Browsing by Sigma Chapters "Zeta Alpha"
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The agony of the chronic itch: A case study of chronic urticaria dermographism
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Urticaria is a common skin condition characterized by the sudden appearance of pruritic, erythematous areas on the skin that may also include superficial swelling of the dermis ... -
Empowering the oppressed: Factors related to the advanced education of nurses
There are many factors that influence a registered nurse's decision to return to school once in the workforce. Our study examines the roles of institutions, culture of nursing, and nurses' intrinsic factors in the motivation ... -
HPV: A comparison of awareness between vaccinated versus non-vaccinated persons
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is an extremely common and highly transmittable infection. The objectives of this study are to determine if knowledge about HPV is a driving force for individuals to get themselves or their ... -
The influence of mentoring on goal attainment and role satisfaction for registered nurses in acute care facilities
Mentoring has been suggested as a means to assist with role transition, career planning, and retention in the profession by providing opportunities for personal and professional growth lead to satisfaction. Satisfaction ... -
Nice girls finish last: Acquiescent assertiveness attributed to workplace violence exposure and uncivil nursing encounters
Globally, nurses experience workplace violence (WPV) and are more frequently exposed to WPV than other healthcare professions. This provokes burnout and physical and emotional damage. Our research examines assertiveness ... -
Nursing by another name: Nursing science impact on special forces clinicians in prolonged evacuation situations
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: Parallel to burgeoning nursing science throughout the mid-20th century, President John F. Kennedy decreed the creation of a new brand of soldiers, with the ethical mandate ... -
Self-inflicted wounds: Reversing nursing research regression by catalyzing students' curiosity
Academic nursing needs to seriously examine its abandonment of undergraduate and graduate research projects as prerequisites for graduation, as we inadvertently are creating generations of clinicians without an appreciation ... -
Sexual assault education on a college campus: A trauma-sensitive approach
Nursing has the responsibility to promote the health and safety of college students through patient education and evidence-based care practices. Building trauma-sensitive care practices into student health care delivery ... -
Talkin' bout my generation: Divergence of academic atmosphere evaluations in nursing student and faculty cohorts
(2017-07-26)In nursing education, academic atmosphere contributes as much as individual intelligence and performance. This groundbreaking research quantified nursing students' educational environment evaluations versus faculty ... -
Teaching the spiritual dimension of nursing care: A survey of associate degree nursing programs in the Southeast United States
Spirituality is a subject which is often neglected in nursing education. The purpose of this study was to determine associate degree nursing faculty’s perception of their ability to teach the spiritual dimension in ... -
This is a disaster!: Disaster preparedness in nursing curriculum
Globally, natural and manmade disasters are an imminent threat. Despite these threats, nurses are lacking training in school. The objective of this study is to determine the level of disaster preparedness nursing curriculum ... -
Those entitled millennials: Comparative analyses of nursing faculty and student narcissism and organizational support measurements
(2017-07-20)Purpose: Internationally, attrition of nurses and nursing faculty is well-documented (Aiken, Sloane, Bruyneel, Van den Heede, Sermeus, & RN4CAST Consortium, 2013; Van den Heede, Florquin, Bruyneel, Aiken, Diya, ... -
Understanding diversity through a leadership project
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Friday, July 26, 2013: Purpose: Cultural diversity is incorporated into nursing curriculums in several ways. Some programs incorporate content into courses across the curriculum with the goal of ... -
Utilization of Physical Assessment Techniques by Registered Nurses
(2017-10-12)This presentation will highlight physical assessment techniques utilized by practicing Registered Nurses. Analysis of data will identify frequency of assessment techniques in a variety of clinical settings and therefore ...