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Open AccessExperiences and perceptions of nurses participating in an interprofessional, videoconference-based educational programme on concurrent mental health and substance use disorders: a qualitative study
Individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (i.e., concurrent disorders) have complex healthcare needs, which can be challenging for nurses to manage. Providing optimal care for thi...
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Open AccessThe process of learning the autogenic training relaxation technique and its benefits on the wellness of people living with HIV
Various mind-body practices are used by people living with HIV to promote their general well-being. Among these is autogenic training (AT), a self-guided relaxation technique requiring regular practice for obs...
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Open AccessRoutes of administration, reasons for use, and approved indications of medical cannabis in oncology: a sco** review
Some patients diagnosed with cancer use medical cannabis to self-manage undesirable symptoms, including nausea and pain. To improve patient safety and oncological care quality, the routes of administration for...
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Open AccessVirtual patient simulation to improve nurses’ relational skills in a continuing education context: a convergent mixed methods study
Effective provider-patient communication is crucial to the delivery of high-quality care. Communication roadblock such as righting reflex is widely observed among providers and can lead to relational disengage...
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Open AccessEffectiveness and experiences of the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Model in develo** competencies among healthcare professionals: a mixed methods systematic review protocol
The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Model of continuing tele-education is an innovative guided-practice model aiming at amplifying healthcare professionals’ competencies in the management of...
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Open AccessA guided participation nursing intervention to theraupeutic positioning and care (GP_Posit) for mothers of preterm infants: protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial
In the NICU, interventions intended to enhance maternal sensitivity are indicated in order to optimize preterm infant development and long-term mother-infant attachment. A novel nursing intervention was develo...
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Open AccessMind-body practices for people living with HIV: a systematic sco** review
Mind-body practices are frequently used by people living with HIV to reduce symptoms and improve wellbeing. These include Tai Chi, Qigong, yoga, meditation, and all types of relaxation. Although there is subst...
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Open AccessEvaluation of a Web-based tailored intervention (TAVIE en santé) to support people living with HIV in the adoption of health promoting behaviours: an online randomized controlled trial protocol
Long-term use of antiretroviral therapy, normal aging, and presence of certain risk factors are associated with metabolic disorders that predispose persons living with HIV to diabetes and cardiovascular diseas...
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Open AccessRationale, design and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial of a web-based computer-tailored physical activity intervention for adults from Quebec City
The relationship between physical activity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) protection is well documented. Numerous factors (e.g. patient motivation, lack of facilities, physician time constraints) can contrib...
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Open AccessImpacts of information and communication technologies on nursing care: an overview of systematic reviews (protocol)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) used in the health sector have well-known advantages. They can promote patient-centered healthcare, improve quality of care, and educate health professionals a...
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Open AccessEvaluation of a nurse mentoring intervention to family caregivers in the management of delirium after cardiac surgery (MENTOR_D): a study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial
Despite the use of evidence-based preventive measures, delirium affects about 40% of patients following cardiac surgery with the potential for serious clinical complications and anxiety for caregivers. There i...
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Open AccessInterventions for supporting nurse retention in rural and remote areas: an umbrella review
Retention of nursing staff is a growing concern in many countries, especially in rural, remote or isolated regions, where it has major consequences on the accessibility of health services.
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Open AccessDisclosure experience in a convenience sample of quebec-born women living with HIV: a phenomenological study
In Canada, there has been a considerable increase in the number of women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Within a stigmatized social context, disclosure of HIV positivity is still a preva...
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Open AccessEvaluation of a real-time virtual intervention to empower persons living with HIV to use therapy self-management: study protocol for an online randomized controlled trial
Living with HIV makes considerable demands on a person in terms of self-management, especially as regards adherence to treatment and co** with adverse side-effects. The online HIV Treatment, Virtual Nursing ...
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Open AccessSupporting work practices through telehealth: impact on nurses in peripheral regions
In Canada, workforce shortages in the health care sector constrain the ability of the health care system to meet the needs of its population and of its health care professionals. This issue is of particular im...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a nursing intervention to facilitate optimal antiretroviral-treatment taking among people living with HIV
Failure by a large portion of PLHIV to take optimally ARV treatment can have serious repercussions on their health. The absence of a systematic treatment-taking promotion program in Quebec prompted stakeholder...
