Browsing Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) by Author Affiliations "Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA"
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Addressing leadership challenges
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The future of nursing: Leading change, advance health has recommended the following changes to improve health care quality: 1) fostering ... -
Assessing baccalaureate nursing students attitudes towards teamwork and communication using TeamSTEPPS™ teamwork attitudes questionnaire
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: The purpose of this scholarly project is to assess the attitudes of junior and senior level nursing students regarding the various components of ... -
Baccalaureate nursing students' self-assessment of knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward scholarly writing
(2017-09-29)This presentation describes a national study assessing baccalaureate nursing students' development of writing knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Self-assessment of writing revealed practices usually used and not used by ... -
BSN students collaborate with rural community hospital in quality improvement project: Hand hygiene compliance
BSN students will work collaboratively with the Quality Initiatives and Resources department in a rural community hospital determining hand hygiene compliance through the use of the mobile app iScrub®. This initial research ... -
Building collaborative teams: Teaching graduate students strategies for effective hiring
(2016-09-16)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Master's level nurses will assume leadership positions that require the development of collaborative teams to meet quality outcomes in clinical and academic settings. Some ... -
The effectiveness of educational training and simulation on readiness to respond to a traumatic event
(2018-04-02)This presentation will discuss the use and effectiveness of an educational video and standardized patient shooter simulation scenario to enhance emergency readiness in undergraduate students. -
Enhancing student nurses’ multiple patient medication administration skills using an electronic barcode system
(2018-03-14)This poster presentation outlines the process of implementing and evaluating the use of an electronic barcode medication administration system for use with senior students engaging in simulated multiple patient medication ... -
Evolving with technology to communicate and manage multi-site research studies
(2017-10-09)Emerging technologies can be very helpful for managing multisite studies. Researchers may be challenged to discover and evaluate these new technologies while simultaneously planning and implementing a study protocol. We ... -
Faculty roles in preparing, maintaining, and evaluating preceptorships in pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing education
The presentation discusses the faculty roles in preceptor teaching models, or preceptorships, in pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing education. Findings from nine interviews revealed the different ways faculty prepare, ... -
Implementation of a clinical learning assignment to provide delegation opportunities to senior nursing students
(2017-10-11)The presentation will describe a delegation learning activity and opportunities for implementing this in the clinical setting. The poster will share themes from students' journal reflections. Limitations and challenges of ... -
Incorporating best practice strategies for managing students with unsafe behaviors: A toolkit for clinical faculty
(2017-10-11)Managing students in the clinical setting can be challenging for nursing faculty. This presentation will describe the state of the science related to unsafe practice. Best practice implications will be shared with specific ... -
Influence of shared governance on the level of engagement, satisfaction, and turnover intention among nurses
(2016-09-16)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Increased engagement of registered nurses through different professional practice models such as shared governance has been proposed as a necessity to improve quality patient ... -
Nurse managers' views and expectations of new graduates transitioning into professional nursing practice
(2017-10-06)This presentation describes a descriptive qualitative study that was conducted to understand nurse managers' views and expectations of new graduates transitioning to practice. Three themes emerged and provide insight into ... -
A phenomenological study investigating faculty developing as scholarly writers
This presentation discusses a hermeneutic phenomenological study with 12 nursing faculty that uncovered their experience developing as scholarly writers. Five themes of scholarly writing development emerged and will be shared. -
Promoting student leadership: Implementing a quality improvement and EBP project to address clinical problems
(2016-09-26)Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: This poster presentation will share a quality improvement and evidence-based practice project that senior nursing students completed in a nursing management/leadership ... -
Servant leadership in a baccalaureate nursing program: A case study
(2018-03-14)Explore leadership development in baccalaureate nursing programs, through the lenses of Greenleaf’s Servant Leadership Theory and case study research. Discover the importance of the empirically-found themes –service ... -
A student-centered methodology to inform cultural and ethical teaching in undergraduate nursing students
An engaging student-centered format for teaching culture, ethics, and values to undergraduate nursing students. Informed from Tag Team Patient Safety Simulation and applied theater. Used for teaching in large groups. -
Using a multiple standardized patient shooter scenario to enhance nursing skills in undergraduate students
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: This presentation will discuss a multiple standardized patient shooter scenario used during undergraduate clinical simulation with junior and senior ... -
The utilization of intra-professional collaboration in simulation among junior and senior nursing students
(2016-03-29)Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: Between the years of 2012 and 2022, it is predicted that there will be a need for more than 500,000 nurses to replace retiring nurses (Bureau of ... -
What factors may predict nursing students' knowledge and attitude toward older persons?
Due to the aging population with complex health needs globally, the researcher investigated the factors that could affect knowledge and attitude toward older adults. Findings from the national sample of final semester ...