Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Alpha Kappa at-Large"
Now showing items 21-40 of 57
-
Exploring nursing cost using patient level data
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: The purpose of the study was 1) to explore the variability of nursing cost per acute care episode for patients with similar DRGs with and without major complications; 2) to ... -
Got projects? An innovative use of technology to approve and track nursing projects
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Supporting a Magnet culture includes mentoring the next generation of nurse scientists. Using a triad approach to monitoring, mentoring, and tracking nursing projects enables ... -
Growing Your Own APRNs in Rural and Underserved Communities
(2018-04-02)APRN educational programs have the opportunity to respond to primary care provider shortages in rural communities by collaborating with those communities to build programs aimed at recruiting local nurses to become local ... -
Healing the Healers: Teaching Nurses and Student Nurses Self-Care Practices
2020 has put all of us through the ringer. Now, more than ever, nurses must learn to care for themselves. Discover how one university took proactive steps to help their students build a self-care toolkit, while aiding ... -
HeartCode™ room: Interdisciplinary initiative in an academic setting
To cap off the end of a Sigma Academy cohort, Academy scholars and other Sigma academy participants were charged with sharing their leadership journey and/or their Sigma Academy self-selected projects via a Pecha Kucha ... -
How to excel at evaluating a new graduate nurse residency evidence-based practice program
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Evidence Based Practice (EBP) is an integral part of nursing and needs to be included in any program that transitions new nurses into practice. New Graduate Nurse Residency ... -
Improving hypertension management through computer-based staff education, simulation, and incentivization: One organization's quality improvement journey
(2017-07-21)Background: Hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease which is a leading cause of death in the United States (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2014; Coogan, Marra, & Lomonaco, 2015). Although approximately ... -
Inducements and discouragements for students transitioning from associate degree to baccalaureate degree in nursing: A national study
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: The call to educate more nurses at the baccalaureate level of education has been made (IOM, 2011). Accomplishing this requires innovative access ... -
Innovation in practice: A QSEN framework for redesigning a clinical advancement program for nurses
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: The Institute of Medicine recommendations to address quality and safety provided the spark for the Quality Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) movement. This spark has also ... -
Innovation in practice: A QSEN framework for redesigning a clinical advancement program for nurses and strategies to grow and sustain a competency assessment model utilizing the Quality Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) in the clinical setting
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: The Institute of Medicine recommendations to address quality and safety provided the spark for the Quality Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) movement. This spark has also ... -
Integrating nursing peer review and a restorative just culture for a healthy work environment
(2017-03-03)Session presented on Sunday, March 19, 2017: The purpose of this project is to describe a process for pairing a restorative just culture into nursing peer review in order to heal, learn, collaborate, retain staff, and ... -
Investigation into the relationship between critical thinking skills and clinical judgment in the nurse practitioner student
(2018-03-23)The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between critical thinking (CT) skills and clinical judgment in nurse practitioner (NP) students enrolled in an advanced practice educational program. ... -
Irritable infants: Their childhood characteristics
Although 16% to 26% of infants are irritable or colicky, little is known about their behavior as children. The purpose of this study was to compare the sequelae of six to eight year old children who had infant colic with ... -
Mental health treatment and media preferences for persons of Mexican heritage
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Determining culturally based methods of care aligning with patient values and preferences is a focal point in mental health services provision. Unfortunately, few studies ... -
Out of the briar patch: Diffusion and sustainability of nurse-managed practice
Community-based nurse-managed practice (CBNMP) offers local populations the opportunity to contract directly with professional nurses for primary health care services. Despite provision of high quality care below the average ... -
Overcoming Buzzwords and Variability Through a Nurse EBP Mentor Program
(2017-07-26)This symposium describes the innovative work of a nationally recognized university-based EBP program in advancing EBP through a collaborative relationship with a large, Magnet designated Pediatric Health System to create ... -
Perceptions of future and advance care planning for Japanese women with early stage gynecological and breast cancer
Advance care planning (ACP) is the process that allows individuals to choose a path of care in the event that they are unable to make a decision for themselves. The concept of advance care planning is much broader than ... -
Practical Application of High Reliability Principles in Healthcare to Promote Clinical Quality and Safety Outcomes
(2017-07-25)Learn how application of High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles into daily healthcare work processes can successfully drive and promote improved quality clinical outcomes, safety, and culture change. -
Practical tools for the high reliability journey
(2017-07-25)Learn two powerful improvement tools, Root Cause Analysis and Failure Mode Effects Analysis, that when coupled with principles of high reliability are vital to promoting sustainable change and prevention of adverse events. -
Practices of reflective leaders: Facing challenges and advancing reform
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: This presentation describes the common shared experiences of becoming a nurse faculty leader through facing challenges and advancing reform. These experiences were common for ...