Open Dissemination Materials - 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.
Materials do not undergo peer review upon submission, acceptance, and posting to this repository. Refer to the Review Type and Acquisition Type listed in each item record to determine the vetting standard that has been applied.
*Nurses must hold degrees BSN and above from accredited programs. Retired nurses are still eligible to submit.
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Exercise & spiritual practice for stress reduction, health and well-being
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020)Nurses caring for patients with serious illness must take care of themselves in order to be able to care for others. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged nurses in ways they have never faced before. Taking care of oneself ... -
COVID-19: Loss, grief and bereavement information
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020)Patient deaths from COVID-19 have been very difficult for families who are unable to be with loved ones during their dying process and at the time of death. Nurses at the bedside are providing support and fostering hope ... -
The expert role of the DNP prepared nurse impacting healthcare systems: Bench to bedside, classroom to boardroom
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) prepared nurses are uniquely positioned to meet the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) call to nursing for increased involvement and action in improving our healthcare system. The DNP is a ... -
Undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes regarding poverty and the poor
Poverty can be a difficult topic to discuss, much less experience. Poverty USA reported that 38.1 individuals lived in poverty in the United States in 2019, effecting 1 in 6 children. Nurses are faced and will continue ... -
Influencing undergraduate nursing student attitudes on older adults
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine baccalaureate nursing student attitudes toward older adults and whether gerontological nursing education affects those attitudes. As the number of older adults increases, ... -
Undergraduate nursing student evaluation of disaster drills
Purpose/Background: Nurses are a major component of disaster response and need to understand their roles in preparing and responding to a disaster. Limited evidence regarding educating undergraduate nursing students for ... -
Undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students and disaster drills
Purpose: A tornado disaster drill was developed and implemented at a new northeast Texas baccalaureate-nursing program in 2014. The nursing department in 2015 generated another tornado disaster drill at a larger on-campus ... -
Disaster preparedness for undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students
Purpose: The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice state that graduates should be able to use clinical judgment and make decisions during disaster situations. All nurses need training in ... -
Utilizing a team-based approach to improve hypertension management in a medical home practice
Hypertension is one of the leading causes of heart disease in the United States. Currently, there are about 80 million Americans who have a diagnosis of hypertension. As the rates of patients diagnosed with hypertension ... -
Privacy, please
The PICO question for this literature review is: Are single occupancy rooms cost effective in reducing overall nosocomial infection rates in adult patients in comparison to double occupancy rooms? -
Educational strategies to enhance medication knowledge
The implementation of additional educational strategies to undergraduate nursing curriculum may contribute to more knowledgeable and safe graduating nurses, leading to less medication errors. -
Pediatric benefits of animal assisted therapy
For pediatric patients, animal assisted therapy (AAT) may be a more effective method to improve overall wellbeing, including stress, fear, and anxiety, than standard or pharmaceutical methods. -
Essential oil therapy for alleviation of discomfort in surgical patients
Post-surgical pain (PSP) has not been sufficiently managed despite routine opioid use. The adverse effects of opioids led to the search for non-pharmaceutical intervention. The PICOT question that guided this project was, ... -
A patient-centered approach to fall prevention
In 2019, a rural hospital in South Texas reported 102 incidents of patient falls. Although below the corporate fall rate benchmark of 2.2/1000 patient days, the hospital recognized that it was clinically significant and ... -
ELNEC COVID-19 communication resource guide: Helping families saying goodbye virtually to loved ones in the nursing home and hospital
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020-08-13)Helping family members say goodbye to loved ones who are dying in the hospital or nursing home is difficult in the best circumstances. With COVID-19, visitation is often not allowed and family have to say goodbye using ... -
Implementing hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) prevention program
Practice Problem: Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) is a serious problem in patient care and has deleterious implications for the patient and the healthcare system. A 530-bed acute care hospital in the Rio Grande ... -
The use of tailored interventions to prevent falls: A quality improvement project in the telemetry unit
Every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of patients fall in hospitals with 30 to 50 percent resulting in injury. In Texas, the fall rate in adult patients is 33.9 percent, and in one teaching hospital in ... -
The effect of medication reconciliation timeout on patient safety: An evidence-based project
Abstract Practice Problem: There was a report of a high rate of medication errors from inaccurate medication reconciliation during admission to a local hospital in South Texas. The medication error rate was 14.88% on 20 ... -
Purposeful rounding and improved patient care: An evaluation of nurses’ and nursing assistants’ perceptions of purposeful rounding and intervention to improve practice
Purposeful rounding has gained acceptance in academic literature regarding its clinical benefits in patient optimal outcomes. A Mid-Atlantic regional hospital implemented hourly rounding a few years ago, but it has not ... -
Increasing patient enrollment in the MOVE Program at the VA Medical Center: An evidence-based practice project
Practice Problem: This evidence-based practice project aimed to increase patient referrals to the MOVE program by educating providers about the importance and benefit of the Managing Obesity for Veterans Everywhere (MOVE) ...
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