Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Alpha Nu"
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Falls, bone and joint injuries, and vision status among adult women respondents to the 2008 National Health Interview Survey
(2013-10-22)Friday, July 26, 2013: Purpose: Vision status, falls and injuries were examined among adult women participants in the 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Nursing research has not focused on visual impairment, ... -
Female students' perceptions of factors influencing their decision to persist in a nursing education program
The withdrawal of students from institutions of higher education is a serious concern. Nursing education statistics demonstrate failure to meet established student retention benchmarks. Although substantial student persistence ... -
How nurse work environments relate to the presence of parents in neonatal intensive care
(2016-10-12)Objective: Parental presence in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is essential for families, especially mothers to participate in infant care and prepare for transition from hospital to home. However, NICUs ... -
Implications of the sepsis-3 definition on nursing research and practice
(2017-09-19)In February 2016, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine announced a striking change in the sepsis definition. The new definition, known as Sepsis-3, replaces the SIRS ... -
Improving the quality of care for persons with disabilities
A program of research on health issues and concerns of persons with disabilities, the status of health care for this population, and nursing's role in care of this vulnerable population will be presented and discussed. -
Incivility in academic environments: If you see something, say something
(2018-04-30)This presentation entails a review of current literature on incivility in academic environments, risk factors, effects, and strategies for its reduction. The focus is at the broad institutional rather than disciplinary ... -
Knowledge and health beliefs about breast cancer screening among rural Palestinian women: Pilot study
Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer among women and the risk increases with age, with an estimated 1.67 million new cases in 2012 and a 25% incidence of all cancers in women in both developed and developing ... -
Leading practice change: Recognizing life-long risk of those born preterm
Changing healthcare practice regarding recognition of preterm birth as a life-long risk factor is critical to the future health of those born preterm. The ability to address this practice change was enhanced by the mentorship ... -
Lessons learned in creating evidence-based electronic oncology care plans
(2017-07-21)The delivery of patient-facing treatment summaries and symptom management care plans has been an important step forward in the provision of evidence-based, patient-centered cancer care. This has also been accelerated by ... -
Life after prematurity: Special health care needs, working memory, and health-related quality of life among 9- to 11-year-old children born prematurely
Premature birth, defined as birth before the completion of 37 weeks of gestation, places children at risk for medical, physical, psychosocial and neurodevelopmental impairments. These impairments may vary in severity. ... -
Low-income pregnant women's experiences with prenatal care education
(2017-07-27)The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the findings of a qualitative descriptive study exploring the perinatal experiences of low-income urban women with regarding their experience with prenatal care and prenatal ... -
Medication safety simulation: A comparison of students' knowledge, perceptions and comfort
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: Nurses have a major role in contributing to safe, quality patient care; however, student nurses and new graduates have deficiencies ... -
Menopausal stage, current life change, attitude toward women's roles, and perceived health status in middle-aged women
A sample of 249 premenopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal women was studied in order to explore the relationships of menopausal stage, current life change and attitude toward women's roles to perceived health status. ... -
Mental health status indicators and vision status among adult women respondents to the 2010-2013 National Health Interview Surveys
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015: Purpose: Examination of self-reported vision status as it relates to the self-reporting of mental health status indicators (MHSIs) among adult women participants in the 2010-2013 ... -
The Millennium Development Goals: Incorporated Into Clinical Practice
(2012-11-29)Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: This session will highlight role that clinical nurses pay in advancing the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals and the activities undertaken by nurses in clinical ... -
Multi-site study comparing attitudes and comfort of nursing students interacting with patients with a disability
This multi-site comparative study provides statistically significant evidence that simulation-based experiences with standardized patients with disability (SPWD) improved student attitudes towards people with disability ... -
Nurses eat their young: Bullying in the critical care setting
Incivility is a pervasive problem in nursing, and is seen quite frequently in the critical care setting. This project explores interventions to reduce incivility in the workplace in order to improve nurse retention and ... -
Nurses' Experiences of Resilience in the Workplace: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Resilience has been identified as a mediating factor in the development of nursing burnout. Healthcare organizations and leaders should consider implementing workplace programs that will foster resilience to mitigate ... -
Nurses' stress and coping: In the midst of work and back to school
(2017-07-13)The purpose of the present study was to explore levels of stress intensity and coping strategy frequency, as well as relationships between these groups of variables. Finally, stress levels and coping styles will be compared ... -
Nursing Graduates on Quality of Education and Readiness for Clinical Practice
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: There is an increasing use of distance learning (DL) being utilized for nursing education. Accelerated second-degree Bachelor of Science in nursing ...