Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Rho"
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Community genogram: An innovation to guide health promotion and risk reduction interventions in rural Thailand
(2018-06-19)This study aims to evaluate the usefulness of the genogram for its capacity to serve as an aid to better understand family structure and dynamics at a community level and guide health promotion and risk reduction interventions ... -
Comparison of Nurse Practitioner Knowledge and Treatment Choices for Chronic Unexplained Orchialgia
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Purpose: Chronic unexplained orchialgia is 'a subjective negative experience of adult men, perceived as intermittent or continuous pain of variable intensity, present at ... -
Construction and validation of an online course about the nursing care for newborn with hypothermia
Hypothermia is a nursing diagnosis defined as a body temperature below the normal range. Due to the complexity and importance of thermoregulation for the newborn stability, it is necessary that the nurse has extensive ... -
Cost Analysis of Maternaly Waiting Homes in Rural Liberia
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: Background/context of paper: Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality remains a great concern in low resource settings. Liberia has a Maternal ... -
Creating long-term solutions to the nurse faculty shortage: Using qualitative data
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: This presentation will search beyond the barriers to ameliorating the nurse faculty and identify facilitators. The qualitative study revealed first ... -
Cultural practices, knowledge, and beliefs of newborn care and health-seeking in rural Zambia
Purpose: Decreasing newborn morbidity and mortality remains a serious global health challenge. For this reason, interventions like maternity waiting homes (MWHs) and the Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL) initiative may ... -
Development and validation of educational video for children caregivers to clean intermittent catheterization orientation
Urinary bladder dysfunction is a disorder in the storage and emptying dynamics of the bladder, mainly due to Myelodysplasias, which can affects children in a congenital or acquired form. Nurses can create and apply ... -
Development of a mindfulness-based stress reduction tool for reducing burnout and increasing resiliency among nurses
The purpose of this project is to assess the usefulness of a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) educational tool in helping bedside nurses develop self-care skills to build resiliency protecting them from external ... -
Development, Implementation, and Dissemination of the Nurse-Administered Tobacco Tactics Intervention
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016: Introduction: Smoking cessation services are often provided by outpatient groups or 1-800-QUIT-NOW telephone lines. Yet these groups and telephone lines reach less than 10 ... -
Does what we eat and the bacteria in our gut determine our migraine risk?
(2017-10-05)Research from the Human Microbiome Project indicates that bacteria in the mouth and gut may make an individual is prone to developing migraine headaches. Foods like wine, green leafy vegetables and processed meats increase ... -
The effect of civility on the healthcare environment, staff, and the care of patients
This session reviews research on the implementation of Relationship Based Care to facilitate cultural transformation. This study identified civility is important in creating a healthy work environment. -
Evalution of peripheral neuropathy among childhood cancer patients
The principal toxicity for children who receive vincristine for the treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is peripheral neuropathy, with symptoms that negatively affect physical function and may require the reduction ... -
Exemplar unit initiative framework: Engaging faculty and staff to improve patient and student outcomes
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: In an effort to fully explicate the academic service partnership between the University of Michigan School of Nursing and University of Michigan Health System, three pilot ... -
Exercise to reduce chemotherapy-induced peripheral nephropathy: A pilot RCT
Oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy (OIPN) occurs in 85-95% of patients receiving FOLFOX or FOLFIRINOX, oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for invasive gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. Persistent OIPN can impair long-term ... -
Factors predicting mastery of informatics competencies in Doctor of Nursing Practice students
(2017-10-25)Information technology is increasingly utilized in care delivery. While competence in Informatics is recommended for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students, factors predicting the mastery of Informatics competencies ... -
Family health in the families of the young chronically mentally ill
Although the family plays a major role in the care of young adults with serious and persistent mental illness, there has been limited research on the impact of these ongoing caregiving responsibilities on the health of the ... -
Family system patterns of cohesiveness and autonomy: Relationship to family members' health behavior
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between family system patterns of cohesiveness and promotion of autonomy and individual family members' health directed behavior in single-parent and two-parent ... -
The female overactive bladder in our beverage-centered society: An evolutionary perspective
Over recent decades, chronic disease has trended upwards, associated with the mismatch between our modern nutritional environment and our paleolithic genome. The beverage industry has exploded in sync with chronic conditions, ... -
The Future of Nursing: The Call for Advanced Degrees
(2012-11-29)Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: The session will discuss the IOM recommendations for nurses to obtain an advanced degree. The presenter will discuss advancing the nursing profession by nurses obtaining ... -
Hospital nursing organization and outcomes for surgical oncology patients
As interest in the relationship between the organization of nursing care and patient outcomes grows, concerns exist that the quality of care for cancer patients is unequal. This study examined the association between the ...
