found that mid-career nurse retention interventions cluster into three themes, role satisfaction, work culture, and customized strategies, but their real-world impact..
Over 2021 to 2023, rural BC nurses' burnout and secondary traumatic stress rose while work-related quality of life fell.
In 8,412 BC nurses, emotional exhaustion rose four-fold by 2020 even as quality and safety ratings improved.
A qualitative study of 52 Canadian nurses shows compassion, or its absence, shapes mental health, help-seeking, and return-to-work.
