Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Nu Beta at-Large"
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Accelerating advanced practice palliative care competencies
There are many unmet palliative care needs for patients and nurse training in palliative care competencies is insufficient. This educational program aims to prepare AP-DNP students to integrate principles of palliative ... -
Acculturation is associated with cardiovascular disease risk in West African immigrants in the United States
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015: Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States (US), accounting for more than 40% of all deaths, with ethnic minorities ... -
Adapting and implementing an Indigenous informed intervention to reduce stress, promote wellbeing and resilience in Tribal Head Start teachers, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana
Higher rates of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among Native American populations can be attributed to historical and contemporary traumas stemming from colonization and ongoing discrimination. On the Fort Peck Indian ... -
Addressing opioid crisis: A community need
Drug-related deaths in the United States have reached an all-time high, an increase attributed to the nation's current opioid epidemic. Harford County, Maryland is equally challenged by the opioid crisis and plans to ... -
Adherence in patients with heart failure: Challenges and opportunities to improve non-communicable diseases caring
Medication adherence is influenced by multiple factors in personal, interpersonal and social levels. The opportunities and challenges of improving non-communicable disease outcome suggested that nurse-led interventions are ... -
Advancing the practice of nursing through specialty fellowship development
(2017-07-24)In the United States, Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) include nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists. This presentation will focus primarily on nurse practitioner APNs. Upon ... -
Alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for nurses working with persons with HIV/AIDS
(2017-07-27)Alcohol use among people living with HIV (PLWH) can have deleterious effects on health outcomes. By using the guided step-by-step intervention offered in this presentation, nurses working with PLHW can screen, provide brief ... -
Alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment: Evidence for use in older adults
(2017-07-27)As the baby boomer cohort enters older adulthood, alcohol use is expected to rise as a public health concern among older adults. This presentation examines the evidence for alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral ... -
Application of a framework for increasing Nu Beta Chapter membership, engagement, and retention
(2017-09-29)Nu Beta is a chartered chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing. In recent years, retention of members in Nu Beta chapter have been difficult to sustain. For this presentation, we will discuss ... -
Application of metatheory of resilience in adolescent pregnancy and substance use disorders
(2018-06-29)Fostering resilience involves personal appraisal and improving protective factors for the pregnant adolescent population, especially those with substance use. When this population utilizes adaptive responses to stress, ... -
An approach to data management and evaluation for evidence-based practice projects
(2012-9-12)Strong data management skills are essential for effective evaluation of evidence-based practice project implementation. Completion of a scholarly evidence-based project requires application of data management skills in ... -
Association of psychosocial nurse assessments and referrals to birth outcomes
Psychosocial/social risk factors are associated with preterm birth and low birth weight, increasing neonatal morbidity and mortality. Many causes are modifiable. Health organizations advocate psychosocial, social, mental ... -
Barriers impacting rapid access to tertiary care for time sensitive critically ill patients
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014: Introduction: Interhospital transfer of critically ill patients between community hospitals and tertiary care centers are common within the United States. Medicare data from ... -
Building the capacity of nurses to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through knowledge gateways
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: The Sustainable Development Goals embody a one-health strategy - healthy people living on a habitable planet. (Gostin & Friedman, 2015) ... -
Cardiovascular risk among patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa
(2018-05-10)Problem Statement: South Africa has the highest incidence of drug resistant-tuberculosis (DR-TB) in sub-Saharan Africa and outcomes are poor. Only 54% of patients successfully complete treatment. The prevalence of ... -
Case study - Perspectives from Africa
(2017-11-29)Institute of Global Healthcare Leadership, Emerging Global Health Leaders Institute -
Case study - Pigs for peace
(2017-11-29)Institute of Global Healthcare Leadership, Emerging Global Health Leaders Institute -
Church-based recruitment of African immigrants: Evidence and lessons learned from the Afro-Cardiac Study
(2017-07-27)African immigrants (AIs) are a growing yet understudied immigration population in the US. Churches that serve the AI population are a feasible and ideal setting for conducting community-based research to understand the ... -
Collaborative education leadership connection: Re-purposing nursing and interprofessional roles in national healthcare transformation
In a dynamic bold vision for healthcare transformation to be realized by 2030, it was essential to establish a country-wide education academy to drive the re-purposing of interprofessional roles in the healthcare provision. ... -
A collaborative state of the science initiative: Transforming moral distress to moral resiliency in nursing
(2017-07-25)Background: Moral distress is a pervasive problem impacting health care in numerous settings and at multiple organizational levels (Oh & Gastmans, 2015; Whitehead, Herbertson, Hamric, & Epstein, 2015). First ...