Reputation-based Submissions - Groups and Individuals
This community houses resource papers, research, educational and evidence-based practice materials from individuals and non-Sigma nursing organizations and nursing-related groups. “Groups” may be from any professional setting where nurses* or nursing students* work or learn, such as schools of nursing, hospitals, other clinical settings, national/international nursing organizations, professional groups/consortia, or health-related businesses. Participants are assigned their own collections after meeting criteria listed on the Group Participant Policies page.
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What Influences Nursing Students to Desire to Work in Geriatrics
The geriatric population is growing rapidly. Geriatric education in nursing school curriculum is vital. Undergraduate nursing students need to be educated about the multifaceted care of the older adult as well as experiencing ... -
An Evaluation of the 5 A's Model Used in Behavioral Counseling of Obese Patients in a Primary Care Setting
Purpose: To implement an intensive counseling method using the 5 A’s model for obese adults to aid in weight loss. Design: A quality improvement project was implemented within an inner-city primary care clinic in Memphis, ... -
Problem Solving Through Simulation & Scripts
A nursing learning model was developed to assist students, nurses and nurse educators in their understanding of the diverse ways that content and skills can be learned. During the development of the model, it became clear ... -
Sigma's Henderson Repository: Innovation and Impact Through Open Dissemination
This presentation slide deck provides an overview of Sigma Theta Tau International's e-Repository. -
Executive Summary: Advanced Practice Provider Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Planning
Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH) currently offers an advanced practice provider (APP) fellowship program for general medical providers, but no such program has been offered by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral ... -
HIV/AIDS Awareness among First year Nursing Students in Four Nursing Schools in Guyana
In Guyana, many adolescents grow up in broken families and live in an environment where violence is pervasive. Inadequate knowledge about safe sex practices, poor attitudes towards sexual health and poverty are further ... -
The Effects of Implementing TeamSTEPPS® on Operating Room Staff Communication
Improving communication in the OR can lead to better patient outcomes. Tibbs and Moss (2014) pointed out that Joint Commission (JC) found over two-thirds of surgical adverse events were the result of poor communication and ... -
How High! Decreasing Blood Pressure in Men Aged 45-65 in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project
(2018-05-15)PURPOSE: Hypertension is a health issue that affects many people worldwide. The Memphis area has many people who have been diagnosed with hypertension and experience poor outcomes. A local Memphis primary care clinic allowed ... -
Aligning an online educational activity with QSEN competencies to bridge the leadership practice gap
(2018-05-11)Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) developed an online Nurse Manager Certificate Program (NMCP) that aligned the QSEN competencies and The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) Nurse Manager Competencies. ... -
Hospital Acquired Hypo/Hyperglycemia: A Clinical Issue
(2018-04-02)Hypo- and hyperglycemia related to improper timing of mealtime insulin occurs frequently in the in-patient setting. The timing of mealtime insulin administration is affected by many variables such as blood glucose meter ... -
Effect of Clinical Pathway Implementation on Outpatient Wait Time to Urgent Specialty Appointment
(2018-03-02)Untoward wait time between a primary care referral and initial urgent specialty care appointment was identified during a root cause analysis at the project facility. Ambiguous role responsibilities and unclear referral ... -
A Clinical Practice Change: Enhancing the Efficacy of Pediatric Early Warning Systems
(2018-02-07)With a lack of adherence to documentation, assessment, and utilization of the Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) by pediatric staff nurses, there was a significant gap between clinical deterioration recognition and ... -
Utilization of Evidence-based Health Teaching by Providers to Improve Parents perception of Immunizations and Vaccine Schedules
(2017-12-22)Parental refusal or delay in administering vaccines for their children has become a public health concern, contributing to an increased risk of vaccine-preventable diseases. Informed decision-making is necessary for parents ... -
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Innovation and Research Produce Positive Outcomes
(2017-12-07)Acquiring a pressure ulcer while in the hospital is a devastating outcome for the patient and their family. Pressure ulcer formation in the medical surgical patient population reflects a gap in practice because it is the ... -
Use of Point of Care Testing to Affect Clinician Treatment Decisions for Patients with Diabetes
(2017-11-28)This process improvement initiative implemented a policy for medical assistants (MAs) to perform and record point of care (POC) glucose test results in the electronic medical record (EMR), for all patients with diabetes ... -
A Process Evaluation of an Outpatient Palliative Care Program: A Quality Improvement Project
(2017-11-28)Palliative care has evolved from providing care for patients near end-of-life into a specialized discipline focused on addressing the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients throughout the trajectory ... -
A Bilingual Diabetes Self-Management Education Program for Hispanic Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(2017-11-27)The aim of this intervention was to determine whether diabetes self-management education will help Hispanics/Latinos with type 2 diabetes mellitus change unhealthy behaviors and effectively manage their disease. Healthcare ... -
Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing-based telephone Follow-up in Diabetes Management
(2017-11-27)Diabetes mellitus is a chronic complex disease requiring persistent self-management by patients and ongoing support from the providers. The outpatient diabetes clinic of a teaching hospital in the Midwest has 78.3% patients ... -
Interventions To Reduce Medication Errors
(2017-09-22)Medication errors are the most commonly identified errors occurring in every healthcare setting costing billions of dollars per year. They have the potential to cause death to a patient or increase hospital length of stay. ... -
A Correlation Between Pre-Admission Preparation and Same-Day Surgery Cancellations
(2017-09-22)Patients undergoing surgical procedures must have adequate surgical preparation for anesthesia, procedures, and post-operative care to avoid cancellation. The primary focus of this quality improvement project was to determine ...
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