Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Psi at-Large"

Advancing the role of post baccalaureate nurse graduates in interprofessional team-based primary care

Timbol-Padriga, Marie Therese; Poppe, Anne P.

The Post Baccalaureate Nurse Residency program provides an opportunity for new nurse graduates to expand their roles by engaging in an interprofessional team based primary care model.

Adventures in Translational Research: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again

Thompson, Hilaire J. (2018-06-18)

This session is designed to describe how nurse scientists can move clinically relevant questions from the patient bedside to the laboratory setting, and back to clinical care covering the various translational research ...

Are we there yet? Fatigue management in HIV

Voss, Joachim G.

This session will document the research efforts and document milestones of identifying the causes of fatigue and to present the state of the art on evidence-based interventions for people living with HIV that suffer from fatigue.

Attention process training: Its effectiveness in remediating attention and memory deficits following mild traumatic brain injury

Mekwa, Julia Nobelungu

Traumatic brain injury is an insult to the brain capable of producing physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and vocational changes. Statistics show a rapid increase in the number of brain injuries each decade in both ...

Barriers and promoting strategies to sexual health assessment for patients with CADs in nursing practice

Abu Bdair, Izzeddin A. (2017-10-17)

Sexual health is an important aspect for patients with heart disease that covered by silence. Nurses often ignore sexual health assessment due to many barriers related to nurses, patients, organizations and value related ...

Care for dying patients in a skilled nursing facility: A train-the-trainer program

Norlander, Linda K. (2016-03-21)

Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: A growing number of patients are dying in skilled nursing (SN) facilities. It is estimated that by the year 2020 up to 40% of United States' deaths will occur in nursing ...

Clinical Experiences of Standard Precautions Among Nursing Students: Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour

Oh, HyunJin; Kim, Kyung-mi (2014-11-17)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014: Purpose: Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a concern for healthcare workers (HCWs) as well as their patients. In addition, nursing students in long-term clinical ...

Combining self-care strategies and principles of adult learning: Supporting RN-to-BSN students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Espina, Christine R.; Lonneman, William

In the early phases of COVID-19, faculty adjusted assignments to support and center RN-to-BSN students as practicing nurses. This presentation will discuss how faculty combined theory-guided self-care strategies and ...

Cross-cultural perspectives on depression: Concepts and management

Moreno-Lacalle, Rainier Castillo; Lacanaria, Mary Grace; Bangsal, Myra; Bay-Ya, Mae Rose; Erese, Kristine Ann; Gabol, Lourrie Ann; Geronimo, Meriam; Legiralde, Saintly Blaise B.; Lomandas, Marfil Mae; Menzi, Ma. Mae; Real, Cici Donna; Ufina, Keanu; Solis, John Michael Brico (2018-06-20)

This study attempts to determine the concepts and management on depression of three ethnic groups in the Philippines. The researchers employed an ethnographic design of 41 informants including traditional healers, local ...

Determinants of Access to Specialty Care for Community Health Clinic Patients

Ezeonwu, Mabel (2016-03-21)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Purpose: To explore the factors that determine access to off-site specialty care services for community health clinic/center (CHC) patients. Background: Community health centers ...

Developing an International Child and Family Research Network

Foster, Mandie Jane; Shields, Linda; Smith, Joanna; Neill, Sarah Jane

The international child and family research network includes a wide range of multidisciplinary experts within the field of child health from low, middle and high income countries. This worldwide collaboration will result ...

Development and validation of the needs of children's questionnaire to measure children's needs in hospital

Foster, Mandie Jane; Whitehead, Lisa; Arabiat, Diana (2018-06-14)

The activity will illustrate the steps required to develop, validate and psychometrically test a new tool, the needs of children's questionnaire, as generated by the self-reported experiences of school aged children in hospital.

Distress after preterm birth: A discourse analysis of parents' accounts and photographs

Kantrowitz-Gordon, Ira

Preterm birth is a distressing experience for parents. This distress may continue into early childhood, with negative consequences for parents' mental health and child development. The purpose of this study was to take an ...

Effect of Patient Handoffs on Nursing Self-Efficacy

Guelbert, Christopher Scott

Patient handoffs between health providers in the post-anesthesia care unit and receiving division can vary from written, telephone, or face-to-face. Nursing self-efficacy can be influenced by the type of handoff received ...

The effectiveness of multiple-choice test items in assessing the clinical judgement abilities of prelicensure registered nursing students

Holt, Tracy D.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of multiple-choice questions in assessing the clinical judgment abilities of prelicensure registered nursing students. Nurse educators are responsible for ensuring ...