Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Gamma Sigma"
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2017-2019 Presidential Call to Action: Connect, Collaborate, Catalyze
(2017-12-15)Presented during the House of Delegates, at Sigma's 44th Biennial Convention held 28 October through 1 November 2017. This record contains Dr. Tigges' Presidential Call to Action, calls for nurses to "connect, collaborate, ... -
Assessing perceptions of student engagement and teaching effectiveness in a concept-based nursing curriculum
Educators are continuously searching for ways to increase teaching effectiveness and improve student outcomes for nursing programs across the country. Educational research historically has focused on student engagement and ... -
BE RESILIENT: Examining the relationship between staff nurse incivility and undergraduate nursing students' sense of belonging to the nursing profession
Background: Sense of belonging is essential for nursing students to develop and grow within the nursing profession. Unfortunately, incivility threatens the sense of belonging in nursing students. Purpose: The purpose of ... -
Beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of spirituality: A case study of homeless women in Nevada
(2017-06-12)Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to assess the beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of the meaning of spirituality in a cohort of sheltered homeless women in an urban area in southeast Nevada. Methods: ... -
Best Evidence-Based Strategies for Leading Productive Workplace Teams
Strong evidence exists that high-quality teamwork can be learned and will lead to better outcomes. This session will provide concrete, evidence-based strategies for successful team leadership and participation. -
Closing the Gap in Nurse Advocacy
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: Health care transformation is happening globally. Nurses have the knowledge and expertise to dramatically impact the reformation of local, national and global health systems. ... -
Community mental health clinical experiences utilizing high fidelity simulations with baccalaureate nursing students
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Historically nursing students have a fear of clients encountered in health care settings that have a mental health diagnosis. Unfortunately, this fear is often the result of ... -
Community stress-busting program for family caregivers of patients with dementia
(2012-9-12)Purpose: As caregivers assume responsibilities for family members who are unable to care for themselves, they experience a tremendous amount of change and stress in their lives. The Community Stress-Busting Program (CSBP) ... -
Compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue among pediatric nurses and the impact on patient satisfaction
Compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction are two inter-related concepts. Individuals in helping professions may occasionally face compassion fatigue from giving so much of themselves to others. Compassion fatigue has ... -
Concept-based assignments used as study guides: Facilitating learners input into education
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Through course evaluation and verbal feedback from students, evidence for implementation of new teaching practices and the development of new teaching assignments to engage ... -
Connecting, Collaborating, Catalyzing: Sigma 2019 and Beyond
To view the video of this presentation, please scroll down to the embedded streamable version below. To view the slides without voiceover, please click on the slide deck file in this record.This opening plenary will focus ... -
The creation and implementation of a military veteran to Bachelor of Science in nursing pathway
(2017-07-14)Purpose: The presentation will explain the procedures involved in creating an innovative admission pathway that facilitates veteran’s abilities to obtain a Bachelor’s of Science in nursing. In the summer of ... -
Development of antepartal data set elements for nurse-midwifery care
The use of minimum data sets (MDS) has become integral to managing information in health care. The American College of Nurse-Midwives is redesigning the Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Data Set to function as a MDS to improve ... -
Effects of infant positioning in the NICU
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: When babies are born, they are thrown into a world very different from the one they knew in the womb. This is especially true for premature or ... -
Evidence for human placental SLC6A4 dysregulation in prenatal opioid and alcohol exposure
The purpose of this project was to address the convergent effect of POE and PAE on key placental immune and serotonin factors. The central hypothesis was that increased opioid-induced activation of the TLR4 pathway in the ... -
GAPFON and Sigma Chapters: How Members and Chapters Can Contribute
In this presentation, President Beth Baldwin Tigges will present an overview of the GAPFON (Global Advisory Council on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery) initiative and how Sigma chapters can contribute to achievement ... -
Impact of interprofessional orientation on new employee attitudes regarding interprofessional teamwork
(2018-03-23)Interprofessional teamwork is recognized as a major contributing factor to safe patient care and improved patient outcomes. Healthcare professionals’ attitudes impact successful teamwork. A large, ... -
Implementing a veteran-to-BSN pathway: Supporting and advocating for veterans seeking a BSN
(2017-10-12)A Veteran to BSN Pathway was created and implemented to support veterans who are seeking a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree. This endeavor was supported by a HRSA grant that was awarded to Roseman University College ... -
An integrative approach to the implementation of a veteran to BSN pathway
(2018-03-12)The presentation will explain the processes involved in developing, implementing, and sustaining a Veteran’s to Bachelors of Science in nursing pathway that was funded with a three-year $1 million HRSA grant. -
It is what it is...Enduring the never-ending: The lived experiences of parenting adult children with developmental/intellectual disabilities
The parental home is the predominant place of residence for adults with developmental disabilities/ intellectual disabilities (DD/ID) (Heller et al., 2007). More than 75% of the adult population with DD/ID, living in the ...
