Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Gamma Chi"
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A comparison of the effects of cutaneous stimulation and distraction on children's perceptions of injection pain
Research has shown that children fear injections and perceive them as painful. Virtually all children experience injections through immunizations, and, therefore, methods to decrease injection pain could have widespread ... -
Development of a school of nursing rubric
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: Purpose: Rubrics have been used as guides to establish and communicate standards to students when developing a paper or project. The standards set by the rubric assure course ... -
Exploring holistic comfort in children who experience a clinical venipuncture procedure
(2015-09-03)Introduction: Children often experience the uncomfortable effects of invasive procedures as a part of primary health supervision and during times of illness. Inadequate procedural comfort management can lead to numerous ... -
Exploring perceptions of staff registered nurse preceptors for undergraduate, pre-licensure nursing students
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore staff nurse experiences as preceptors to undergraduate, pre-licensure nursing students. Three areas of emphasis were explored: ... -
A guide to nursing students' written reflections for students and educators
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015: Experiences from the clinical setting are ideal for building critical thinking skills if reflection is used as a teaching tool. Reflecting on clinical experiences develops ... -
The Meaning of High-quality Nursing Care Derived from King's Interacting Systems
The purpose of this study is to conceptualize quality within a framework unique to nursing, King's Interacting Systems. Clarification of the concept within the metaparadigm and a nursing conceptual framework provides ... -
A narrative thematic analysis of baccalaureate nursing students' nurse-patient clinical reflections
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Wednesday, July 24, 2013: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of critical thinking in nursing students' reflective writing assignments, which were guided by Richard ... -
Nursing faculty care expressions, patterns, and practices related to teaching culture care
The purpose of this ethnonursing research study was to discover the care expressions, patterns, and practices of nursing faculty related to teaching culture care within the environmental context of urban and rural baccalaureate ... -
Pilot testing Okay with Asthma™: A digital story for psychosocial asthma management
Asthma, an obstructive airway disease characterized by recurrent episodes of breathlessness and wheezing, is the most prevalent chronic illness among children in the United States. An estimated 7.7 million American children ... -
Preschool children: What they know about asthma and how they learn
(2017-07-12)Purpose: Childhood asthma is a growing societal problem that causes suffering for children and families. Asthma currently impacts 6.8 million children in the United States, with as many as 50-80% developing symptoms ... -
The recovery-based interprofessional distance education (RIDE) rotation: Final report from four graduate cohorts
(2018-06-08)Review of the 4-week RIDE rotation: a series of online modules on interprofessional/recovery concepts for graduate students (mental health nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, exercise physiology) with 3-day clinical immersion. ... -
The relationships among social support, spiritual well-being, commitment and health-promoting behaviors in older adults
Study purpose was to examine relationships among personal factors, social support, spiritual well-being, commitment and health-promoting behaviors in three elderly age groups. Pender's revised Health Promotion Model (HPM) ... -
Taking a break: How rest breaks can reduce acute fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic
The overall purpose was to evaluate the effect of rest breaks during work hours on reducing COVID-19 work strain among hospital nurses. The project was conducted using a cross-sectional design among hospital nurses via ...