Browsing Sigma Biennial Convention by Item Type "Poster"
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360-degree virtual reality increase students' confidence in clinical skills in simulation
This presentation highlights the benefits and attributes of 360-degree virtual reality in simulation. Nursing students experienced traditional simulation (control group) or the 360-degree virtual reality simulation ... -
Academic integrity: It's more than not cheating
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015, Sunday and November 8, 2015: The introduction of the internet and web-based resources have made it easier to cheat and easier to get caught. As a result many programs and ... -
Academic leadership for developing Sri Lanka’s first Master of Nursing Program
The purpose of this project was to establish the first Master of Nursing Programme in Sri Lanka, which will prepare nurses to provide leadership in education, management and research within a complex and dynamic, healthcare ... -
Academic-practice collaboration: A framework for promoting palliative and end-of-life care in academic and clinical settings
The purpose of this leadership project is to establish a framework for an academic-practice collaboration to prepare student nurses, new graduates and practicing nurses to provide compassionate, evidence-based palliative ... -
Academic-practice partnership: A strategy to increase new graduate nurse retention
(2017-10-23)The purpose of this project is to begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the Nursing Academy (NA), an innovative academic-practice partnership model for the teaching, training and preparation of baccalaureate nursing ... -
Accessing rural populations for nursing research: Challenges and lessons learned
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: One fourth of the population of the United States lives in rural areas. It is known that those who reside in rural areas tend to have poorer ... -
The accuracy of machine learning to predict cardiac arrest: A systematic review
This systematic review sought to determine if machine learning models more accurately predict in-hospital cardiac arrest when compared to the modified early warning score. Five of five studies demonstrated that machine ... -
Action Is traction: Keys to preparing nurses to care globally
(2017-10-12)Nurses are expected to care for the global patient. Our college requires undergraduates to take nine credits based on public and global nursing. In addition, 90% of our students study abroad. The courses are prepared to ... -
Action research on health providers and consumers' collaborative initiatives for provision of community-based health promotion services in a sub-urban community of South-East Nigeria
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Introduction: Globally, for over three decades, many member nations of the World Health Organization, including Nigeria had adopted primary ... -
Activities of daily living in residents of nursing home and assisted living facilities: A multilevel analysis
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: The ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) is the most basic function for older adults living in long-term care (LTC). ... -
Acupressure for cancer related fatigue: Empowering nurses in symptom management
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: The purpose of this presentation is to describe the results and nursing implications of the pilot study titled "Use of the Seva Stress Release ... -
Acute pain management: Impact of opioid tolerance leveling on patient, provider, and system outcomes
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: The human and economic burden related to ineffective pain management is well documented. Factors influencing ineffective acute pain management ... -
Adapting to a multi-generational nursing workforce
Today's nursing workforce represents the most diverse group of multi-generational workers. These differences are noted in personality traits, commitment to organization, and job satisfaction. By understanding workers from ... -
Addressing pain in older adults through an interprofessional lens
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: The basis of this project was individual leadership development and the creation of an interprofessional team to address quality of pain ... -
Addressing the opioid crisis in rural communities by engaging incarcerated females in a re-entry program
Implementation of an evidence-based re-entry program designed for females in a rural county jail has the potential to decrease opioid related overdoses and therefore increase health determinants for the individual, family ... -
Adolescents' Nutritional Knowledge
(2017-10-25)The food choices adolescents make may not have immediate or noticeable effects on their bodies. This can create long-term problems in the future, such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and strokes. Helping adolescents ... -
Advance Nurse Practitioner Hypertension Management
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Abstract: In recent years, the US health care delivery system has evolved from primary care treatment of acute medical illness to management of ... -
Advanced practice nurse (APN) intensivists: A model for generating potential revenues and cost-effective healthcare delivery in the ICU
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Background: Intensive Care Units (ICUs) account for over 10 percent of all US hospital beds, have over 4.4 million patient admissions yearly, ... -
Advanced practice nurses on the stroke unit: A cross-sectional study
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Objective: To evaluate the economic and quality outcomes associated with a collaborative advanced practice nurse and hospitalist physician model ... -
Advanced practice registered nurse-led transitional care program to prevent hospital readmissions
(2017-10-23)Advanced practice registered nurse led home-based transitional care project embedded in local community through partnership with accountable care organization reduced re-admissions among heart failure patients within 30 ...