Nursing

Looks at interdisciplinary health care teams, paraprofessionals recruited locally to fill service gaps in Aboriginal communities, and health science education programs to address cultural differences.

Brief article reports on the 9 recommendations and resolutions that arose from the Council of Remote Area Nurse of Australia Inc (CRANA) conference held in Alice Springs, Central Australia.

Suggests discontinuing the "NO SHOW" practice used for non-attendance to medical appointments, due to its discriminatory potential.

Explores problems some Aboriginal communities have recruiting and retaining health care professionals.

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Looks at the strategy developed to address the chronic shortage of nurses in Nunavut.

Description of a program that has had great success in the area of retention of Aboriginal nursing students.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2001.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wayne State University, 2000.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Manitoba, 2006.

Critically examines the relevance of postcolonial theoretical perspectives to nursing research in regards to Aboriginal health.

Looks at a new category of registered nurses (RNCP) implemented in British Columbia in 2010.

Describes training needed in the transition from a master of science to doctoral program in Nursing Science Bridge at the University of Minnesota.

Discusses using a research paradigm based on ethnography as an appropriate approach to understanding First Nations health. Provides case studies..

Discusses challenges and strategies for respecting culture, ethnicity and honoring diversity when working within a community.

Based on literature review and key informant interviews, authors' developed three pillars for working in rural and isolated communities: use of indigenous frameworks, capacity building and cultural safety. Includes examples to highlight efficacy of these practices.

Explains the concept of cultural safety from New Zealand and applies the theoretical and methodological issues in Canada.

Epidemiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 2001.

Nursing Thesis (M.S.N.)--Trinity Western University, 2011.

File contains an individual presentation by Mary Evik, resident of Pangnirtung, who provides historical background on health services in the community. Evik believes the old hospital that operated from the 1950s-1970s gave superior care to Pangnirtung and area residents, and feels the present nursing station is an inadequate band-aid solution to caring for residents.

This file contains a presentation by Penny Ericson focusing on how her association attracts Canadian Aboriginal students in the nursing field. Ericson states the need for additional recruitment and retention of Aboriginal nurses. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.

Updates information from Nature of Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada: An Analysis of Policy Documents published in 2003. Search involved grey literature and government documents from Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand and generated 29 results. Five thematic areas were found: advanced practice; nursing practice issues; educational preparation of registered nurses; physician supply; and health care delivery.

Looks at strategies to connect rural and remote nurses across Canada and generate conversations about what is unique and different about their nursing practices.

Looks at the 1956-1957 diary of nurse Sarah Elizabeth Page, who worked at the Moose Fort Residential School in Ontario.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Discusses challenges faced for prenatal and infant care, obesity, mental health, smoking, infectious disease, suicide, self-perception, racism and colonialism and looks at resilience factors.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--Dalhousie University, 1997.

Comments on ways to facilitate teaching and learning in a multicultural setting.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2006.

Describes how better care for amputee patients can be provided when patients' spiritual and cultural beliefs are understood by the caregivers.

Contends that the Northern Nursing Program and Aboriginal youth are prime target groups for recruiting and training for the health care professions.

Describes the concepts and history behind inclusion of Elders, the mechanisms and programs in which the Elders have been involved, and feedback from Elders and the students.

Community Health Thesis (M.S.)--University of Toronto, 1991.

Study examines the development of the Northern Bachelor of Nursing Program through a partnership with the University of Manitoba from its inception in 1982 to its closure in 1994.

Suggests that attrition rates are not only due to practical considerations such as funding and childcare, but also stem from instructional design and curricula that do not accommodate Aboriginal learning styles.

Examines the relationship between non-Native nurses with traditional healers and elders in northern communities and discusses the relevance of traditional healing approaches to medicine for Aboriginal people.

Advocates that nurses need to be informed when to take the appropriate measures to limit the spread of the disease.

Looks at four periods: 1900 to 1945, 1945 to 1969, 1969 to 1989, and 1989 to 2006. Sources include records of Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, National Archives of Canada, secondary literature, and personal recollections.

Comments on the need for Aboriginal peoples to be provided the opportunity to play leadership roles in their own health service provision and to create change in their communities.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Comments on the urgent need to enhance the delivery of culturally appropriate practices in emergency health care for Aboriginal people.

Feminist and Gender Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Results of survey conducted by Aboriginal Nurses Association with their members over the course of one month to ascertain tobacco misuse, program capacity, trends in health promotion, and future directions for tobacco control.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--Montana State University, 2006.

Evaluation identified the need for closer relations between the university and the community.

Focus of the article is the expansion of understanding diabetes within a specific cultural context by connecting philosophical, epistemological, and methodological orientations to research.

Based on interviews with 103 women, study supports need for primary health professionals to offer postnatal screening for women who may be at risk for postpartum depression .

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Alberta, 1994.

Nursing Thesis (MSN)--The University of British Columbia, 2001.

Examines how nurses perceive their roles and how they put clinical knowledge into practice.