Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Alpha"
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Academic-practice partnership: A strategy to increase new graduate nurse retention
(2017-10-23)The purpose of this project is to begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the Nursing Academy (NA), an innovative academic-practice partnership model for the teaching, training and preparation of baccalaureate nursing ... -
Activating paradoxical and polarity leadership strategies to achieve quality global health
This third paper describes the challenges associated with managing paradox and polarities associated with effective leadership development in healthcare. Contemporary leaders must negotiate the tensions between innovation ... -
Addressing the national opioid crisis by developing and implementing undergraduate nursing curricula
The Opioid Epidemic, an undergraduate nursing course to assist students in the entry into the healthcare system with an overview of substance use disorder. A review of the history of the crisis, screening, assessment, ... -
Adolescent Motivation for Physical Activity: A Concept Analysis
Motivation keeps adolescents progressing towards achievement of an outcome, such as attainment of regular and adequate physical activity (PA). For adolescents to develop a habit of engaging in PA research is needed to ... -
Advancing nursing education globally through a Fulbright Teaching Award
The aim of my presentation is to encourage more nurse educators to apply for the Fulbright award by sharing my experience as a Fulbright scholar in Malawi. Current literature focuses on the research Fulbright, but I will ... -
African American nurses speak out about trust and mistrust in predominately white nursing programs
(2018-03-29)This study describes experiences of trust and mistrust by African American nurses while attending predominately White nursing programs. Trust describes caring, working towards diversity, and supporting through actions. ... -
Aligning an online educational activity with QSEN competencies to bridge the leadership practice gap
(2018-05-11)Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) developed an online Nurse Manager Certificate Program (NMCP) that aligned the QSEN competencies and The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) Nurse Manager Competencies. ... -
Application and Evaluation of a Global Learning Rubric
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: The state of knowledge continues to evolve in terms of best practices for global learning under the broad rubric of internationalizing the curriculum. Educators can benefit ... -
Application of interprofessional simulation-based clinical examination in extended nursing experimental teaching practice
(2017-06-19)Purpose: To explore the feasibility of inter-professional simulation-based clinical examination for nursing students in China. This study attempts to apply the simulation technology of evaluation on expanding ... -
Assessing acuity adaptable staff about their perceptions of current fall prevention practices`
(2018-03-12)This educational activity will discuss a quality improvement project assessing the perceptions of Acuity Adaptable staff about fall prevention practices in order to understand barriers and suggestions about current fall ... -
Assessing an academic nursing partnership for acuity adaptable units
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: This poster will describe a Bachelor of Science pre-licensure nursing program and healthcare system partnership on Acuity Adaptable Units at Eskenazi Health. Students ... -
Assets and Issues of Navajos and Providers: Connecting Similarities With Aboriginal and Other Indigenous People
(2018-06-29)Working and living on the Navajo Nation and observing limited healthcare available exposes deficits that call for correction. The challenge is to expand knowledge of isolated groups of Native Americans, Aborigines, and all ... -
The association between self-reported cognitive abilities and commonly reported symptoms in long-term breast cancer survivors
The target audience of this presentation is nurses who care for breast cancer patients and survivors and want better understanding of the relationship between self-reported cognitive abilities (language, visuo-perceptual, ... -
Barriers to treating hypertension and preventing potential risk for cardiovascular disease among Haitians
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016: Purpose: Hypertension (HTN) is the greatest cause of morbidity in Haiti, where it is an identified cause of heart failure for 45% of patients, and primarily associated with more ... -
Becoming a nurse educator
(2017-10-26)Two experienced deans and nurse educators describe their own journeys, provide tips on becoming successful as a faculty member, and provide options for career paths. -
Best practices for nurses and nurse practitioners working with farmworkers during hurricane recovery
The purpose of this project was to: 1. Assess the impact of Hurricane Florence among Eastern Carolina farmworkers. 2. Provide health screenings and outreaches to this vulnerable population to assist in recovery from ... -
Breast Cancer Survivors' Perceptions of Partners' Intervention Needs
(2018-06-06)Breast cancer survivors and their partners report similar levels of fear of recurrence; however, partners are rarely the subject of intervention. Survivors' perceptions for partners' interests and barriers in a survivorship ... -
BSN student attitudes towards teamwork using TeamSTEPPS 2.0 vs. a conventional method
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Preparing nursing students to provide safe patient care in a collaborative team environment requires teamwork strategies and training. Exposure to ... -
Building Healthy Relationships through Peer Review in Simulation Education
(2017-03-03)Session presented on Saturday, March 18, 2017: Simulation as a methodology for education has been active in our setting for ten years. Our Simulation Center is a partnership between a large multi-site healthcare system, a ... -
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 ...
