Browsing Sigma Biennial Convention by Title
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Sexuality in sexual partners of Colombian women with breast cancer
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: SEXUALITY IN SEXUAL PARTNERS OF COLOMBIAN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER Objectives: To describe the changes in the sexuality of the sexual partners ... -
Shaking It Up: Creating a Dynamic ICU Internship
This Quality Improvement project was implemented to improve the ICU internship experience for the new graduate nurses and fellows. Improving competence, confidence, and assimilation to the unit was evaluated by utilizing ... -
Shame and type 2 diabetes: Patient perceptions of providers' impacts on disease self-management
Patients with Type 2 diabetes experience regular interactions with the healthcare system and healthcare personnel and many of those interactions may have an emotional impact on their confidence in managing their disease. ... -
Shaping the future of healthcare: Using QI frameworks and methodologies for process improvement
(2017-09-25)Quality improvement (QI) has become an increasingly important part of the health care industry, both in patient care and education. In 2012, the UCLA Department of Medicine Quality created a QI Scholarship Program that ... -
Shattering the glass ceiling for a junior nurse leader
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: In academia, junior faculty have more experience in following their seasoned colleagues than leading change in nursing education ... -
Shift work and nurses' health: Understanding the consequences to take action!
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Shift work has negative impact on nurses' physical, mental and social health. It affects patient and staff safety as well as quality of care. Nurses who work night shift may ... -
A Shiftwork Education Program: Translating Non-Healthcare Evidence to Improve Nurse and Patient Safety
(2017-09-29)A significant nurse and patient safety risk, shift-work and its resultant fatigue, is seldom addressed in the classroom or the workplace. Using evidence from non-healthcare industries, this session will describe a proactive ... -
Short term intervention using the Paleolithic Diet to prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes in those with HgA1c 5.7% or higher
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: Western metabolic diseases, especially, obesity, prediabetes, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases impose a great financial and ... -
The short-term effects of a wellness on-boarding program with health sciences students on depression, anxiety, healthy lifestyle beliefs and healthy lifestyle behaviors
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: Background: First year health sciences students are subject to high stress levels as they enter their professional programs. Although these academic programs prepare students ... -
Sigma Leadership Opportunities: What Are You Waiting For?
Members of the Leadership Succession Committee will discuss opportunities for serving as an international leader in the Honor Society. Open positions and position descriptions will be identified during this session as well ... -
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 ... -
Sigma Repository: Learn, Share, Lead
Curious about Sigma’s repository, its uses and benefits? The repository is a unique, free, and open resource. Browse the materials to learn what others are doing in the field of nursing. Share your work globally. The ... -
Sigma Theta Tau International, the United Nations and global initiatives
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: The history of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) is varied and rich. It includes a deliberate decision to become international, including global expansion, which was ... -
Sigma's collaboration: Our record of progress and the work ahead at the United Nations
Sigma Theta Tau International holds Special consultative status with the United Nations. This presentation will inform members of what we have achieved by our relationship with United Nations, how our work has been ... -
Sigma's Global Expansion: An Overview of the New Global Regional Councils
In late 2017, Sigma announced the creation and establishment of Global Regional Councils. This presentation will review the objectives of the councils, detail how the work has been accomplished and highlight what to expect ... -
Sigma's Member Engagement: Global Initiatives Programs to Strengthen the Member Experience
Sigma's Global Initiatives Department exists to enhance the organization's reach, impact, and participation within the global healthcare community. This presentation will highlight the Member Engagement Initiatives of the ... -
The significance of sleep disturbance and attentional fatigue among breast cancer survivors
(2017-10-18)The goal of this presentation is to improve participants' understanding of attentional fatigue in breast cancer survivors (BCS). At the end, participants' will understand its importance, identify demographic and medical ... -
The Sikh Patient: A Review of the Nursing Literature
(2012-01-04)(41st Biennial Convention) Introduction: Nearly a half million Sikhs currently live in the United States.�Thus, gaining cultural competency on caring for a Sikh when they become patients under our care, is a clear ... -
Simulated Hosptial Day: Transcending Borders, Trancending Budgets
(2013-12-19)Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013: The Simulated Hospital Day (SHD) meets the needs of healthcare students and consumers in an era of economic and healthcare reform uncertainty. Our multicultural and multifaceted ... -
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; ...