Before and After Radical Prostate Surgery: Information and Resource Guide

Before and After Radical Prostate Surgery is a research-based, comprehensive, and comprehensible resource on prostate surgery in Canada. Aimed at men with concerns about prostate surgery and their partners, this invaluable guide includes chapters on preparing for prostate surgery, the surgery itself, recovery in hospital and at home, a list of recommended resources, and special sections to record personal notes and important contact information

Из опыта формирования творческой активности у школьников среднего звена при изучении геометрического материала

BACKGROUND:Current research suggests that while patients are becoming more engaged across the health delivery spectrum, this involvement occurs most often at the pre-preparation stage to identify 'high-level' priorities in health ecosystem priority setting, and at the preparation phase for health research. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this systematic rapid review of the literature is to describe the evidence that does exist in relation to patient and public engagement priority setting in both health ecosystem and health research. DATA SOURCES:HealthStar (via OVID); CINAHL; Proquest Databases; and Scholar's Portal. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:i) published in English; ii) published within the timeframe of 2007-Current (10 years) unless the report/article was formative in synthesizing key considerations of patient engagement in health ecosystem and health research priority setting; iii) conducted in Canada, the US, Europe, UK, Australia/New Zealand, or Scandinavian countries. STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS:i) Is the research valid, sound, and applicable?; ii) what outcomes can we potentially expect if we implement the findings from this research?; iii) will the target population (i.e., health researchers and practitioners) be able to use this research?. A summary of findings from each of the respective processes was synthesized to highlight key information that would support decision-making for researchers when determining the best priority setting process to apply for their specific patient-oriented research. RESULTS:Seventy articles from the UK, US, Canada, Netherlands and Australia were selected for review. Results were organized into two tiers of public and patient engagement in prioritization: Tier 1-Deliberative and Tier 2-Consultative. Highly structured patient and public engagement planning activities include the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships (UK), Dialogue Method (Netherlands), Global Evidence Mapping (Australia), and the Deep Inclusion Method/CHoosing All Together (US). LIMITATIONS:The critical study limitations include challenges in comprehensively identifying the patient engagement literature for review, bias in article selection due to the identified scope, missed information due to a more limited use of exhaustive search strategies (e.g., in-depth hand searching), and the heterogeneity of reported study findings. CONCLUSION:The four public and patient engagement priority setting processes identified were successful in setting priorities that are inclusive and objectively based, specific to the priorities of stakeholders engaged in the process. The processes were robust, strategic and aimed to promote equity in patient voices. Key limitations identified a lack of evaluation data on the success and extent in which patients were engaged. Issues pertaining to feasibility of stakeholder engagement, coordination, communication and limited resources were also considered

Avant et Après La Prostatectomie Radicale: Guide d'information et de Ressources

Avant et Après La Prostatectomie Radicale is a research-based, comprehensive, and comprehensible resource on prostate surgery in Canada. Aimed at men with concerns about prostate surgery and their partners, this invaluable guide includes chapters on preparing for prostate surgery, the surgery itself, recovery in hospital and at home, a list of recommended resources, and special sections to record personal notes and important contact information

Lighting the Load: Nursing Support with Family Members of Critically Ill Adults

I prepared my poster for presentation – a new experience for me. The presentation was on the 11th. There were approximately 20 other posters. There was enthusiastic interest both in my topic and the finding . I received numerous requests for additional information. My poster, handouts and business card remained available for the duration of the workshop – and other individuals approached me for information outside of the poster session. All in all, it was an interesting and rewarding experience!Results of a grounded theory from family members\' perspectives indicated that the critical illness of an adult relative launches family members into a cycle of \"work\" as they strive to \"get through\" the experience. To mitigate the impact of this experience, critical care nurses can initiate a process of LIGHTENING OUR LOAD to support family members in their work, involving three phases. In the first, Engaging With Us, the nurse begins developing a connection with family members by Letting us in, Getting acquainted, and Respecting us. During the second phase, Sustaining Us, the connection is extended through Reassuring us, Involving us, and Advocating for us. The third phase, Disengaging From Us, comprises the nurse Facilitating us moving on and Easing our departure in response to transitions involved in the experience. This study extends the understanding of nursing support beyond current knowledge of critical care family needs and social support.Academic & Professional Development Fund (A&PDF

Formal Student Debating: Does It Work Online?

Formal debating is a process for argumentation that has a long history of use in classroom settings to promote the development of skills associated with critical thinking and influencing others. In Athabasca Unviersity's Advanced Trends and Issues in Nursing online paced graduate courses, we introducted the concept of fallacies of logic as well as formal debating rules for an assignment to address contemporary issues in nursing practice. Although the aspect of "superior argument" is played down as the purpose is not about winning, emotions and beliefs run high as students attempt to convince their classmates to accept an argument that they may not fully support themselves. Since there was virtually no research available about the effects of formal online debating on studnet learning in graduate education, we decided to investigate. This presentation is a report on our qualitative descriptive study of the use of formal online debate in one offering of this course during the fall semester of 2009. The sample involved 23 of 48 students, representing all 3 sections, each taught by a different professor. Data includes student participants' online debate documents and discussion postings as well as their perceptions about the debate process. Results of analysis to date will be discussed

"Critical Illness, Family & Nurses: Connecting the Dots"

Critical Illness of an adult constitutes a crisis for family members. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to delineate nursing support for family members from their perspective. Results indicated that they were initiated into a cycle of 'work' to meet their perceived responsibilities in order to 'get through' the experience. Lightening our Load, comprised of three interrelated, overlapping, and recurring phases, emerged as the core category of the process nurses could enact to mitigate the negative impact of the experience on family members. In the first phase, Engaging With Us, the nurse begins developing a connection with the family by Letting Us In, Getting Acquainted, and Respecting Us. During the second phase, Sustaining Us, the nurse is Reassuring Us, Involving Us, and Advocating For Us. The third phase, Disengaging From Us includes the nurse Facilitating Us Moving On and Easing Departures in response to transitions involved in the experience. This theory extends the understanding of nursing support beyond current knowledge of family needs, caring, comfort, social support, and professional support, and helps explain the relationships among these concepts. The deconstruction of nursing support by way of this study has resulted in theoretical knowledge to inform nurse educators, nurse clinicians, and indeed, anyone who is or will be, a family member of a critically ill adult

What Does Formal Online Debating Bring to Graduate Education?

Presentation occurred as scheduled. There was interest expressed from those present++. No negative critique provided.Debating is a formal process of argument that has a long tradition of application in education. Educators value it as a strategy for promoting the development of skills associated with influencing others using logic, facts, and rhetoric. In Athabasca University's Advanced Trends and Issues in Nursing course, graduate students explore logic and logical fallacy. Pairs of students then apply these concepts to the asynchronous, online debate of a nursing issue. The emphasis is on students demonstrating logical coherence supported by evidence. Emotions run high as students attempt to convince their classmates to accept an argument, one they may not have supported at the outset. Our presentation is a report on an exploratory study of the formal online debating engaged in by the students in the course. Data include the actual online debate documents and the students' perceptions about the process. Findings support the value of competitive debating in online learning environments for promoting both the discovery of all perspectives of important issues as well as the development of highlevel competencies of argumentation, a form of reasoning intimidating to many nurses

Family Members' 'Work of Getting Through' Critical Illness: A Call for Nurses to Lighten Our Load

Approximately 40 individuals attended my session. It was well received and a number of conference participants approached me afterward to discuss my findings further. They mentioned how well this aspect of my theory “fit” with their own experiences. Subsequently, two other presenters referred to my findings during their presentations. I am currently completing a manuscript for submission to the Journal of Family Nursing and will include some of these findings in a manual I am writing for family members of individuals needing critical care.Background A critical illness constitutes a crisis for family members. While family members necessarily yield primary responsibility for the physical well-being of their ill relative to the health professionals, they remain significant in promoting the over all well-being of the patient. They set to work to manage the situation as best they can in order to get through. Objectives To explore family members’ experiences with critical illness from their perspective, as a basis for delineating the process of nursing support for them. Design Two grounded theory investigations of nursing support for family members of critically ill adult patients were conducted (Vandall-Walker, Jensen, & Oberle, 2007; Vandall-Walker, Clark, & Pyne, ongoing). Methods/ Participants/ Setting Following ethical approval, participants were recruited from three tertiary care centres in northern Alberta, Canada, using posters and word-of-mouth. To date, 30 family members from 20 families have taken part in 37 interviews. Findings Participants revealed that their ‘work of getting through’ involved physical, emotional, and behavioural responses to fulfill their needs, influenced by their personal resources and the intensity of their love and commitment to the patient. The proposed explanatory model of family member ‘work of getting through’, provides a basis for the supportive nursing actions outlined in the grounded theory of ‘Lightening Our Load’ (Vandall-Walker et al., 2007). Conclusions The nature and intent of this ‘work’ has received minimal research attention. These findings extend our understanding of the family member experience with critical illness beyond current knowledge of family burden, stress and coping, and need recognition and fulfillment. It further legitimizes their role and the significance of involvement at the bedside