Canadian Nurse

April 2014 Features Comments

Improving psychological health in the workplace

“If you walked through a construction site today and saw a person without a hard hat or boots on, you’d be shocked,” Sapna Mahajan says. Mahajan, director of mental health prevention and promotion initiatives at the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), is part of a new generation that is striving to ensure workplaces are as safe psychologically as they are physically.

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April 2014 The Last Word Comments

Filling a gaping hole in care

We pride ourselves on universal access to high-quality health care in Canada — that is, unless we’re talking about oral health care.

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April 2014 Perspectives Comments

April is National Oral Health Month

74.5%: Percentage of all Canadians who saw a dentist in 2009 (source) $13.8 billion: Expenditures on dental services in Canada in 2011 (source) 5%: Estimated percentage of those expenditures that were publicly funded (source) 32%: Percentage of Canadians who have no dental insurance, according...

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April 2014 Reflection Comments

An introvert’s take on introversion

She wasn’t making it easy for me to complete a mental status assessment. However, it was clear that she was not evading my questions but simply being honest. I recognized a fellow introvert.

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April 2014
Comments Ask the Expert

Using DSM-5 in your practice

In DSM-IV, abuse was considered to be a milder or early form of addiction; dependence was considered the more severe form. However, the definitions were unclear and often problematic .

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April 2014
Comments President's Message

Uniting against family violence

Nurses receive and care for the victims of family violence and child abuse far too regularly — in emergency departments, in community care, in public health and beyond.

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April 2014
Comments Perspectives

NPs’ autonomy threatened in B.C.

ARNBC and the British Columbia Nurse Practitioner Association (BCNPA) are unhappy with the provincial health ministry’s new two-year service plan, which includes major policy changes the associations say have been made without consulting the nursing community.

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April 2014
Comments Feedback

Stereotypes abound

In the January issue, we read about sexy stereotypes of nurses. In the March issue, we found an insert advertising the Tree of Compassion brooch. The words on the brooch (caring, gentle, cheerful, healing, kindness, patience) perpetuate another, equally harmful, stereotype. Where is the...

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April 2014
Comments Perspectives

Preventing cardiovascular disease in women

Faith, family and community

The Practice-based Research Challenge at Providence Health Care

Improving psychological health in the workplace

Filling a gaping hole in care

April is National Oral Health Month

An introvert’s take on introversion

Using DSM-5 in your practice

Uniting against family violence

NPs’ autonomy threatened in B.C.

Stereotypes abound

Household vinegar kills TB

Sex and drug tweets track HIV

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