Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Phi Pi"
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Creating healthy work environments in critical care nursing
(2017-03-03)Session presented on Saturday, March 18, 2017: Having unhealthy working conditions in healthcare results inthe erosion of the quality, efficiency and safety of patient care delivery and attrition from the profession of ... -
Crisis in competency: Evaluating bedside performance in undergraduate BSN nursing students
Participants will be introduced to the Nurse Practice Integration Assignment utilized in a Nevada undergraduate BSN Nursing program. Students identify and intervene in a decline in patient condition. This model utilizes ... -
CT time: A vital measurement in the treatment of moderate to severe head injuries
(2015-01-15)Session presented on Friday, September 26, 2014: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the most common types of injury seen by trauma centers. Many patients suffering from TBI die in the field before ever reaching a ... -
Cultural characteristics of a nursing education center of excellence: A naturalistic inquiry case study
Nursing education is at a crossroad today. Stressors in nursing programs include expanding enrollments to meet growing workforce demands for more registered nurses, demanding workloads with low average nursing faculty ... -
Cultural Competency Training for Heightened Awareness of the Hospital Staff and Program
Cultural competency training for mental health and addiction hospital staff utilized two tools to increase heightened awareness for the staff in providing a more culturally competent care and culturally competent program ... -
Cultural Competency Training for Mental Health and Addiction Hospital Staff
Project implemented over eight weeks. A three-hour cultural competency training for hospital staff and two tools utilized. Attendees will learn about the benefit of culturally competent practices and initiatives to address ... -
Dedicated education units: An integrative review
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015: A combination of decreasing clinical sites to train nursing students, critical clinical faculty shortages, and the need to improve clinical learning experience has made colleges ... -
Defining scholarship
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: The ability to define scholarly work or scholarship is a dilemma nursing educator's face when preparing for promotion, tenure, merit reviews and preparing for the Certified ... -
Developing a leadership development program
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: The purpose of this scholarly project was to explore the effectiveness of implementing a standardized leadership program on improving nurse ... -
Development of an evidence-based advisory opinion guiding preceptorships
(2017-08-03)The use of preceptorships for nursing students has become an accepted practice in contemporary nursing. The preceptorship phenomenon is a complex and interactive process that involves many stakeholders including nurse ... -
Distress and type 2 diabetes: An integrative review
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Problem: Half of all Americans are projected to be diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM) or prediabetes by 2020; and 2050 projections indicate that 1 in 3 Americans will develop ... -
The effectiveness of facilitated web-mediated postpartum depression education and postpartum discharge instructions
(2016-07-13)Postpartum depression is a mental health mood disorder characterized by sadness and despair in patients within twelve months following birth. At the microsystem level of care prior to the discharge of the postpartum patient, ... -
Employing “Hackathon” Methodology: An Innovative Platform to Provide Ongoing Nurse Recognition and Empowerment
Oral presentation illustrating the journey of a team of nurses sharing first place at a “Hackathon” competition while attending a Sigma (nursing honor society) meeting promoting positive workplace environments. ... -
Engaging the aging in healthy living
(2017-10-23)Participants will learn about an innovative program designed to remove barriers, provide resources, and empower the vulnerable population of the aging adult. The poster will present a forum that endorses socialization and ... -
Equipping students and nurses to recognize and respond to lateral and horizontal violence
(2017-03-03)Session presented on Saturday, March 18, 2017: This poster presents a workshop for student nurses with two main emphases. The first is to create a space where compassionate presence, respectful listening, and thoughtful ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of instructional methodologies among nurses: Lectures, e-learning and self study strategies
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016: Nurses are a highly educated audience requiring an effective teaching-learning delivery system for their on-going certification requirements. The purpose of this quantitative ... -
Evaluation of the Master Instructor Concept in an Accelerated Baccalaureate Program
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Thursday, July 24, 2014: Based on the concepts presented in Ken Bain's book What the Best College Teachers Do; A Master Level Instructor demonstrates and provides an authentic learning environment that ... -
Evidence-based practice to prevent and treat hypoglycemia in a cardiovascular inpatient hospital
(2018-06-18)Hypoglycemia is a significant safety concern that can affect clinical outcomes. This quantitative research, using a prospective causal-comparative design, investigated the effect of education on the nurse's adherence to ... -
An explanatory model for negotiating men's gendered challenges as nursing students
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: The gendered challenges men experience as nursing students are well described in published studies from around the globe spanning the past 30 years. ... -
Exploring student perceptions of retention issues in a 3-year baccalaureate-level nursing program
The nursing shortage, a major concern for the United States, has a multitude of causative factors. Nursing education has been tasked with helping to decrease the shortage of qualified registered nurses. Poor retention of ...