Browsing Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports by Title
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The manager’s perspective: Perceptions of and behaviors toward patient and visitor aggression in hospitals (PERoPA). An international online survey
(2017-09-21)Background: Patient and visitor aggression has a damaging influence on workflows as well as patient and staff safety in all areas of healthcare. Nurse managers are in a key position to address patient and visitor aggression. ... -
Mothers caring for technology dependent neonates
The purpose of this study was to prospectively examine mothers’ psychological well-being and needs for information and support as well as their technology-dependent neonates’ healthcare utilization (rehospitalization, ... -
Multi-level peer-to-peer engagement: Using simulation to facilitate intercultural development in undergraduate nursing students
This research study aims to determine the effects of simulation education on intercultural development. -
Neonatal diet type and associations with adverse feeding outcomes and gut microbiome composition in neonates with critical congenital heart defects
The purpose of the proposed longitudinal observational study was to: 1) investigate the relationship between variations in neonatal diet type and incidence of feeding intolerance, necrotizing enterocolitis, and malnutrition ... -
Neonatal nursing care disruptions to the thermal environment of premature neonates
Subject Population: The study describes neonatal nurses’ perceptions of frequency, duration, and depth of their care for premature neonates (PN) housed in incubators. This study was the first step in a comprehensive ... -
New nurses' hopes and expectations transitioning into practice phase two
(3/5/2014)Purposes/Aims: This qualitative study examines the lived experiences of graduating associate degree nurses transitioning into practice. Rationale Conceptual Basis/Background: The increasing complexity of health ... -
Nursing staffing and state-level dementia training in relation to inappropriate psychotropic medication use In nursing home residents with dementia
Background: Psychotropics use to manage behavioral symptoms associated with dementia in nursing homes (NHs) has been the focus of policy attention due to their adverse effects. NHs can be flagged for inappropriate psychotropics ... -
Nursing students’ views regarding the use of virtual reality: A qualitative exploration
Background: The popularity and use of virtual reality in healthcare delivery and nursing education is on the rise. Yet, the views of future nurses regarding this technology remain underexplored. This qualitative study ... -
Objectively measured physical activity in surgical lung cancer patients: Feasibility and acceptability of a longitudinal approach
The aim of this study was to 1) determine the feasibility and acceptability of tracking longitudinal PA and its correlates (HRQOL and social cognitive variables), and 2) obtain preliminary estimates of changes in PA before ... -
Parent perceptions of sexual education needs of children with autism spectrum disorders
(2014-10-02)This study aimed to 1) describe parent perceptions of sexual education needs of their children aged 10-20 with an ASD diagnosis and 2) determine parent-preferred mechanisms of delivery for tailored educational intervention ... -
Parenting stress in parents of infants with congenital heart disease and parents of healthy infants: The first year of life
(2017-09-12)Background: While we know that the parents of infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), the most prevalent group of congenital anomalies, experience increased parenting stress, the stress levels throughout infancy have ... -
Parents/caregiver's health, stress, and perceived caregiver burden in the difficult first 3 months after their infant/child with special health care needs is discharged home
The purpose of this exploratory study with three time points will examine the physical health, mental health, stress using biomarker levels (salivary cortisol), and perceived caregiver burden of Hispanic, Black, and White ... -
Patient and family participation in medication communication at discharge
Patient and family engagement is advocated internationally as a strategy to enhance medication safety at transitions of care. Enhancing communication is a major means of enabling patient and family engagement. The aim of ... -
Person-centred caring towards improvement of diabetic foot care compliance in rural primary health care, KwaZulu-Natal
This study aims to identify how registered nurses could achieve person-centred caring to improve diabetic foot care compliance in the rural primary healthcare context in KwaZulu-Natal. -
Polygenic risk score distributions suggest that treatment resistance in schizophrenia is unlikely to be driven by schizophrenia associated common variations
This work will extend the current approach in the field and has the potential to decode the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia by focusing on symptom domains which not only have important and direct clinical outcomes but ... -
Predicting aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss among MDR-TB infected individuals in South Africa
Problem Statement Individuals treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) with aminoglycosides (AGs) in resource-limited settings often experience permanent hearing loss, but there is no practical, cost-effective ... -
Predicting NCLEX failures using standardized assessments
(2017-12-04)The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental cross sectional study was to explore the use of Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to recognize redundancy and correlations in the variables – standardized Content ... -
Predictors and mediators of postpartum depression (PPD) and experiences of accessing mental health treatment for PPD among Syrian refugee women settling in Turkey: A mixed methods study
The purposes of this study of female Syrian refugees are to: (a) identify subtypes of PPD, (b) examine predictors and mediators of PPD, and (c) describe the experiences of mothers with PPD symptoms in accessing mental ... -
Prevalence, severity, and risk factors of delirium in critically ill stroke patients
To determine the prevalence and severity of delirium among adults admitted to a neurocritical care unit who are diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and to ... -
Promotion of evidence-based communication strategies focused on health literacy in the advanced nursing practice curriculum
The study was an educational intervention with master’s nursing students to teach health literacy strategies focused on the individual receiving care and the organization in which care was provided. An online module was ...