The authors describe a case-management program for frequent users of the emergency
department. The study had a single-subject design, with evaluation for each patient of the …

Background: Violence in the workplace is an ill-defined and underreported concern for health
care workers. The objectives of this study were to examine perceived levels of violence in …

… France Bouthillette DNSc RN Chair School of Nursing, Vancouver Island University, …
France Bouthillette DNSc RN Chair School of Nursing, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, …

Study Objective: We examine whether a specific educational effort reduces emergency
department violence in the short term and quantify the amount of violence in the ED. Methods: …

The British Columbia Nursing Administrative Leadership Institute for First Line Nurse Leaders
(BC NLI) is a collaborative partnership among British Columbia’s Chief Nursing Officers, …

A study of the impact of hospital closure on employees is timely in light of reports that health
care systems in both Canada and the United States are being examined for major …

The impact of the Shaughnessy Hospital closure on a sample of full-time health care employees
(n = 59) is examined within the context of the restructuring of the British Columbia health …

An acute care hospital was closed by the British Columbia Ministry of Health in 1993. A
research study was conducted to investigate the ways closure of the hospital affected hospital …

Methods Women participated in 2 semistructured interviews within a 1 month period, with
each session lasting about 2 hours. Interviews began with a general question about changes …

Setting The haematology-oncology service of a medical centre in Boston, Massachusetts,
USA. The service used a primary nursing care delivery system.