Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Delta Xi"
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Assessing Your Policy IQ: Steps to Enhance Your Advocacy and Policy
With over 29 million nurses and midwives globally, there is great potential for policy influence. Nurses have tremendous expertise and talent that can be harnessed to expand the profession's collective influence. This ... -
Caring in Traditional and Non-Traditional Nursing Students
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: The purpose of this study was to examine traditional and non-traditional nursing students to determine if there are significant differences in ... -
Chapter Development Through the Implementation of a Student Leadership Intern Position
(2016-09-26)Student internship in the Delta Xi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau (STTI) addresses goals of developing member leadership and service. The position is open to undergraduate or graduate students who are members of Delta Xi. ... -
A Collaborative Case Management Model in an End Stage Renal Disease Patient Population
The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effectiveness of a collaborative case management (CCM) model on an end stage renal disease (ESRD) patient population. The study attempted to confront some of the conceptual ... -
Collective Self-esteem and Attitudes Toward Collaboration as Predictors to Collaborative Practice Behaviors Used by Registered Nurses and Physicians in Acute Care Hospitals
Beginning in 2000, the Institute of Medicine clearly established the importance of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork with regard to improving patient care quality and safety in acute care hospitals. ... -
A Comparison of Mother-Child Interaction Between Adolescent and Adult Mothers of Preschoolers
Two main purposes of this study were: (a) to compare the mother-child interactions between adolescent and adult mothers; and (b) to examine the changes of adolescent mothers' mother-child interactions over time. Forty-three ... -
Conceptualizing Cultural Weaving to Decrease Health Disparities: What are Culture Characteristics of a Community Organization?
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: Cultural weaving is a phenomenon that has drawn researchers to explore the significance of beliefs and values on eliminating health disparities among ... -
Developing Nested Typologies to Construct a Theoretical Framework of Adolescent Dating Violence
A novel qualitative analytic technique, developing nested typologies to construct a theoretical framework, will be described. The use of this technique to construct a theoretical framework that depicts the unfolding of ... -
Development and Testing of a Scale to Measure Self-efficacy for Pelvic Muscle Exercises in Women with Urinary Incontinence
Previous research has demonstrated that behavioral interventions utilizing pelvic muscles can reduce or eliminate incontinence for many individuals. Active patient participation is a key component for all behavioral ... -
Do Not Hospitalize Practices: Predictors Among Nurses and Social Workers in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Participants will examine how vital policy, education, and advocacy are in influencing registered and licensed practical nurses and social workers do not hospitalize - (DNH) practices in skilled nursing facilities. Data ... -
Effect of NCLEX® pass rate with the replacement of live review with virtual review
This abstract discusses how the implementation of an individualized NCLEX virtual review compared to traditional NCLEX live review has demonstrated NCLEX pass rates above the national average for one college over the last ... -
Family Visitation in the Adult ICU
Undergraduate research assignment exploring how patient health status is affected by family visitation. Current practice restricts family visitation in adult ICUs due to concerns of infection, safety, and exhaustion. The ... -
Finding Our Voice Through Interdisciplinary Policy Teams: Strategies for Compelling Change
Policy teams provide opportunities for faculty to understand issues, engage students and drive policy discussions. Speakers will discuss three policy team initiatives, benefits, member roles, and barriers to faculty and ... -
Finding the apple in the seeds
To cap off the end of a Sigma Academy cohort, Academy scholars and other Sigma academy participants were charged with sharing their leadership journey and/or their Sigma Academy self-selected projects via a Pecha Kucha ... -
Implementing an Electronic Defense for Program Learning Outcome Assessment to Evaluate Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes
(2018-06-21)Positive EBP attitudes are essential for enhanced global health outcomes. Using innovative technology (electronic defense) in program outcome assessment will capture students' EBP attitudes towards global health and allow ... -
Invasive Cardiology BLS/ACLS Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI)
There were numerous expired BLS/ACLS cards due to scheduling problems. Staff cited lack of easily accessible classes as one reason. Our goal was to improve BLS/ACLS re-certification compliance by providing a learning ... -
Missing Nursing Care Data that Represents Disruption to the Neutral Thermal Environment of Premature Neonates
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Problem Statement: Poor growth following premature birth is associated with lifelong neurological, motor, and cognitive deficits (Doyle & Anderson, 2014). Maintenance of a ... -
A Model for Falls With Major Injury in Nursing Home Residents
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Background: The combination of more elderly living longer and needing more supportive care means the absolute proportion of older adults in nursing homes is likely to rise. ... -
Nursing faculty and student perspectives of teaching effectiveness in the online environment
This presentation describes original research findings related to experiences and perceptions of nursing faculty and students who have participated in online education. Themes from both faculty and student focus groups, ... -
Nursing Students' Caring Behavior as an Outcome of Instructors' Caring: First Results from an International Study
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Theoretically, caring relationships between faculty and student generates a caring moment. However, there is a scarcity of empirical evidence about how caring interactions ...
