Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Iota Kappa"
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Attitudes of Health Professions' Students Toward Older Adults
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Purpose: Across the world, the population of older adults is growing exponentially. This growing population will not only tax each socio-economic ... -
Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perceptions of Simulation and the Development of Clinical Judgment
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of simulation and the development of clinical judgment. Methods: Qualitative ... -
Community health promotion initiatives to improve healthy food choices in an urban population
The Healthy Corner Store Network is one example of a community health promotion initiative to improve healthy food choices in an urban population with decreased access to healthy foods. -
Decreasing test-taking anxiety in nursing students: Recommendations for nursing faculty
(2017-09-15)A systematic review using PRISMA was completed to identify strategies that can be used by nursing faculty to reduce test-taking anxiety among nursing. Muscle relaxation, deep breathing, psychological and educational ... -
Don't take away my spark : A humane approach in nursing education
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016: Purpose: Given the intense demands of the 21st century, how can nursing educators construct a nursing curriculum that seeks to prepare competent, humanistic and globally educated ... -
Engaging interprofessional clinical, academic, and community partnerships to improve child health outcomes
A program developed to improve the fitness and health of elementary school age children while empowering parents to encourage healthy food choices. A network of professionals working together to improve children's health ... -
Engaging students in research: Decreasing social isolation in the independent living senior through technology
(2017-10-24)This session will discuss a pilot research study conducted to determine if technology could decrease social isolation in independent living seniors. Seniors skyped with graduate nursing students for 7 months. Benefits and ... -
The evolution of an interprofessional approach to combating childhood obesity in an urban setting
(2018-06-18)An interprofessional collaborative model was used to improve child health in an urban setting. Participants were afforded the opportunity to share their expertise with members of the interprofessional team to positively ... -
Health as expanding consciousness: Patterns of clinical reasoning in senior baccalaureate nursing students
(2018-03-28)Newman's theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness served as the theoretical framework to study the phenomenon of clinical reasoning. The patterns of relating, knowing, and decision making emerged in the participants and ... -
Health as expanding consciousness: Patterns of clinical reasoning in senior baccalaureate nursing students
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Purpose: Clinical reasoning has been identified as a necessary skill for practice in nursing. Multiple studies suggest that a gap exists between the education of nurses and their ... -
Health as expanding consciousness: Patterns of clinical reasoning in senior baccalaureate nursing students
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015: Clinical reasoning has been identified as a necessary skill to practice nursing. Multiple studies suggest that a gap exists between the education of nurses and their ability ... -
Igniting the soul through a global service-learning experience
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Purpose: How can the pedagogy of engagement in the human condition ignite the soul of a nursing student and foster exploration of issues such as culture, gender, sociopolitical ... -
Implementing a cognitive rehearsal program to combat nursing incivility
The purpose of this program was to develop a quality improvement educational module designed to increase the awareness of incivility in the workplace and train the participants to respond to incivility using cognitive ... -
An interprofessional and nursing science approach in implementation of an undergraduate nursing pharmacology course
(2017-10-13)As a result of a study on clinical reasoning, this researcher broadened the application of Newman's theory beyond clinical instruction and collaborated with a pharmacist in implementation of an undergraduate nursing ... -
Nursing is a Team Sport: Sideline Coaching to Achieve NCLEX-RN Success
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014: Purpose: To measure the effect of Academic Coaching on Nursing students academic success, perceptions of the coaching relationship, perceived NCLEX-RN exam readiness and NCLEX-RN ... -
Nursing students perception on the effects of relaxation methods to decrease test anxiety
The purpose of this evidence based intervention was to determine student's perception on various relaxation methods used to decrease their test anxiety. First semester sophomore students enrolled in a baccalaureate nursing ... -
Projected nursing shortage: How nurse educators and experience nurses can ensure a future nursing workforce
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: Issues facing nursing practice today is a projected nursing shortage. As the current nursing workforce begins to retire, the need to fulfill ... -
The relationship between perceived self-efficacy and retention of new hospice volunteers
As the hospice concept becomes more popular, there is an increased need for hospice volunteers. Hospice volunteer coordinators are seeking methods that will help enhance volunteer recruitment and retention. One screening ... -
SNACK: A team approach to increasing children's nutritional knowledge
(2017-09-26)A team approach to improve children's fitness and nutrition, SNACK was developed to decrease childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes in two urban elementary schools with a childhood obesity rate of 49%. A coordinated school ...
