Browsing by Funders "Sigma Foundation for Nursing"
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Capacity building for nurses and midwives in the effective management of post-partum hemorrhage in a tertiary healthcare facility, Ghana
Background: Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is a major obstetric emergency and a direct cause of maternal deaths worldwide. Of the 14 million cases of obstetric haemorrhages that occur each year globally, PPH is the most ... -
Cardiovascular risk among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa
(2018-05-10)Problem Statement: South Africa has the highest incidence of drug resistant-tuberculosis (DR-TB) in sub-Saharan Africa and outcomes are poor. Only 54% of patients successfully complete treatment. The prevalence of ... -
Care of women who have experienced a stillbirth
Background: Evidence has shown that the care rendered to women experiencing stillbirths influences their grieving process (Saflund, Sjogren & Wredlin, 2004:137). Thus, it is important to improve the quality of the education ... -
Caring for bereaved mothers who lost their babies as stillbirths, neonates and infants up to five years: An inter-professional approach
Background: In 2017, neonatal morality rate for Eswatini was 17.4 deaths per 1000 live births, infant mortality rate 40.8 deaths per 1000 live births and under-five mortality rate 53.9 deaths per 1000 live births. In one ... -
Caring in nursing practice: A concept that transcends gender
(2012-01-04)Nurses who are male represent approximately six percent of the nursing workforce in the United States. This minority representation begins in nursing education programs and extends into practice. This finding is not unique ... -
Cervical cancer screening barriers and facilitators for sexual and gender minorities: A community engaged feasibility approach
The purposes of this study were to identify barriers and facilitators to CCS among SGMs and to obtain key stakeholders’ perspectives on strategies to facilitate increased CCS among these populations. -
Challenges of customizing ECG alarm settings in intensive care units: A mixed methods study
(2018-03-22)Background: Alarm fatigue is a well-established patient safety concern in acute care settings. One mechanism for reducing this phenomenon and improving patient care is customization of alarm settings to reflect individual ... -
Climate justice perspectives and strategies implemented by public health nurses and their community partners
Climate injustice is a public and planetary health crisis. The climate justice movement, which emerged from the environmental justice movement, connects climate change to structural injustices in society. Public health ... -
Climate justice perspectives and strategies implemented by public health nurses and their community partners
The purpose of this study was to begin to examine effective public health practices that advance climate justice and population health by describing how PHNs and their community partners conceptualize climate justice, and ... -
Communication of prognostic information in an ICU at end of life: Practices among and between nurses, physicians and family members
Design. Ethnographic study analyzing prognostic communication at end of life in ICU between/among family members of patients at high risk for death and critical care physicians and nurses. Study questions. (1) What are ... -
Community Acquired MRSA: Evidence-Based Protocol for the Emergency Department
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Educational meetings with nurse practitioner and physician assistant providers were conducted in a hospital emergency department (ED) to increase provider knowledge of the evidence-based (EB) ... -
Comparison of simulation exposure in accelerated undergraduate nursing education and its effect on critical thinking development
The aim of the study was to determine what effect simulation percentage for substitution of traditional clinical time had on accelerated nursing students’ critical thinking skills, as measured by the Health Education ... -
Creating a relationship-based learning community in a college of nursing
(2012-01-04)Purpose: The purpose of this project was to implement strategies to improve employee and student satisfaction at a Midwest, single purpose College of Nursing. Methods: Creating a healthy work environment is essential to ... -
Creating shared meaning between nurses and physicians in the nursing home
(2017-01-27)The aims of this pilot study were as follows: (a) to examine the design and utility of an intervention based on the Sensemaking model, and (b) to examine communication between nurses and physicians caring for residents ... -
Cross-cultural adaptation and translation of the Functional, Communicative, and Critical Health Literacy (FCCHL) questionnaire
Aim 1: Cross-culturally translate the FCCHL tool into Spanish using appropriate methods inclusive of language and culture. Aim 2: Assess the validity of the Spanish-FCCHL (S-FCCHL) tool with native-Spanish speakers. -
The current state of evidence-based practice in nurses across the United States
(2012-01-04)Background/Significance: Although multiple studies have supported that evidence-based practice (EBP) improves the quality of healthcare, enhances patient outcomes, reduces the geographic variation in care and decreases ... -
Determining the influence of parent mental health on two-generation outcomes in families with children in residential treatment
Adolescents with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders discharged from residential treatment (RT) experience severe, life-altering psychosocial outcomes that may be ameliorated by addressing positive parenting ... -
Developing and sustaining partnerships: The key to successful healthcare initiatives
(2012-01-04)Collaborative partnerships between academics and health service providers are the foundation towards bridging the overall education and practice gaps within the nursing discipline. For years, healthcare agencies and academic ... -
Developing leadership capacity for nursing practice in Liberia
(2012-01-04)Purpose: The country of Liberia is just rebuilding the healthcare infrastructure after 20 years of civil war. Although many countries have invested a great deal of funding and personnel into rebuilding various sectors, ... -
Development and psychometric testing of the Capstone-Experience Preceptor Preparedness Scale: The Cap-ExPresS study
To develop and psychometrically test a survey measuring preceptor preparedness, particularly when working with Nursing students completing their BSN degree.