During this session, attendees will explore mindfulness as a concept and practice for those experienced or unfamiliar with the topic. Attendees will be introduced to the history and implementations of mindfulness in Western ...

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to evaluate the Healthy Options and Physical Activity Program (HOP), a school nurse-led childhood obesity initiative for severely obese New York City Public School students. Aims ...

In October, 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) through its committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing released a report titled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. This landmark report highlighted opportunities as well as challenges in nurses’ partnership with other health care professionals and nursing leadership in redesigning health care in the United States. Teamwork among health care professionals and nursing leadership are two essential attributes of the nurse work environments in which delicately designed patient care is accomplished....

Educating future scholars to appreciate nursing research can be challenging for faculty members. The combination of research concepts, in particular methodology, in nursing curriculum requires that faculty are conversant ...

In today’s atmosphere of meeting Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS) Core Measures for patient care, Joint Commission (JC) standards for hospital accreditation, and the standards of the American Nurses Credentialing ...

A survey questionnaire was conducted to determine what the biggest sources of stress are in a baccalaureate nursing program and identify what factors in the students' lives may affect academic achievement and self-efficacy.

This presentation explores the use of reflective journaling as a Flipped Classroom technique to increase reflective thinking and reading adherence. Reflective journaling is an effective teaching tool that can help students ...

(41st Biennial Convention) Practice problems: Nurses are responsible for using emotional skills to evaluate and promote patient's emotional health. There is very limited research relating to measuring emotional abilities ...

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Nursing experiences in Liberia have been fraught with challenges because of the lack of infrastructure made worse by the civil war. Edwin's first years as a nurse at the John ...

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Leadership is considered a critical attribute in the enhancement and transformation of the nursing workforce of Liberia. As part of this leadership transformation, the Master's ...