Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Tau"
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Actual situation of family planning instruction for married people and future challenges in Japan
This study tried to clarify the situation of family planning instruction. The healthcare professionals instructed few postpartum women's husbands about family planning. Married people tended to have instruction when they ... -
Antimicrobial stewardship and the incidence of hospital acquired infections
An evidence based review of the effect of antimicrobial stewardship on the incidence of hospital acquired infections. After the systematic collection, analysis, evaluation and synthesis of the evidence on antimicrobial ... -
Building a culture of health through a laundromat-based health educational intervention focused on women's fertility, pregnancy, and health-seeking behaviors
This grant funded Building a Culture of Health through a Laundromat-Based Health Educational Intervention Focused on Women’s Fertility, Pregnancy, and Health-Seeking Behaviors, a study to assess the efficacy of a ... -
Creating a breastfeeding-friendly university community
This educational activity chronicles the experience and process of developing and implementing a breastfeeding-friendly community at a nursing college in Chicago, IL. Learn how to empower student and employee mothers to ... -
Death from different angles
The three poems represent three perspectives surrounding the death of my grandfather: my grandfather, the nurse, and extended family. My grandfather was at peace and wanted to let go. The nurse was afraid of the double-effect ... -
The development and validation of a tool to measure self-confidence and anxiety in nursing students while making clinical decisions
Clinical decision making (CDM) is a cornerstone skill for nurses. Self-confidence and anxiety are two affective influences that impact the learning and adeptness of CDM. Currently, no instruments exist that measure perceived ... -
Disaster Nursing Education: Mental Health and Ethical Framework
This presentation will describe didactic and simulation: high fidelity and tabletop, developed for nursing students in ethical decision making and psychological first aid in disasters. -
Drawing my story: Children's experiences in the hospital
Background: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm recommended an increased focus on patient-centered care to improve patients’ experience in health care; however, patient-centered care ... -
The effect of a novel transitional care service program on adult psychiatric patients' re-hospitalization rates
Adults hospitalized for serious mental illness (SMI) have high rates of hospitalization and re-hospitalization. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a novel transitional care program (TCP), on psychiatric ... -
The effects of art therapy on hypertension in black American women
70 million Americans have hypertension affecting one out of three Americans. Heart disease was the leading cause of death in America in 2015. The American Heart Association published an algorithm for implementing alternative ... -
Examination Accommodations Made by CNMs and WHNPs for Adult Female Sexual Assault Survivors
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Background: The CDC reported 1 in 5 women (19.3%) will experience sexual assault or rape during their lifetime. Thus, there is approximately a 20% chance that certified nurse ... -
Experiential Learning With Visual Intelligence: Strategies in Nursing and Healthcare Education
Experiential learning with Visual Intelligence is a novel yet established strategy for collaborative student learning; objectives in assessment and observation, assumption and bias awareness and communication with potential ... -
An exploratory study on the barriers to pediatric palliative care programs and their relationships to funding
Barriers to reimbursement for end-of-life care are systemic throughout the United States. The 2003 Institute of Medicine’s (lOM) report. When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Families, ... -
Fertility preservation discussions in adolescent and young adult oncology patients
This review looks into the impact fertility preservation discussions with the adult and young adult oncology population. While fertility preserving methods are ethically controversial, it is important to leave all options ... -
Georgetown midwifery students storm Capitol Hill: Experiential learning of advocacy skills in Washington, DC
(2017-09-21)The development of an experiential learning activity focused on health politics and policy will be described. Students in Georgetown's Nurse-Midwifery/WHNP programs met with their federal representatives on Capitol Hill. ... -
Improving confidence and perceptions among nurses using a clinical decision tool for wound care management
Background and purpose: Wound care can vary among all health care providers, which is why it is important to limit practice variations by using clinical decision-making support tools. Education for wound care is very limited ... -
A New Role for Chinese Nurses: The Clinical Research Nurse in Clinical Trials
(2015-01-15)Session presented on Friday, September 26, 2014: Purpose: Over recent years China has been working to build a Clinical Trials Infrastructure to ensure new therapies are available to patients in China. (1) Basic Good Clinical ... -
Oncology nurses' knowledge and perceptions regarding music therapy effectiveness for cancer treatment-related symptoms in adults
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Background: Music therapy has shown efficacy for management of cancer treatment-related symptoms in the adult oncology treatment setting1-4; thus, oncology nurses need ... -
A pilot study evaluating the effectiveness of diabetes prevention in a medically underserved community
(2017-07-12)Purpose: This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of participation in the National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) for weight reduction in a sample of prediabetic individuals in an urban medically underserved ... -
A pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Diabetes Prevention Program in an urban medically underserved community
This study evaluated the effectiveness of participation in the National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) for weight reduction in a sample of prediabetic individuals in an urban medically underserved community. The NDPP ...
