Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Kappa Tau"
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Assessing interprofessional palliative care movie simulation and debriefing: A multisite, multinursing track perspective
(2017-07-26)A scripted movie of interprofessional teamwork (palliative care of an ALS patient) can provide simulation experience for various tracks of nursing (traditional BSN, LPN-BSN, and RN-BSN) via face-to-face or online delivery ... -
Awarding Excellence through STTI
(2012-11-29)Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: STTI recognizes members' achievements through international awards, grants and more. During this session, you will become familiar with these STTI benefits and learn how ... -
Communicating Clinical Competence
(2013-05-13)Session presented on Sunday, April 14, 2013: At the request of the VT Board of Nursing, RN and LPN re-entry forms were revised to incorporate what has been learned from the evidence-based, statewide, nurse internship ... -
Effect of DNP and MSN evidence-based practice (EBP) courses on nursing students' use of EBP
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016: Traditional nursing research courses at the MSN level have recently been restructured to incorporate more focus on evidence based practice (EBP). Doctorate of Nursing Practice ... -
The experience of Puerto Rican families who bring their children to the emergency department for asthma care
The aim of the study was to describe the experience of Puerto Rican families who brought their child to the emergency department (ED) for asthma care. Asthma is the most common chronic pediatric disease, affecting 6.3 ... -
Fidelity testing of an HIV prevention intervention: An opportunity to enhance nursing students’ research experience
(2018-04-03)The training needs of health care providers delivering an HIV prevention intervention were determined by incorporating graduate nursing students into fidelity testing of the behavioral intervention. Training needs were ... -
Multinational Research Collaboratives, Interaction Costs, and Time to Productivity: An Empirical Model to Support Success
(2017-06-29)Purpose: To illuminate promising practices in multinational research collaboratives that may guide research initiatives that range from interprofessional, to multi-site, to international. Research to effectively address ... -
Nursing informatics and hospital decision-making: The use of information generated by an automated patient classification system
Automated patient classification systems (PCS) are widely used throughout the United States. Their intended purpose is to generate information to be used in decision making by and for nurses and nursing services. Expenditures ... -
Paving the Way for Patients' Transition of Care
(2017-09-26)Transitions from the acute care setting to a skilled nursing facility can be quite complex for a patient. This session will examine strategies used by one organization to support a seamless transition for the patient with ... -
Perspectives of people living with HIV toward healthcare providers: Insights into multicultural health literacy
(2017-07-05)Purpose: To further our understanding about relationship influences that impact health literacy, the purpose of this study was to characterize the perspectives of a culturally diverse group of people living with HIV ... -
Pilot HIV prevention study for adolescent young women
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Purpose: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a threat to the lives, health and well being of individuals ... -
Professional Values of Licensed Practical Nurses and Time Post Initial Licensure: A Correlational Study
The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the correlation between professional values of licensed practical nurses working in long term care settings and time post initial licensure. A quantitative non-experimental ... -
Theoretical Perspective on Families at the Bedside
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: The family's close, protective involvement with hospitalized relatives, has become a common occurrence in U.S. inpatient settings. Prior to the 1960's, visiting policies ... -
Transforming healthcare through the use of web-based technology
(2016-09-19)Nurses involve patients in their healthcare through explanation of tests, labs, and medication. Since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released their recommendations (in their report, To Err Is Human (Institute of Medicine ...
