Clinical Appraisal

A review of Lydia E. Hall's seminal 1963 work: "Nursing - What is it?"

An important addition to the Clinical Appraisal Nursing Theory podcast series and the inaugural YouTube video podcast upload.

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Struggling with imposter syndrome? In academics, this feeling never goes away. And there's no magical threshold that comes with taking more and more classes to makes you 'ready' to write that first grant or paper. It's time, now, to push yourself to new heights.

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A discussion with Nurse Theorist and Scientist, Dr. Bernie Garrett, from UBC School of Nursing, on the problem of New Age Spiritualism in Nursing.

A brief discussion of the challenges and biases that arise when interpreting qualitative research, as well as the pivotal role of clinical insights in advancing evidence-based practice in health sciences.

This episodes discusses the philosophical importance of skepticism in scientific pursuits.

In this episode, Ian speaks with his grandmother, Dianne Lane, a masters-prepared psychiatric nurse and nurse researcher who is now 90 years old. In it, she describes what life was like as a psychiatric nurse pre-psychotropic drugs.

What is an advanced nurse? Is prescription authority synonymous with APRN practice? What constitutes an APN? These are issues dealt with in this episode of the podcast.

In this episode, Ian speaks with National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) President, Dr. Phyllis Whitehead, PhD, APRN/CNS, FAAN, about how she conceptualizes the unique contributions to patient care of CNS trained nurses and how one might differentiate the roles of CNS practitioners from nurse practitioners.

In this conversation, Ian talks with Dr. Stephanie Griggs, PhD, RN, FAAN, a sleep self-management expert in pediatrics, focused on young adult health. Stephanie is an assistant professor of nursing at Case Western Reserve University and an up-and-coming force to be reckoned with in academic sleep and diabetes self-management research. Specifically, Ian and Stephanie talk about her academic trajectory and how she came to be using a novel time series modeling technique known as cosinor models to better understand the nuances of individuals' patterns and biological rhythms.