Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Alpha"
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Building high performing interprofessional collaborative practice teams for enhancing population health and care transitions
(2018-06-18)This presentation discusses evidence-based strategies for building high performing interprofessional collaborative practice teams within an academic-practice partnership to enhance health outcomes and care transitions in ... -
Bullying in nursing: Implementing solutions for practice
As the issue of incivility, lateral and horizontal violence, and bullying continue in nursing, strategies are needed to address and eliminate hostile work environments. Educational activities not only raise awareness of ... -
A case-oriented, cross-country comparison of three high-income countries' health systems and healthcare accessibility
(2017-07-19)Purpose: Located on different continents, the United Kingdom (UK), Israel and the United States (US) are high income countries differing in size, population size, and type of health care systems; yet, their general ... -
Choosing wisely: Advancing health through nursing
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: The U.S. health care system is the most costly in the world, accounting for 17% of the gross domestic product with estimates that percentage will grow to nearly 20% by 2020. At ... -
Choosing Wisely: Building a statewide pilot program
(2016-03-21)Choosing Wisely, an initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, released its first list of "Things Providers and Patients Should Question" in 2012. This campaign works with different organizations ... -
Clinical advisor program: Retention, safety, and coaching excellence
Seeking methods to improve nurse retention, decrease patient harm and enhance nursing clinical practice, a clinical advisor team model was implemented in a regional Magnet hospital. Clinical advising is an effective process ... -
The clinical education learning environment: Student nurse perceptions comparing the traditional clinical environment and the simulation environment toward meeting clinical learning outcomes
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015: Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is for the attendee to differentiate which clinical learning outcomes are better met in the traditional and simulated clinical learning ... -
Clinical nurse specialist designed certification preparation course
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Purpose: The purpose was to implement and evaluate an institutionally-based CNS-led medical-surgical preparation course in order to prepare its ... -
Clinical nurse specialist mentored staff nurse as champion of performance improvement
(12/22/2017)Purpose: The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) mentored a unit based staff nurse as Champion of Performance Improvement through nursing’s shared governance council. Significance: Within shared governance, nurses ... -
Clinical pharmacogenetics from a nursing perspective: Personalizing drug therapy
Precision medicine is the approach to patient care that is focused on finding the most appropriate medication based on the interplay between genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors to improve patient outcomes. With ... -
Coaching: Getting the help you need, being the help that is needed
(2017-09-26)This session focuses on coaching as a tool to develop and refine leadership skills. Content may be used to coach others or in personal self-development. Why coaching is important is described; what coaching is and is not ... -
Cognitive dysfunction in older breast cancer survivors
Up to 75% of the more than 3.5 million breast cancer survivors (BCS) living in the United States report cognitive dysfunction. However, little is known about cognitive dysfunction among older BCS, who may be at greater ... -
Combining literature review, qualitative descriptive analysis, and computerized lexical analysis to investigate HRQoL in schizophrenia
(2017-07-12)People with schizophrenia experience hallucinations, emotional withdrawal, and cognitive impairment as well as a variety of comorbidities that lessen their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (Barnes et al., 2012; WHO, ... -
Communicating Expectations: Development of an Abstract Reviewer Rubric
(2018)The concept of peer review has been around form more than 300 years (Weller, 2001) and professional organizations have used peer reviewers to further their practices since the 18th century (Adler & Abraham, 2009; Kronick, ... -
Comparison of basic NI competencies using TANIC over two-year period in graduate entry level NI course
The TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC)© instrument represents an operationalized version of competencies first identified by the TIGER Initiative (Technology Informatics Guiding Education ... -
Computer-tailored interventions to increase cancer screening: Building a program of research
(2017-07-27)The presenter will share her extensive program of research that is focused on developing and testing computer-tailored interventions that are designed to increase cancer screening. Her research has primarily centered on ... -
Creating and sustaining education and practice synergy on a dedicated education unit
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: The Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) clinical education model has the potential to increase pre-licensure nursing program capacity, ensure stable clinical placement sites, blend ... -
Cultural stressors described by Latina young women living in a tumultuous sociopolitical climate
(2018-07-03)This poster describes the results of a qualitative study exploring the common stressors experienced by contemporary Latina young women living in the United States during a tumultuous sociopolitical climate. -
Culturally based stressors and depressive symptoms for Latino/a adolescents
(2017-06-20)Purpose: U.S. Latino/a adolescents suffer from significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms than Caucasian and African-American adolescents. In 2016, 35% of US Latino/a adolescents reported feeling so sad or hopeless ... -
Debriefing for meaningful learning: Fostering development of clinical reasoning through simulation
There is a critical need for faculty, a shortage of clinical sites, and an emphasis on quality and safety initiatives that drive increasing use of simulation in nursing education. Debriefing is an essential component of ...