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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Parkinson's Disease and computer-based cognitive training
There is an abundance of evidence supporting the positive impact that physical, cognitive, and speech interventions have on improving or delaying motor and non-motor symptom progression of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). ... -
Advance directive promotion in the community setting
Problem: An advance directive is a recognized legal document that expresses a person’s own wishes and values which will guide medical decision making in the event of serious illness or incapacity. Despite many ongoing ... -
Reducing the cesarean rate in NTSV births
Problem: A cesarean section is a lifesaving procedure for both mothers and neonates when vaginal birth is no longer a safe option. Nonetheless, there has been an extraordinary rise in cesarean rates as well as remarkable ... -
Improve a future interprofessional collaboration starting from an interprofessional education project between a university of applied sciences and arts and a university in Southern Switzerland
In 2019, a new Interprofessional Education collaboration between educational institutions was consolidated in Italian-speaking Switzerland. For the first time, it included a learning unit on IPC open to Bachelor’s ... -
The experiences of parents of children with mental health difficulties who access mental health services through the emergency department: A scoping review
Background: Evidence suggests that children with mental health difficulties access mental health services through emergency departments (ED) (Campbell et al, 2020). The ED route is increasingly being used in relation to ... -
Public health nurse involvement in a multi-stakeholder community paediatric clinic meeting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Ireland
Background: Health has a central place in SDG 3 which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all ages. This case study demonstrates the important role Public Health Nurses (PHNs) play in achieving SDG 3 ... -
Empowering nurse education on prone position
Problem: In staff nurses, does education on prone positioning in ARDS patients increase awareness of nursing practice over six weeks? Intervention: This project was designed to bring awareness and empower registered ... -
Communicating with family caregivers of nursing home residents: Challenges and training needs experienced by healthcare professionals
Background: End-of-life conversations are some of the most challenging of all communication contexts and are also challenging for experienced healthcare professionals (HCPs). These conversations occur in a variety of ... -
Practice Enhancement for Exclusive Breastfeeding (PEEB) – an implementation science approach
Background: Implementation science looks at “what works, for whom, and in what circumstances,” to enable research uptake into practice.1 Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is ... -
Improving confidence and perceptions among nurses using a clinical decision tool for wound care management
Background and purpose: Wound care can vary among all health care providers, which is why it is important to limit practice variations by using clinical decision-making support tools. Education for wound care is very limited ... -
Improving operating room turnover time through process redesign
Introduction: Operating room (OR) turnover time can be defined as the time from when one patient leaves the operating suite, to the time the next patient enters the operating suite (Cerfolio et al. 2019). This is ... -
SRNA learning preferences: A descriptive study
Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (SRNAs) obtain a large portion of their required education within the clinical setting. Research suggests that learning preferences may change with exposure to certain situations, such ... -
Perceived clinical orientation needs of student registered nurse anesthetists: A quality improvement needs assessment
The purpose of this project was to identify the perceived clinical orientation needs of a cohort of student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) at one clinical site. Two focus group interviews were conducted with five ... -
The effect of an esmolol infusion on perioperative opioid use and postoperative pain scores: An integrative review
Objective: The purpose of this integrative review is to investigate the effect of an esmolol infusion on perioperative opioid use and postoperative pain scores. Methods: Articles published between 2012 and 2020 were ... -
The perceived levels of stress and anxiety in student nurse anesthetists during a pandemic: A descriptive cross-sectional study
Background and Significance: Limited research exists regarding Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists' (SRNAs’) perceptions of stress and anxiety during a pandemic such as the COVID-19 outbreak. Clinical effects of ... -
An orientation program for student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) and their support persons: A program evaluation
Graduate programs have been studied and shown to be stressful for their students. Students and their support persons can experience similar emotions which can impact the students' performance, this is known as the crossover ... -
A study of certified registered nurses anesthetist manpower supply and demand in Nebraska: VII
Background: A shortage of healthcare professionals is a problem many hospitals may face in the era of an expanding aging population. The impact of healthcare provider shortages has proven to be detrimental. A shortage of ... -
Mepivacaine and bupivacaine spinal comparisons for motor function return, discharge time, and transient neurologic symptoms: An evidence based practice analysis
Bupivacaine is the most common local anesthetic used in spinals for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedures, despite its extended duration (3-9 hours). Most TKA's can be completed in ... -
Provider education and routine implementation of the SCOFF questionnaire on the detection of eating disorders at the primary care level: A program development project
Introduction: The detection of eating disorders has been cited as a challenge at the primary care level. Literature has shown both a lack in provider knowledge on eating disorders, as well as the routine use of a single, ... -
Neuraxial anesthesia’s role in external cephalic version: An integrative review
Background: External cephalic versions (ECVs) are used to move a fetus from breech position into a vertex position to allow for safer vaginal delivery. Neuraxial anesthesia has been studied as a method of pain control and ...
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