Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Omicron Delta"
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5 easy steps for online education
(2013-12-19)Session presented on: Saturday, November 16, 2013: The landscape of the healthcare system is transforming at a rapid pace. With this transformation, the need for higher levels of nursing expertise and education is growing. ... -
Achieving cultural competency with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients through application of Carper's Fundamental Patterns of Knowing in Nursing
(8/5/2014)Vulnerable groups with respect to health care are those susceptible to heightened adverse physical, psychological, or sociological health because of their particular status within society (De Chesnay & Anderson, 2008). ... -
Autonomic Dysreflexia: An Update, How Serious Is It?
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD) is a medical emergency for individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI) at or above the thoracic sixth ... -
"Baby Meets World": Implementation of Bedside Transition of the Newborn
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Family-Centered Care (FCC), providing for non-separation of mother and infant at birth, has been supported by research for over 30 years. FCC provides an opportunity for the ... -
Best practice guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated UTIs in women while decreasing risk of antibiotic resistance
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to educate providers about the most appropriate evidence-based treatment for uncomplicated UTIs in women and to improve awareness ... -
Best practice guidelines for uncomplicated urinary tract infections reduce the rates of antibiotic resistance: A CE module for clinicians
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: For the past two decades antibiotic resistance has become a global issue stemming from the overuse of antibiotics. The lack of appropriate management of the client with ... -
Best practice guidelines for uncomplicated urinary tract infections to reduce rates of antibiotic resistance: A CE module for clinicians
(3/17/2015)Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) accounted for over 8 million visits to ambulatory clinics. The annual cost of evaluation and treatment for uncomplicated UTIs on the health care system is estimated to be ... -
Cardiovascular disease risk factors, physical activity, and high density lipoprotein in rural Ecuadorian women
Non communicable diseases (NCD) such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in many communities world-wide and account for 80% of deaths in low- to middle-income countries ... -
Changing the Behavior of the Caribbean Immigrants in Toronto
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Changing the Behavior of the Caribbean Immigrants in Toronto. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the Canadian diabetes health education program in ... -
Coaching student nurses to elicit clinical judgment and formulate safe medication administration practices
Clinical faculty and clinical teaching associates collaborating to develop, implement, and assess a comprehensive strategy to teach medication administration by coaching. Coaches guide students in a healthy learning ... -
Contextualization of health interventions: Community-based health care in Papua New Guinea
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Purpose: Contextualization of health interventions requires a paradigm shift from the curative, biomedical model to a health promotion focus that emphasizes community empowerment. ... -
Coordination of Care: Strategies, Lessons, & Implications
(2017-01-11)Background: Care Coordination was identified as a fundamental process that can decrease care fragmentation. IOM and ANA identified Registered Nurses as capable of spearheading care coordination initiatives that will close ... -
Creativity, patience, and lifelong-learning: Three pillars of sustainable learning
This paper summarizes the most common measures to challenge healthcare complexities and increase patients' health outcomes, synthesizes latest propositions and initiatives for a swift focus on more sustainable educational ... -
Curricular Threading of Disaster Nursing Education
(2017-10-11)Nursing programs offer foundational knowledge for disaster nursing education. However, curricular threading of the concepts may be limited. Therefore, reducing the impact of integration into nursing practice. This presentation ... -
A decision tree simulation for student peer support: Coping strategies to referral options
The purpose of this planned project is to develop a decision tree simulation to teach nursing students to provide peer support for sharing coping strategies and identify signs of mental distress for referral to mental ... -
Delivering Kindness: Creating a Healthy Environment by Role Modeling Caring in the Nursing Curriculum
The proactive process to integrate caring emerged as a practical approach to make caring visible by reinforcing caring actions with student nurses/colleagues. Educators committed to a proactive process to "care for" and ... -
Designing students' first clinical day of orientation
(Sigma Theta Tau InternationalQuality and Safety Education for Nurses, 2020-07-31)This webinar is designed to help clinical faculty prepare for their first clinical day to prepare students to be safe and prepared for their clinical rotation. Audience: Faculty The material is freely available in the ... -
Development and testing of an explanatory model of registered nurse empowerment
Recent innovations in patient care delivery and nursing governance require an empowered workforce. However, little is known about what combination of organizational, leadership, and personal characteristics maximize the ... -
Discovering the Hidden Forces of Successful Recruitment and Retention of African Americans in BSN Programs
(2018-03-22)The participants will understand the pillars (internal-external characteristics and intrinsic student values) of successful recruitment and retention of African American students in a baccalaureate nursing program based ... -
Educating college students about human papillomavirus
Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the US affecting almost 60% of college women ages 20 to 24 years. At one west coast community college, two thirds of ...
