Browsing Sigma International Nursing Research Congress by Sigma Chapters "Alpha Kappa at-Large"
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Burnout and intent to leave among mid-level academic nurse leaders: An unfolding crisis
(2017-07-12)Purpose: Much attention has been focused, appropriately, on nursing faculty shortages. Another growing international concern, however, is the critical shortage of mid-level academic nurse leaders such as associate and ... -
Data acquisition collaboration for nursing-cost study using
(2017-07-17)Purpose: Use of big data to generate nursing science is sparking much discussion among nursing scholars (Harper & Parkerson, 2015; Clancy & Gelinas, 2016). Defining the value of nursing through analysis of big data ... -
Developing an evidence-based caring science course
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: The purpose of this project was to explore teaching strategies designed to create authentic presence and engage students in online learning through integration of a ... -
Developing systems to improve hypertension monitoring at a primary care clinic
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Scope and Significance: Primary care clinics are responsible for evaluation of patients with hypertension (HTN) and reporting care to effectively treat this disease. Despite ... -
EBP in Action: Ensuring Best Practice is Standard Practice
(2017-07-26)This symposium describes the innovative work of a nationally recognized university-based EBP program in advancing EBP through a collaborative relationship with a large, Magnet designated Pediatric Health System to create ... -
Effects of instructor immediacy and online course design in student satisfaction and successful course completion
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: Background: The withdrawal and failure rates for online classes and student satisfaction of online courses are identified as problems. Aim and Objectives: The aim was to investigate ... -
English version of the Evidence-Based Practice Competence Questionnaire: Validity assessment among nursing students
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties (validities) and the ease of use of instruments among nursing students. In this study, the EBP-COQ tool was translated and validated into North American ... -
An evidence-based intervention to improve vaccination rates for seasonal influenza among registered nurses
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015. Seasonal influenza continues to cause the hospitalizations and deaths of tens of thousands every year in the U.S. (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 2008). Vaccination ... -
Exploring nursing cost using patient level data
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: The purpose of the study was 1) to explore the variability of nursing cost per acute care episode for patients with similar DRGs with and without major complications; 2) to ... -
Improving hypertension management through computer-based staff education, simulation, and incentivization: One organization's quality improvement journey
(2017-07-21)Background: Hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease which is a leading cause of death in the United States (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2014; Coogan, Marra, & Lomonaco, 2015). Although approximately ... -
Overcoming Buzzwords and Variability Through a Nurse EBP Mentor Program
(2017-07-26)This symposium describes the innovative work of a nationally recognized university-based EBP program in advancing EBP through a collaborative relationship with a large, Magnet designated Pediatric Health System to create ... -
Practical Application of High Reliability Principles in Healthcare to Promote Clinical Quality and Safety Outcomes
(2017-07-25)Learn how application of High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles into daily healthcare work processes can successfully drive and promote improved quality clinical outcomes, safety, and culture change. -
Practical tools for the high reliability journey
(2017-07-25)Learn two powerful improvement tools, Root Cause Analysis and Failure Mode Effects Analysis, that when coupled with principles of high reliability are vital to promoting sustainable change and prevention of adverse events. -
Psychological safety: A work environment characteristic in a high reliability organization
(2017-07-25)This session informs the audience of how leadership commitment to psychological safety and the principles of high reliability can advance organizational resilience in an acute care hospital setting. -
Quality of nursing doctoral education in United Kingdom and Japan
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Monday, July 22, 2013: Purpose: The major aim of the 2 country study was to compare the QNDE from the perspectives of faculty and students/graduates. Methods: A total of 370 faculty and students/graduates ... -
Threading incivility training through nursing curriculum
(2018-06-04)Researchers propose that incivility may have its root in nursing school. Effects of incivility may impede the professional development of student nurses. Unaddressed acts of incivility may carry over into the workplace. ... -
Use of plasma biomarkers to test frailty in geriatric trauma patients
(2018-06-12)Providing care to injured elder adults present challenges in the emergent injury phase. This study of both injured and healthy volunteers demonstrated that an easy to use frailty scale, used in combination with a plasma ... -
Using cognitive rehearsal to address incivility in nursing education
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016 and Thursday, July 21, 2016: Background/Significance: Nurse-to-nurse incivility is a global issue and is considered by working nurses to be the most common and most disturbing ... -
Using cognitive rehearsal to address nurse-to-nurse incivility: Six months later, how are they doing?
(2017-07-13)Purpose: Despite the expectation that nurses behave in civil and caring manners towards patients and other nurses, incivility persists. Research supports however, that there are evidenced based strategies to address uncivil ...