Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Lambda Chi"
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Active teaching, active learning: Are today's students engaged in learning?
(2012-9-12)Todays students are different from the past and nursing faculty find themselves struggling to convey enormous amounts of information to students whose horizon of learning has changed. Prensky (2001) claims that students' ... -
Adherence a review: T2DM in Haitian-Americans
(2017-07-21)Purpose: The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has soared globally due to socioeconomic, demographic, and lifestyle changes, and lack of social justice. In the United States, DM has become a costly ... -
Advancing health in the 21st century through spiritually-guided health risk interceptions (SGHRI)
(2015-01-15)Session presented on Thursday, September 25, 2014: The relationship between spirituality and health is evident in the literature. Additionally, approaches to health promotion guided by spirituality have proven ... -
Barriers and Facilitators to Utilizing Nursing Research
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014: Purpose: Nursing research has been shown to improve patient outcomes and decrease length of hospital stays. The purpose of this research is to: 1) explore nurses perceptions of ... -
Becoming a nurse educator
Find out what it takes to succeed in a teaching role during this interactive panel presentation featuring three leading nurse educators. Explore the best way to prepare for a career in academic nursing, expectations of ... -
Beyond the Braden Scale: Effectiveness of a small group educational program on neuro-nurses' Braden Risk assessment scores and number of preventative nursing interventions
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014: Purpose: Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers remain an utmost healthcare concern because of the significant emotional and physical toll on the patient and the large financial ... -
Critical factors that influence adherence to therapeutic medical regimen among hypertensive United States Virgin Islanders
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Purpose: The purpose of this grounded theory study is to explore the various factors that may influence hypertensive therapeutic adherence practices ... -
Critical factors that influence adherence to therapeutic medical regimen among hypertensive US Virgin Islanders
(2017-09-29)The findings from this study articulates some of the various factors that influence hypertensive therapeutic adherence practices among persons from the United States Virgin Islands, but also lends to the understanding of ... -
The critical factors that influence faculty attitudes and perceptions of teaching English as second language nursing students
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Purpose: The nation's demographic changes have led to a shortage of racial and ethnic minorities in nursing. Recruitment efforts have resulted in a growing number of diverse ... -
Critical factors that influence nurses' knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of medical cannabis usage by patients
This was a qualitative study of 28 nurses who were interviewed across US of their Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes of Medical Cannabis Usage by Patients. -
Cultural influences of herbal supplementation in hypertension management among the United States Virgin Islander
(2018-06-14)This presentation offers insight regarding cultural perspectives that influence herbal supplementation usage among the hypertensive United States Virgin Islander. It arms the nurse clinician with valuable ethno-cultural ... -
The effect of treatment modalities on chronic low back pain and self-transcendence
Background: Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) is a common health problem that most people experience at some point in their lives. For the relief of pain, numerous studies have shown that pain medication causes several side ... -
The effectiveness and perceived effectiveness of simple reminiscence therapy involving photographic prompts for determining life satisfaction in noninstitutionalized elderly persons
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness and perceived effectiveness of simple reminiscence therapy using photographic prompts on the life satisfaction of noninstitutionalized elderly persons. The ... -
eHealth: Using healthcare information from the internet in the classroom
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016: The current 'Millennial Generation' of college students majoring in the health professions has unprecedented access to the Internet. Eight out of 10 Internet users look online ... -
El Sol: An Interdisciplinary Center for Guatemalan Healthcare
(2017-07-19)The global migration of vulnerable populations influenced by both safety and economic factors in their home countries has developed into opportunities for interdisciplinary healthcare approaches to emerge in Jupiter, ... -
Emancipatory nursing praxis: A theory of social justice in nursing
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: The purpose of this international qualitative, constructivist grounded theory study was to generate a middle-range theory of social justice specific to the discipline ... -
Emancipatory nursing praxis: A theory of social justice in nursing
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016: The purpose of this international qualitative, constructivist grounded theory study was to generate a middle-range theory of social justice specific to the discipline of nursing. ... -
Emerging adults' lived experience of perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a global problem, infecting over 70 million people worldwide. However, HIV has changed from being a terminal disease to a ... -
The emerging adults' lived experience of perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (PAHIV)
(2017-07-27)Perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (PAHIV) infants are surviving into emerging adulthood and not much is known about this group. This study explores the emerging adult’s lived experience of PAHIV, ... -
Enhancing clinical experience through experiential learning
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Introduction: Our academic institution aims to graduate caring, compassionate, and competent nurses of the future. The faculty and the administrative team foster supportive ...
