Open Dissemination Materials - Groups and Individuals: Recent submissions
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Improving Quality of Life: Efficacy of Pregabalin and Gabapentin in the Fibromyalgia Patient
Background and Review of Literature: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic disease that is characterized by widespread pain and several associated symptoms such as non-restorative sleep, fatigue, poor physical condition, impaired ... -
Resilience: An Essential Skill in Critical Care Nursing
Background and Review of Literature: Burnout syndrome has been a struggle for critical care nurses for decades. Burnout syndrome causes significant mental stress, job dissatisfaction, depersonalization, and reduced personal ... -
Sleep Hygiene Education for Rural Adults
This is a DNP Capstone paper. This DNP project examined what effect a community based sleep hygiene education program had on the quantity and quality of sleep in rural adults. Participants received a 45 minute oral ... -
Sigma's Henderson Repository: Innovation and Impact Through Open Dissemination
Presentation Overview: What is it? Who does it serve? What materials are accepted? What is open dissemination? Does the repository offer a publication option? A word about prior publication Benefits to individual ... -
It's Time for a Solution! Overcoming Incivility in our Workplace
Presentation file to be uploaded at a later date.As the issue of incivility, lateral and horizontal violence, and bullying continue in nursing, strategies are needed to address and eliminate hostile work environments. ... -
A Faith-Based Education Program to Reduce Stigma Associated with HIV/AIDS Among the African-Born Population
Background and Review of Literature: Faith-based organizations are important institutions with the potential to increase the reach of HIV knowledge and address HIV-related stigma in the African-born population. This ... -
A Need for Nurses
Nurse residency programs were designed with the intent of assisting nurses with the transition into a new area of practice. These programs are common in acute care settings; however, implementation has been slow to move ... -
Investigating Chemobrain onset: A pilot study exploring the severity and onset of cognitive impairment
Background: Chemotherapy related changes in cognition fall into a cluster of symptoms commonly referred to as chemobrain. To date, nursing literature on the progression of chemobrain and tools used to describe this progression ... -
This is My Story: Using Patient Personalization Posters to Improve Nurses' Caring Behaviors
The critical care environment renders patients unable to share the kind of personal information that illuminates their story outside of the intensive care unit. Therefore, learning about the individuality of this patient ... -
Implementation & Evaluation of Safe Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in Primary Care
Uptake of evidence-based guidelines varies among primary care providers when treating chronic non-cancer pain patients in managed primary care settings. This project aimed to determine the feasibility and compliance of the ... -
The Impact of Simulation on Knowledge Gain Regarding Diabetic Patient Care
Summary: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a high-fidelity simulation experience on traditional pre-licensure nursing students’ knowledge and performance related to the care of the diabetic patient. ... -
Palliative Care: Improving Eligible Patient Identification to Encourage Early Intervention
Palliative care (PC) encompasses a holistic way of caring for patients and families with chronic disease or life-limiting illness through optimal symptom management. Individuals in need of PC has reached 20 million annually ... -
Purposeful Rounding for Fall Prevention in the Nursing Home Setting
Falls among nursing home residents is a frequent and recurring issue. Falls are major cause of injuries, hospitalizations, and death among nursing home population, as well as increased healthcare cost. The purpose of this ... -
Does a Perioperative Decision Aid Tool Help Increase Patient and Staff Engagement?
Does a perioperative decision aid tool help increase patient and nursing staff engagement? Background: Rapid reductions in healthcare reimbursement caused by the value-based care movement have healthcare organizations ... -
Depression Screening to Improve Early Detection, Referral, and Treatment of Depression in Patients with Diabetes
Comorbid depression is common among adults with diabetes and is associated with negative impacts on quality of life, health outcomes, and mortality rates. As of 2015, it was estimated that 415 million people were living ... -
My Research is Completed...Now What?
Presentation Outline: Define methods and components of dissemination, including poster presentation, podium presentation and publishing Identify key elements in the publishing process -
Chronic Complications of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
Presentation Outline: Recall VTE risk factors and prevention Describe post-thrombotic syndrome and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) Identify nursing implications of caring for patients with ... -
Reflections on New Clinical Nurse Specialist Transition into Practice
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify common themes in the experience of transitioning from staff nurse to CNS. The investigators used a phenomenological approach to examine their lived experiences of ... -
Using Social Media to Increase Engagement in Nursing Organizations
A nursing organization’s Facebook administrator and webmaster collaborated to formulate a social media plan. Several strategies were used in the hopes of increasing engagement and membership in the organization. Strategies ... -
Implementing a Community Education Campaign to Improve Prenatal Care Among Navajo Women
Early and consistent prenatal care (PNC) is essential to preventing adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Despite the recommendations made by the World Health Organization and the American College of Obstetricians and ...