Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Delta Beta at-Large"
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Administrative and Infrastructure Supports Needed for Global Initiatives in Nursing
Institution support, resources and training for international programs are needed. The establishment of official policies and procedures related to fiscal responsibilities, university requirements, safety considerations, ... -
A Behavior Change Theory-Based Home-Based mHealth Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for Women
Socioeconomically deprived women who face transportation challenges, family obligations, depression or low social support are unable to utilize center-based cardiac rehabilitation (CBCR). We expanded the reach of secondary ... -
Bridging the Skill Set Gap of Emergency Department Nurse Practitioners
This project focuses on the need for more qualified emergency department (ED) nurse practitioners (NPs) in central Florida. With only 233 certified emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) nationwide and the increasingly aging ... -
Caregiver Presence and Self-Management Ability Predict Perceived Self-Management Adherence in Patients With COPD
Data presented originates from our pilot work regarding the use of a self-guided, eHealth, self-management intervention in patients with COPD. The purpose of this abstract is to examine the relationship between caregiver ... -
Childbirth Delivery Preference Using a Newly Developed Childbirth Delivery Options Questionnaire: A Pilot Study
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Purpose: It is concerning that the rate of caesarean sections is increasing worldwide. Results from the World Health Organization (WHO) worldwide survey showed that the overall ... -
Communication, Connectivity, and Community: A Chapter's Experience With a Profile Updating Contest
(2016-09-16)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Communication, Connectivity and Community: A Chapter's Experience with a Profile Updating Contest Background: Membership involvement is a common struggle for many chapters. ... -
Development and testing of a measure of patient satisfaction with nursing care
The purpose of this research was to test an empirically derived measure of patient satisfaction with nursing care. Existing measures of this important phenomenon lack adequate validity and a strong theoretical base. A ... -
Development of a Learning Needs Assessment Tool for Nurse Managers to Offer Continuing Education Programs Which Reflect Their Learning Needs
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Background: Nurse managers are the nurses with management responsibilities in a nursing unit. They have primary responsibilities for staffing ... -
Development of an Evidence-Based Online Veteran Healthcare Course
(2017-07-25)Over 2 million Americans have served in the military since 9/11. Often civilian providers are these veterans only or primary source of health care. This presentation will discuss the development of a first-of-its-kind ... -
Development of delivery system for art in hospital through spatial installation art: “Breathing House” in Japan
The ultimate aims of this study are to develop a system to provide “Art in Hospital” through Spatial Installation Art can be utilized in Japan and to diffuse the system. -
Does the ADLS Course Increase Nursing Students' Knowledge of Disaster Response?
This project is a quantitative evaluation of the Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) course. The ADLS course is an educational intervention designed to deliver standardized education that seeks to enhance the knowledge ... -
Educational Needs and Learning Needs of Visiting Nurses in Japan: Difference According to the Years of Home-Visit Nursing Care Experience
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Objective: To explore the difference in educational needs and learning needs according to the years of home-visit nursing care experience. ... -
Ethnicity Moderates the Relationship Between Perceived Social Support and Self-Care Confidence in Heart Failure Patients
The purpose of this data analysis was to examine the relationship between perceived social support and self-care confidence in a sample of patients with Heart Failure. -
Evaluation of Comprehensive Screening to Support Initial Depression Diagnosis Among Military Adolescent Beneficiaries
(2017-07-13)Problem Statement: Due to the unique life circumstances associated with military service, greater burdens are placed on a military member’s family increasing stress and risk for mental illness, especially among pediatric ... -
Evidence to Support Faculty Development in Japan: Development of the Self-Evaluation Scale of Teaching Behavior in Nursing Lectures
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Purpose: Lectures have been used in nursing education as an effective means to teach nursing knowledge and theory, and to connect these to practice. However, lectures tend to ... -
Examination of Stress and Sleep in the ICU on Family Caregiver Health
Attendees will learn the current state of the science on post intensive care syndrome in family caregivers (PICS-F). Examination of family caregiver stress levels, quality of sleep in the ICU, and risk of PICS-F will be discussed. -
Expectations vs. Reality
We need to endow students with skill-sets needed to thrive in a world defined by technology. New strategies to guide our ever-connected students are needed. The who,what, when and where of these modalities includes engagement ... -
Experience of Foreign-Educated Physicians Transition to Family Nurse Practitioner Role in the United States
(2017-09-19)Nurse practitioner programs could benefit from finding avenues that recognize and value the foreign educated physician's training and experience while expediting their transition to a primary care nurse practitioner role. ... -
The geriatric cancer experience in end of life: Model adaptation and testing
The National Institutes of Health recommends the development of conceptual models to increase rigor and improve evaluation in research. Validated models are essential to guide conceptualizations of phenomena, selection of ... -
HeartMApp: A Self-Care Mobile Telemedicine Application to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem affecting 5.7 million people, costing $35 billion annually, with over 17 billion spent on hospitalizations ...
