Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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What caring for a child who died was like for me: My experience of pediatric patient death as a new graduate nurse

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Year: 2025, 2025
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McLean, Meghan, Thesis advisor (ths): McIntosh, Michele, Degree committee member (dgc): Poole, Jennifer, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>I utilized analytical autoethnography to analyze and interpret my own experience of what caring for a child that died was like for me within the academic and institutional culture that I was educated and trained in (Chang, 2008). Themes of lack of preparedness, relationships, loss and emotion, death denial, and lasting impacts and growth were identified. Pediatric death and dying… more

IV'e Been 'BITTEN': A Semi-Structured Interview Investigating Trauma and Betrayal During Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Insertion Among DIVA Patients

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Year: 2025, 2025
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Markose, Kirsten Brianna, Thesis advisor (ths): McIntosh, Michele, Degree committee member (dgc): Lewis, Chrystal, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Inserting a peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) can be a stressful moment in a patient's hospital stay, especially in patients with difficult intravenous access (DIVA). This study
investigated the applicability of a mid-range theory of trauma-informed care (BITTEN) to PIVC
insertion in DIVA patients. A qualitative, semi-structured interview was conducted with 17 DIVA
patients… more

Women's Lived Experience of Risk in Pregnancy

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): LeBreton, Krystal May, Thesis advisor (ths): O'Hagan, Fergal, Degree committee member (dgc): Scharfe, Elaine, Degree committee member (dgc): McIntosh, Michele, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, treatment and outcomes in women remain largely inequitable globally. Unique sex-specific stages of life, including pregnancy conditions, and their influence on cardiac risk is a growing area of research (Norris et al., 2020). For example, preeclampsia is strongly associated with CVD risk. This connection has led to prevention interventions such as… more
Full Text: Women’s Lived Experience of Risk in Pregnancy A thesis submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, …