Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Gamma Gamma"
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Advancing Nursing Informatics to Improve Healthcare Quality and Outcomes
(2017-10-09)Nurses must work with our informatics colleagues and apply technology and innovation to transform the way we deliver care. This session will describe how collaboration, knowledge, innovation and leadership can advance the ... -
Ambulatory Playbook: Externs and Delay to Practice New Registered Nurses
(2017-06-06)Purpose: The purpose for this project is to discuss the rational behind recruiting and utilizing more registered nurses in the ambulatory care setting through a student externship and transitioning delay to practice ... -
Augmented Reality: Using the Microsoft HoloLens® to Promote Student Success
(2018-03-19)Augmented reality, the integration of digital information with the user's environment in real time, is a new lower cost simulation technology that shows promise for nursing education. It utilizes specialized ear and eyewear ... -
Description of medical-surgical nurses' care of patients at risk for pressure ulcers (PU)
(2017-07-25)The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore and describe the level of understanding of PU development and prevention and the perceptions of implementing PU prevention measures of nurses caring for patients in MS units. -
ED Community Placement Project (EDCPP): "Right Service-Right Venue"
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: San Diego has the 3rd largest homeless population in the United States, second only to New York and Los Angeles. Nearly one-third of all visits to the emergency ... -
ED Community Placement Project (EDCPP): Right Service-Right Venue Approach in Managing ED Frequent Users
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014: ED Community Placement Project (EDCPP): Right Service -Right Venue approach in managing ED frequent users. Karen Elizabeth Mitchell, RN, MSN,CMCN, Department of Emergency ... -
The effects of health beliefs, acculturation, and a culturally appropriate teaching intervention on parents' knowledge of and compliance with tuberculosis treatment in a Mexican-American population: A preliminary analysis
The primary purpose of this research study, using a correlational and comparative descriptive design, was to examine the effects of health beliefs, acculturation, and a culturally appropriate Spanish-language audiotaped ... -
Enhancing the patient safety culture of ABSN students through instruction on medical error recovery
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Attitudes toward patient safety are the foundation of patient safety culture. Nursing students begin to formulate their patient safety attitudes while in educational programs. ... -
Evolution of the Professional Nursing Organization: Development of Power
The issue of power of the nursing profession has been an ongoing concern to nurses. Early nursing leaders believed that the most effective way to obtain power was through the formation of organizations for nurses. They ... -
The experience of decision-making among telephone advice/triage nurses
The role of the telephone advice/triage nurse is both complex and demanding. All decisions are made while assessing patients without seeing or touching patients. In addition, the role is often developed to decrease health ... -
Exploring relationships between stigma, social support, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD)
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) affect 1 in 5 women nationally, making these disorders the most frequent complication of childbirth. In this descriptive, correlational cross-sectional research study of 105 ... -
HPV Knowledge and HPV Vaccine Uptake among U.S. Navy Personnel 18 - 26 Years of Age
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: Purpose: The human Pepilloma virus (HPV) is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection in the United States (U.S.), with an estimated 6.2 million new infections ... -
Ideals for nurses: A study of the "American Journal of Nursing" and "RN", 1940-1960
The purpose of this study was to examine the ideals promoted in two major nursing journals, the AJN and RN, from 1940 through 1960. A thematic analysis of both journals was conducted. This analysis revealed that the AJN ... -
The ideas of empathy in nursing: A conceptual analysis
The term empathy has long been of interest in nursing, since empathy is one way in which nurses move from generalized knowledge to particular knowledge of another. Empathy enables the nurse to comprehend the situation of ... -
Identification of nurse-controlled variables pain In a magnet designated community hospital's surgical orthopedic patient population
(2018-06-14)The design of this study is a descriptive secondary data analysis of patients undergoing a total hip or a total knee procedure, examining the relationship between pain and specific nurse-controlled and confounding variables ... -
Impact of marital quality and psychological well-being on parental sensitivity for first-time mothers and fathers: A nursing study
Parents' sensitivity in reading infants' often-subtle cues is an essential part of parent-infant interactions that contributes to child development. Empirical evidence links marital quality to quality of parent-infant ... -
Implementing moral distress and burnout in nursing education: A preliminary study
Nursing students implemented a one-day conference addressing moral distress, burnout, and coping mechanisms. Whether through integrated within the curriculum or a one-day event, there is a need for an intervention to be ... -
Influence of HIV mode of transmission on nurses' willingness to care
This quasi-experimental study was designed to determine the extent to which nurses' willingness to care is influenced by mode of HIV transmission. A reformulation of King's Model of Human Interactions was used to theoretically ... -
Measuring nurses' perceptions of collaborative governance as a method of assessing transformation of organizational culture
(2017-07-24)Purpose: This completed study describes the measurement of nurses’ perceptions of collaborative governance (CG) over 5 years after implementation of a CG structure developed to transform culture and empower nurses ... -
Nurse leadership competency self-assessment study: Identifying leadership development needs for a healthcare system
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015: Purpose: Nurse leaders, regardless of the level of their position, should be competent in: 1) communication and relationship building; 2) knowledge of the healthcare environment; ...
