Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma): Recent submissions
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Comparison of simulation exposure in accelerated undergraduate nursing education and its effect on critical thinking development
The aim of the study was to determine what effect simulation percentage for substitution of traditional clinical time had on accelerated nursing students’ critical thinking skills, as measured by the Health Education Systems ... -
Using simulation to develop clinical teaching competencies in nurse educators
To measure the effect of simulation on clinical educators’ knowledge and skills about effective formative feedback for prelicensure nursing students. Subject Population: Clinical nurse educators who teach prelicensure ... -
Vasopressin, depression symptoms, pain and preeclampsia
The purpose of this study is to understand the early pregnancy action of arginine vasopressin (AVP), as measured by its stable byproduct of copeptin, to develop preventative, and therapeutic modalities against preeclampsia (PreE). -
Examining relationships among body image, sexuality, and sexual functioning in women with cervical and endometrial cancer
Introduction: Over 74,000 US women are diagnosed annually with endometrial or cervical cancers and experience significant treatment-related difficulties with body image, sexuality, and sexuality. The aims of the research ... -
Promotion of evidence-based communication strategies focused on health literacy in the advanced nursing practice curriculum
The study was an educational intervention with master’s nursing students to teach health literacy strategies focused on the individual receiving care and the organization in which care was provided. An online module was ... -
Maternal-child health crisis: Building the leadership framework for effective global interventions
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 830 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day, 99% occurring in developing countries. Because quality care can save the lives ... -
Bullying and Incivility in Nursing: SigmaCast, Episode 2
(2019-12-04)This episode we will be discussing bullying and incivility. The discussions will center around creating awareness of the issue and ways to create a safe and healthy working environment, regardless of the setting, where ... -
Role of Family Dynamic in Mental Well Being
This article is aimed to highlight the role of family in the mental of their loved ones using bio-psycho-social model of mental health. The substantial evidence highlighting the significance of family dynamics in mental ... -
Sigma Presidential Call to Action [Richard Ricciardi, President, 2019-2021]
The ability to experience joy, enthusiasm, and renewed creativity in our practice settings (clinical, education, research or policy) is fundamental to achieving Sigma’s vision of global nursing excellence. Sigma provides ... -
Connecting, Collaborating, Catalyzing: Sigma 2019 and Beyond
This opening plenary will focus on the progress of Sigma during the Biennium and implications for the future of the organization using the framework of the 2017-2019 Call to Action: Connect, Collaborate, Catalyze. -
Chlorhexidine Oral Care: From Prevention of Pneumonia to Risk Factor for Mortality
Chlorhexidine oral care is often applied in hospitalized patients for maintaining oral health or for the prevention of pneumonia albeit that evidence is not consistent across distinct patient populations. Recent insights ... -
RNPC Training Program: Meeting the Needs of a Changing Healthcare Environment
The RNPC grant will recruit and train nursing students and RN's to practice to the full scope of their license in community-based primary care teams by providing didactic and clinical application to improve primary care ... -
Effects of Educational Instructors' Support From Others and Experiential Learning on the Clinical Learning Environment
This quantitative study was to reveal the effects of educational instructors' support from others and experiential learning on the clinical learning environment using covariance structure analysis. Results showed that ... -
Advances in Clinical Teaching and Learning: Development of a New Tool
Clinical teaching and learning was re-imagined using a new progressive tool along with instructional strategies, to provide guidance to faculty and students in the development of clinical judgment skills within patient ... -
Central Intravenous Skills Using High-Fidelity Simulation Versus Traditional Methodologies Among Undergraduate Nursing Student
Nurse educators have been faced with a paradigm shift in meeting the needs of a technologically advanced generation. Healthcare demands and high faculty to student ratios require methodologies that facilitate clinical ... -
Integrating Mental Health Nursing in the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum
This presentation will describe the outcome of an innovative curricular design which integrates mental health contents across the generalist, undergraduate nursing curriculum in place of a free-standing mental health nursing ... -
Are Institutions Educating Baccalaureate Students to Feel Comfortable Speaking Up for Patient Safety?
Speaking up is recognized as a duty that nurses have and as a means to improve patient safety yet there are barriers to it being utilized. There is an opportunity to educate nursing students so they are more comfortable ... -
Building Practice Partnerships: Facilitating Role Development of Novice Clinical Instructors in Dedicated Education Units
The implementation of the dedicated education unit model for clinical education is an innovative approach to address the nursing faculty shortage and education-practice gap. This quality improvement project leverages ... -
Simulated Role-Play to Improve Attitudes and Empathy Toward Older Adults in Accelerated Nursing Students
This pre- and post-test intervention study aimed to: 1) examine the effectiveness of two educational modalities, a case study and simulated role-playing scenarios, on improving attitudes and empathy towards older adults; ... -
Effects of Simulation on Promoting Caring Ability of Japanese First-Year Undergraduate Nursing Students
This study demonstrates a simulation scenario designed for the first year Japanese nursing students to foster caring ability in addition to training basic nursing skills for ensuring a patient`s safety. Evaluation of its ...