Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Mu Upsilon"
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Attitudes of nurses toward children with disabilities
The attitudes of U.S. nurses toward children with disabilities have not been adequately measured over time and after an educational intervention. Disability content has not been a priority in nursing education and, if ... -
An educational approach to improve student nurses' breastfeeding knowledge, level of confidence, and role modeling
Breastfeeding is the method of infant feeding recommended by many professional medical and nursing organizations. Despite these recommendations, we are not meeting our national breastfeeding goals. ... -
Effect of the virtual simulation paired prebriefing-debriefing strategy on nursing students' self-efficacy perceptions and virtual simulation performance in the care of patients experiencing a myocardial infarction
Through the use of virtual simulations (VS) in nursing education, nursing students are exposed to a variety of clinical scenarios that may potentially improve their learning of competencies, increase their self-efficacy, ... -
An examination of the relations amongst power, uncertainty, self-transcendence, and quality of life in breast cancer survivors
The investigator examined the relations amongst Power, Uncertainty, Self-transcendence, and Quality of Life in breast cancer survivors. The theoretical rationale linked the theories of Barrett, Mishel, and Reed with Ferrans' ... -
Explication of the meaning of reminiscence for the elderly living in the community
Human beings have the distinct capacity to reminisce. Reminiscence is a function of memory and memories are autobiographical. Studying memory expanded an understanding of the phenomenon. Although reminiscence occurs in all ... -
Helping Nurses Cope with Stressful Workplace Events through the Use of Storytelling
(2017-03-03)Session presented on Sunday, March 19, 2017: The purpose of this presentation is to provide insight and knowledge about an important, efficient, and cost effective intervention to decrease workplace stress. Nursing sick ... -
Hypertonic lower extremities in infants: Correlation to motor function scores at thirteen months of age
Exploring a large data set, hypertonicity of the lower extremities has been incidentally identified as occurring in one out of every five infants, whether term or preterm. This retrospective, longitudinal, descriptive, ... -
Secondary Emotional Labor: Supervisor Support vs. Non-Support of the Emotional Labor of Hospice Nurses
(2017-09-15)We present two dynamics among nurses and supervisors in Hospice Interdisciplinary Group Meetings: Supervisors encouraging nurses to process their emotional labor with patients and in contrast, supervisors suppressing these ... -
Use of Storytelling to Decrease Stress
(2017-10-03)Nursing the sick and dying can be stressful. Stress-reducing interventions have the possibility to create positive emotional health. Storytelling, a cost-effective intervention to decrease stress, is a verbal recount of ...
