Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 133-137 , May 2009

All you have to do is call; a pilot study to improve the outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease

  • Colleen M. Norris, RN, BScN, MN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Norris is an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Population Health Investigator, a Canadian Institute for Health Research New Investigator, and a Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team; CCORT (a pan-Canadian cardiac outcomes research team supported by the Canadian Institute for Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation) Investigator.
    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2G3
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 780 492 0644; fax: +1 780 492 1219.
    • Dr. Norris is an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Population Health Investigator, a Canadian Institute for Health Research New Investigator, and a Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team; CCORT (a pan-Canadian cardiac outcomes research team supported by the Canadian Institute for Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation) Investigator.
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  • Lauren Patterson, BScN

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2G3
    • ,
  • Diane Galbraith, BN, MN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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  • Kathleen M. Hegadoren, RN, BScN, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2G3
    • Dr. Hegadoren holds a Canada Research Chairs Program chairpersonship in stress disorders in women.

Received 7 June 2007 ,Accepted 14 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2007.06.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 133-137 , May 2009

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