ACPF Executive Summaries
Clinical Nursing
- Chronic Pain Management in a Substance Dependent Patient Population (2013)
- Supportive and Palliative Care Clinical Practice: Building Capacity at the Bedside (2014)
- The Evolution of an Advanced Clinical Practice RN (2014)
- End-of-Life Symptom Management in the Globally Impaired Pediatric Palliative Population (2014)
- Continuity of Care in Home Care (2014)
- Nurse Led Primary Care Coordination for Complex, High Needs, Populations (2014)
- Frailty Assessment and Management for Older Adults in North Simcoe Muskoka (2014)
- Developing Clinical Skills Necessary to Support Complex Therapeutic Care in a Day Hospital Setting For Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia (2014)
- To Develop Expertise in Facilitating Advance Care Planning with Heart Failure Patients (2015)
- Assessment and Management of Frail Older Adults in Mississauga/Halton (2015)
- Expanding Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice to Improve Diabetes Management for Patients with Both Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (2015)
- Knowledge and skills in health coaching to support self-management in patients with diabetes (2015)
- Breastfeeding Best Practice Through Education (2015)
- After Cancer Treatment Transition: Strengthening Advanced Nursing Practice in Cancer Survivorship Care (2016)
- Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Infection Prevention (2016)
- Providing True Compassionate Client-Centred-Care to Residents with Dementia within a Secured unit in Long-term Care Organizations (2016)
- The Nature of Exceptional Collaborative Care (2016)
- Early Recognition and Treatment of Sepsis in the Pediatric Emergency Patient to Improve Patient Outcomes (2016)
- Fellowship Title: Development of an Environmental Lighting Guideline For Use In a Quaternary Level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (2016)
- The Transformation of Evidence-Based Knowledge into an Acute Pain Service (2016)
- Post Emergency Department Concussion Follow and Knowledge Dissemination (2016)
- Intraprofessional Collaboration and Knowledge Translation for the Inpatient Surgical Unit: The Creation of the Nurse Practitioner Role (2018)
Leadership
- Re-engage, Re-energize, Renew: The Three R’s for a Champions Network to Support Pressure Ulcer Prevention (2013)
- Developing of a Program Evaluation Framework for a Regional Community-Based Seniors Fall Preventation and Assessment Program (2013)
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Adult Acute Care Setting (2014)
- Coaching and Mentoring Framework for Nursing Leadership Development (2014)
- Improving the patient experience: Knowledge translation of patient satisfaction results (2014)
- Development of Education Workshop for Specialized Oncology Nurses to Address the Information and Support Care Needs of Head and Neck Cancer Patients: An Initiative to Improve Ambulatory Patient Experience (2014)
- Nursing knowledge of geriatric care in an acute care hospital setting and the implementation of a staff geriatric education program (2014)
- Supporting Substance-Involved Families Across the Perinatal Continuum (2014)
- Building Expertise in Patient and Family Centred Peer Support and Education in Acute Stroke (2014)
- Developing the capacity of Niagara Region Public Health Nurses to understand and effectively identify abuse of women along with the promotion of healthy relationships (2014)
- Pain Management: Acute Pain Service (2014)
- Implementation of a Delirium Education and Process Improvement Initiative at Lakeridge Health (2014)
- Restructuring Patient and Family Education resources on a Medical Unit (2014)
- The Precipice of Change & the Introduction of EMR (2014)
- Promoting Family-Centered Care In the NICU (2014)
- Integrating Smoking Cessation Policy at Toronto Public Health (2014)
- Improving Organized Care through Leadership and Management (2014)
- Managing and Mitigating Conflict in Health Care Teams (2014)
- Chatham-Kent Health Alliance ROUND AND ROUND WE GO: To improve patient quality and safety (2014)
- Developing evidence based strategies to address pre diabetes in a Cardiac Care Institution (2014)
- Learning Strategies to best implement a Paediatric Palliative Care Education Program for paediatric haematology oncology nurses on an inpatient unit. (2014)
- Refining point of care leadership: Research to support role clarity and role enactment of the Clinical Care Leader (2015)
- Exploring Child and Family Presence at Nursing Shift Handover in the Cardiac Critical Care Unit (2015)
- Facilitating Family Involvement in Patient Care: Development and Implementation of a Family Education Program in Complex Continuing Care (2015)
- Promoting a culture of safety: Leading organizational quality improvement initiatives through the Canadian Incident Analysis framework (2015)
- Advancing the Clinical Nurse Specialist Role at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (2016)
- Best Practices for Clinical Support Nurse Education & Orientation (2016)
- Nursing Leadership and Innovation: Developing a Guideline on the Use of Continuous Low-Dose Heparin Infusions for Central Venous Access Device Patency (2016)
- Developing Education Skills to Enhance Skill Acquisition for Nurses in a Rural Hospital (2016)
- Across the Miles: Innovative Mentorship to Develop Evaluation Methods for the Ontario Telemedicine Network Telehomecare Program (2016)
- Multi-Organ Transplant (2016)
- Building Knowledge in Program Development – Developing a Mentorship Program within a Pediatric Rehabilitation Setting (2016)
- Implementing the Basic Principles of Biomarker Use in Oncology Nursing (2016)
- The Development of an Educational Program Plan for Compassion Fatigue Awareness and Resiliency for Individuals in an Acute Care Setting (2016)
- Learning to understand, design, implement, and evaluate an effective quality assurance mechanism targeted at improving care during cardiac arrest events in a Paediatric Critical Care Unit (2016)
- Advancing Clinical Support Leaders: Developing a best practice framework (2016)
- How is the North Bay Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic Implementing the Assessment and Management of Pain Best Practice Guideline? (2016)
- Educational strategies to improve content and delivery of education by pediatric oncology nurses to families of pediatric patients that are newly diagnosed with cancer (2016)
- Development of Clinical Practice Guideline for the Pediatric Bone Marrow (2016)
- Curriculum and eLearning design and development for knowledge translation (2016)
- Adopting a High Performance Management System using a LEAN Visual Management Tool to Sustain Organizational Improvements (2016)
- Developing Transformational Leadership Practices: Building Relationships and Trust (2016)
- Meeting the educational needs of persons with low literacy living with cancer in a rural community (2016)
- Clinical Practice Guideline for the Cleaning and Disinfection of Reusable Nebulizers (2016)
- Building Capacity of Leadership in Registered Staff (RNs and RPNs) in Long Term Care incorporating a Shared Governance Model (2016)
- Knowledge to action: The Use of NCAST PCI Scales in the HBHC program (2016)
- Capillary blood sampling hemolysis in the NICU: A quality improvement project to promote evidence-based practice and improve patient outcomes (2017)
- Transitioning home from the acute stroke unit: A mental well being perspective (2019)
Implementation
- Implementation of RNAO’s Best Practice Guideline for Strategies to Support Self-Management in Chronic Conditions. Adult Depression Screening in Cystic Fibrosis (2013)
- Implementation of RNAO’s Best Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Pain (2014)
- Sustainability and the Prevention of Falls and Fall Injuries in the Older Adult (2014)
- Supporting and Strengthening Families through Expected and Unexpected Life Events (2014)
- Implementation of the Best Practice Guideline: Assessment and Management of Foot Ulcers for People with Diabetes in a Clinic Setting (2014)
- Evaluation of the Implementation of the Promoting Continence Using Prompted Voiding Best Practice Guideline in Geriatric Setting (2014)
- Pain Assessment and Management for the Cognitively Impaired Patients (2014)
- Exploring the Evaluation of Outcomes in BPG Implementation Through the Best Practice Guideline “End-of-Life Care During the Last Days and Hours” (2014)
- Phase 2: Implementing Continuity of Smoking Cessation Intervention along the Trajectory of Cancer Care with a Focus on the Inpatient Setting (2014)
- Evaluating the knowledge transfer related to chronic pain conditions, pain medications, and nursing pain assessment best practices (2014)
- Supporting Best Practice for Patient Care: A Mulitple Branch Implementation of the RNAO Assessment and Management of Pain Best Practice Guideline (2015)
- Incorporating Teach-back Techniques into Everyday Practice in the Independent Dialysis Program: Implementation of a Best Practice Guideline, Facilitating client Centred Learning with a Focus on the L.E.A.R.N.S. Model of Care Delivery (2015)
- Implementation of the RNAO’s Assessment and Management of Pain Best Practice Guideline: Non-pharmaceutical Management of Pain in the Post-op Hip and Knee Patient Population (2015)
- Promoting Continence using Prompted Voiding Best Practice Guideline (2015)
- The Nature of Exceptional Collaborative Care (2016)
- How is the North Bay Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic Implementing the Assessment and Management of Pain Best Practice Guideline? (2016)
- Delirium Education and CAM screening-Delirium BPG Implementation (2016)
- Care Transitions from Hospital to Home: An Opportunity for Learning (2016)
- Building Capacity as BGP Champion: Pre-Implementation of Intraprofessional Collaborative Practice among Nurses Guideline (2016)
- Using Promoting Recovery through Person- and Family- Centred Care (2016)
