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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Reducing hospital-acquired pressure injuries through the implementation of the Leaf Patient Monitoring System
A top priority for all hospitals is patient safety. A major component of patient safety classified under this category is prevention of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs), which are considered “never-events” by ... -
Diabetic education to reduce readmission of patients with diabetes
Hospital readmissions by patients with diabetes rise due to known risk factors such as lack of a healthy diet, physical activity, aging and obesity (Sonmez, Kambo, Avtanski, Lutsky, & Poretsky, 2017). Diabetes education ... -
Depression screening and management in a free primary care clinic
Introduction. Depression diagnoses in the United States continue to rise within the primary care setting. At a free primary care clinic in the Southeastern United States, the PHQ-9 screening tool was being used to screen ... -
Forest bathing as a self-care modality for nurses
The self-care practice of forest bathing for nurses is the focus of this article. Self-care is the use of actions to promote one's well-being and is an essential aspect of being a nurse. The Japanese form of shinrin yoku ... -
Interdisciplinary rounding and its effect on communication and quality
Introduction: Communication is vital in healthcare. Ineffective communication has been often cited as one of the root causes of patient harm. Interdisciplinary rounding (IDR); a structured framework for communication ... -
Team-based fall prevention program derived from TeamSTEPPS 2.0 methodology: Quality improvement
A team-based fall prevention program is vital in establishing teamwork and patient safety standards. The Doctor of Nursing (DNP) Capstone project focused on the lack of a team-based fall prevention program within a Telemetry ... -
An evaluation of timing of discharge instruction and the impact on patient satisfaction
Ambulatory surgical patients face unique challenges with discharge instruction comprehension and retention. The volume of information provided to patients, frequently combined with sedatives and narcotics, leads to failure ... -
The impact of a virtual poverty simulation on undergraduate nursing students' attitudes, beliefs, and awareness
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to determine the impact of a virtual simulation on undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes, beliefs, and awareness of poverty. Methodology: The SPENT virtual poverty simulation ... -
Effectiveness of music on comfort and adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy in an adult population with obstructive sleep apnea
Background: The most effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. However, CPAP has a low adherence rate, approximately 25% in the first year. Among the most ... -
The impact of length of experience on clinical nursing instructor’s perceptions of effective teaching behaviors in undergraduate nursing programs
Effective clinical teaching is vital for student learning, and it is essential that clinical nursing instructors exhibit effective clinical teaching behaviors in the clinical learning environment. To provide students ... -
Oncology missed care
Identified as a universal phenomenon, missing nursing care has a significant impact on patient safety and outcomes1. To better understand the impact missed nursing care has on the cancer patients, further exploration ... -
Use of comprehensive care coordinator telephonic outreach to increase colorectal cancer screening in primary care
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States. More than 140,000 patients in the United States will be diagnosed with CRC in 2020. Despite clear benefits to timely CRC screening ... -
Social support among family caregivers who attend hospice virtual group counseling sessions: Facilitators and barriers to attending these sessions
The National Hospice and Palliative Care organization has identified that a majority of its estimated 1.43 million patients in 2016 were cared for by family members. Studies show that these family caregivers often suffer ... -
Impact of diabetes self-management education on adults with diabetes and mental illness
Approximately 9.4% of the population of the United States, or 30.3 million Americans, has diabetes mellitus. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death and places a significant financial strain on the healthcare system ... -
Simulation for poison center telephone triage: A model for quality improvement of training
Specialists in Poison Information (SPIs), individuals who answer calls for poison control centers (PCC), do not have a national standard training on how to answer calls. Training outcomes were not at the expected level at ... -
Reducing postpartum depression through implementation of postpartum depression screenings
Postpartum depression (PPD) forges a major public health challenge, and the prevalence is alarming not only from a national perspective, but global as well. Recent data revealed that 17.7% of women in 56 different countries ... -
Improving comfort care through evidence-based practice in the hospital
Death is inevitable. One assumes that when patients find themselves facing life-ending illnesses the concern shifts from the extension of life to quality of life. Through literature, it is determined that end-of-life care ... -
Rate of adherence in patients with diabetes when using smart phone applications to document blood glucose levels
Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects 10.5% of Americans and 15.4% of the adult population in Alabama with numbers rising (ADA, 2019; CDC, 2020). Consistent blood glucose monitoring is imperative in making DM treatment decisions ... -
Magnesium sulfate effectiveness for ERAS Protocols
Magnesium sulfate has been considered a versatile anesthetic adjunct in the past, though its analgesic potential remains controversial. The discovery of its ability to block the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in the central ... -
Modified pectoral nerve block for unilateral mastectomy
General anesthesia combined with opioid therapy is the most common anesthetic technique used for patients undergoing breast cancer surgery; however, inhaled anesthetics and opioids are notorious offenders of a fragile ...
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