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Aim: To explore whether Nurse Practitioner-led outpatient interventions targeting heart failure patients can reduce hospital readmissions or emergency department visits, thereby improving healthcare efficiency and demands on hospitals.…

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The Canadian healthcare system is experiencing significant strain due to a growing and increasingly complex patient population, coupled with provider shortages. Consequently, patients are increasingly seeking emergency room care to address their…

Background Primary care providers face challenges when caring for palliative care patients and their informal caregivers. Many primary care providers have limited understanding and comfort in providing palliative care. The situation is even more…

Heart Failure (HF) is a life-limiting condition which causes symptoms beyond the physical manifestations of cardiac dysfunction. HF can significantly impact patients' quality of life (QOL), which is often not addressed in standard regimes of…

Ovarian torsion is a rare gynecological emergency that occurs when the ovary spontaneously becomes twisted on itself. If not recognized and treated, it can result in tissue necrosis and loss of the ovary. Ovarian torsion most frequently affects…

Background: Hypertension affects 1.28 billion individuals globally and is one of the key public health issues in Canada impacting nearly one in four adults. Non-adherence to antihypertensive medications is a major contributor to uncontrolled…

The aim of this integrative review is to explore how mindfulness training affects postpartum anxiety (PPA) and/or postpartum depression (PPD). PPA and PPD can have negative effects on the postpartum (PP) person and child’s health, and which can…