Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Beta Delta at-Large"
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Bridging the gap: Using simultaneous multi-patient simulations to improve nursing competency and transition to practice: A causal-comparative inquiry
Twenty-first-century healthcare is a complex and demanding arena. Today’s hospital environment is more complex than in previous years while patients move through the system at a much faster pace. Newly graduated ... -
Comparison of pre-licensure BSN student outcomes between team-based and traditional learning methods
Background: The increased complexity of healthcare systems requires nurses to have a different skillset, largely not provided in today’s nursing curricula. Team-based learning is one possible teaching strategy believed to ... -
A comparison of the nursing costs associated with the implementation of the mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in California
Nurse executives are challenged to provide adequate nurse staffing to prevent adverse patient outcomes, promote patient satisfaction and enhance nurses' job satisfaction. Historically, nurse staffing strategies have involved ... -
Complementary and alternative modalities used by women with female-specific cancers
In this cross-sectional, retrospective, explanatory secondary analysis of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey, complementary and alternative modality (CAM) use and high-risk CAM use by women with female-specific ... -
Descriptive Study of Cognitive Disturbances in Older Breast Cancer Survivors
(2016-03-21)Note the start and end dates for the course. If the links to the CNE collection homepage or course are invalid, the course has ended. The item record and file will remain as a permanent entry in the repository in its ... -
Engaging undergraduate nursing students in quality improvement by leveraging an existing interprofessional educational clinic model
A quality improvement activity by medical, nursing, and social work faculty and students providing care in a student-led interprofessional indigent care clinic is highlighted. Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model and ... -
Gender effects on psychiatric profiles of substance abusing persons
The effects of gender on specific psychiatric variables of substance abusing persons was investigated with the goal of designing gender-appropriate programs for the treatment of addiction. A population of 120 male and 88 ... -
How to write items for the Next Gen NCLEX®: An interactive workshop
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2023-04-26)The Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) has arrived, which is equally exciting and nerve-racking for students and faculty. Join our 90-minute interactive question-writing workshop to start preparing today. In this webinar, Prof. ... -
The impact of a standardized handoff tool on student communication in the clinical setting
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Purpose: What is the impact of a standardized patient handoff tool on student communication in the clinical setting for nursing students? Ba ... -
Incivility in Nursing Classrooms
(2017-03-03)Session reported on Saturday, March 18, 2017: Background: In recent years the prevalence of incivility in educational settings has received heightened attention in academic and popular press. In light of nursing's position ... -
Interactive classroom education versus simulation-based teaching: A comparative study of nursing students in palliative care
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: The likelihood that a nurse will care for a patient during the end of life is increasing. Yet, new graduate nurses continue to feel unprepared to care for them. While there ... -
“It was a season…” postpartum depression in American Indian/Alaska native women
Background and Significance: Postpartum depression (PPD) is linked to diminished maternal, pediatric, and family health outcomes and is designated as the most common childbirth complication. PPD is found in most populations, ... -
Key strategies for preparing your students for the Next Gen NCLEX®
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2023-04-12)As a nursing faculty member, you already know about the new NGN question formats. However, would you like to learn how to teach your students key strategies to help them succeed on these new types of questions? Let a veteran ... -
Leadership communication development: A model to enhance a healthy work environment
Nurse leaders need development training that includes coaching and developing skills to effectively communicate and interact with peers and employees to create a healthy work environment. This presentation will describe a ... -
The Lived Experience of Incivility in Nursing Classrooms
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: In recent years the prevalence of incivility in educational settings has received heightened attention in academic and popular press. In light of nursing's position ... -
The Lived Experience of Iraqi Nurses in Communities Impacted by War or Terrorist Threat
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: Over the last two decades Iraq has endured three international wars, 13 years of economic sanctions, dictatorship, foreign occupation, and acts of terrorism. For ... -
The lived experience of moral distress in nursing academe
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: Practice dilemmas, labeled as moral distress, have appeared in the nursing literature as a topic of discussion and concern for over ... -
Many hands make light work: The history and development of an at-Large Sigma Chapter
This poster presentation will include information about the history and development, as well as benefits and challenges of a Sigma Theta Tau International at-Large chapter since the 1980s. -
Multi-Tasking and Technology Use: A Help or a Hindrance?
Although many may think that multi-tasking is a quality we would like to be able to instill in our nursing students, it is a potentially problematic behavior. This research will overview how multi-tasking with technology ... -
Older adult caregiving in an Amish community
The focus of this study is Amish experiences of older adult caregiving. As an ethnic and religious minority group, the population of Amish in North America is doubling every 18 to 20 years, increasing from an estimated ...
