Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Mu Phi at-Large"
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Addressing substance abuse using evidence-based practice: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)
(2017-06-20)Significance: Nurses can have an important role in addressing substance use disorders among healthcare consumers. Approximately 20.8 million people (7.8 percent of the population) met the diagnostic criteria for a substance ... -
Association of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) with the practice environment at the unit level
(2017-06-30)Purpose: Identification of elements of the practice environment that influence both nurse satisfaction and patient outcomes is an important area for nursing research. Several valid and reliable tools to measure the components ... -
Auscultation Skills: Gown Versus Skin?
(2017-07-27)Nurse practitioner students are typically taught to place a stethoscope against the skin for auscultation of heart/lung sounds. Yet, providers in many settings perform auscultation through the patient clothing. The study ... -
Effect of a preoperative warming intervention on the acute phase response of surgical stress
When a patient is exposed surgical stress, the endocrine system secretes hormones in response to that stress. These hormones further activate the immune system to release cytokines and other acute phase reactions. These ... -
Empirical evidence of Theorized Clinical Nurse Leader Integrated Care Delivery Model domains
(2017-06-29)Background: The National Academy of Medicine acknowledges healthcare delivery redesign and innovative models of care are essential for improving care quality and safety (Institute of Medicine, 2011). Registered nurses ... -
Facilitating scholarship success through a collaborative faculty group
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: New faculty entering the world of academia often struggle with meeting university requirements for research and scholarship endeavors. In addition, balancing role expectations ... -
The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International: Diversity resource paper
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2003)In 1985, the House of Delegates voted to add international to Sigma Theta Tau's name making possible one action strategy, that of the development of an international network of nursing scholars in the Ten-Year Plan adopted ... -
An Interdisciplinary Study to Examine Obesity and Inactivity as Early Predictors of Gestational Diabetes
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Gestational Diabetes (GD) is a serious condition that affects approximately 9% of pregnancies and is characterized by an insufficient response ... -
Levels of perceived HIV/AIDS stigma and potential consequences among Indigenous Mexican Indian women
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: Background and purpose. While there has been a decrease in the number of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, HIV infection remains ... -
My HIV diagnosis was a blessing: It saved my life
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: HIV remains at epidemic levels in the rural southern United States. Blacks are the ethnic group most affected by HIV with the rate of new HIV infections being 8 times ... -
My leadership journey
To cap off the end of a Sigma Academy cohort, Academy scholars and other Sigma academy participants were charged with sharing their leadership journey and/or their Sigma Academy self-selected projects via a Pecha Kucha ... -
One million+ nurses become second victims annually: Nursing education's role in prevention?
(2017-07-19)Purpose: Nurses function in fast-paced, stressful, complex, unpredictable environments. In these environments, errors are made. They are made by well-intentioned, conscientous nurses. The impact of that error-making has ... -
Perceptions of nursing students of study abroad experiences
(2017-07-19)Purpose: The purpose of this research study was to explore nursing student perceptions of study abroad experiences. The findings of this study may help to guide faculty in developing new opportunities, and ... -
Systematic analysis of the global nursing trust research literature
(2017-07-28)Not being able to summarize the state of knowledge of the nursing trust research literature impairs nursing scholars in conducting studies to build on what is currently known. This global systematic review aims to understand ... -
Using evidence-based teaching to support an innovative teaching strategy in an undergraduate research course: A longitudinal study
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Purpose: This longitudinal study was aimed at providing evidence-based teaching for an innovative teaching strategy in an undergraduate research course. Method: A longitudinal ...
