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    About eCampusOntario

    eCampusOntario is a not-for-profit corporation funded by the Government of Ontario. It serves as a centre of excellence in online and technology-enabled learning for all publicly funded colleges and universities in Ontario and has embarked on a bold mission to widen access to post-secondary education and training in Ontario. This textbook is part of eCampusOntario’s Open Library, which provides free learning resources in a wide range of subject areas. These open resources can be assigned by instructors for their classes, downloaded by learners to electronic devices or printed through the University of Waterloo print on demand service. These free and open resources are customizable to meet a wide range of learning needs, and we invite instructors to review and adopt the resources for use in their courses.

    About the Authors

    Jennifer L. Lapum, RN, BScN, MN, PhD, Professor, Ryerson University, Faculty of Community Services, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Oona St-Amant, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University, Faculty of Community Services, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Michelle Hughes, RN, BScN, MEd, Professor, Centennial College, School of Community and Health Studies, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Paul Petrie, RN, BScN, MScN, Professor, George Brown College, Sally Horsfall Eaton School of Nursing, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Sherry Morrell, RN(EC), BScN, MN, PhD(c), Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing, University of Windsor, Nurse Practitioner, Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, ON, Canada

    Sita Mistry, RM, BHScM, BScN student, Ryerson, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    For more information:
    Dr. Jennifer L. Lapum
    Ryerson University
    jlapum@ryerson.ca
    415-979-5000 ex. 6316
    350 Victoria St.
    Toronto, ON M5B 2K3

    Note to Teachers Using This Resource

    We encourage you to use this resource and would love to hear if you have integrated it into your curriculum. Please consider notifying Dr. Lapum if you are using it in your course, identifying the healthcare discipline and the number of students. Please help us support future OER efforts by reporting your adoption of this resource at https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/report-an-adoption/