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  • Nursing workforce development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A global advocacy action plan 

    Wall, Brittany; Kistner, Grace; Brzoza, Vicki; Coveleski, Talia; Harkness, Beth; Hickson, Rubi; Priddy, Kristen; Young, Kerry Keyes
    The global population is estimated to be 9.7 billion by 20505. Of the top ten countries with the largest expected population growth, five are in Sub-Saharan Africa: Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, ...
  • Opioid crisis in the adolescent population: A global health advocacy action plan- “Leave no one behind” 

    Metersky, Kateryna; Murray, Debbilynn
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  • Session 7: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit April 2023 

    Magpantay-Monroe, Edna; Bergeron, Tasha; Ndenya, Eunice; Alrimawi, Intima; Cornelius, Judith; Henry-Ferguson, Verona
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Edna ...
  • Session 6: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit April 2023 

    Smith, Jaclyn; Thaar AlMarzoog, AlJuhara; Hummel, Harmen; Nasaif, Husain; McKenzie, Reccia; Smith, Susan M.
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Jaclyn Smith, ...
  • Session 5: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit April 2023 

    Embree, Jennifer; Bonaby, Angela; Vesho, Delmy; Bayingana, Jovin; Addison, DeLeon; Augustin, Martha; Mills, Denise
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Jennifer Embree, ...
  • Session 4: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit April 2023 

    Gorton, Karen; Horcasitas-Tovar, Aimee; Johnson, Elizabeth; Galvez, Margaret; Jones, Janice; Lewis, Kimberly
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Karen Gorton, ...
  • Session 3: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit April 2023 

    Kennedy-Malone, Laurie; Alderman, Jennifer; Snyder, Briana Lynn; Harris-Haman, Pamela; Garriques-Lloyd, Sheryl; Woolsey, Colleen
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Laurie ...
  • Session 2: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit April 2023 

    Ashcraft, Pamela; Lambert-Davis, Jacquelyn; Unkefer, Chelsea; Collier, Jennifer; Alatrash, Manal
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Pamela Ashcraft, ...
  • Session 1: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit April 2023 

    Dion, Kenneth W.; Siewers, Amanda; Breboneria, Benjamin Joel; Nario, Joshua Jaime; Mayfield, Megan; Mathew Joseph, Nitha
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Kenneth Dion, ...
  • Utilization of modular build concept and community-led design of facilities to increase rural healthcare access: Comparative construction projects and evaluation of health disparities in South Africa and Montana, USA 

    Choshi, Modjadji M.; Johnson, Elizabeth A.
    The purpose of this project is to utilize a community-led design of a culturally sensitive modular build concept to increase rural healthcare access in Limpopo Province, South Africa (SA) and Montana, United States of ...
  • Mental health and resilience for the healthcare professional – A global health advocacy plan 

    Plasse, Mechelle J.; Horcasitas, Aimée
    The pandemic highlighted the systems inadequate response in protecting the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals; climate instability will further exploit these weaknesses. Investment in proactive measures ...
  • Session 3: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit May 2022 

    Henderson, Shakira L.; Guz, Katherine; Massett, Stacie; Silvestri-Elmore, Angela E.; Baudler, Barbara; Prenovost, LeAnne; Perron, Tracy; Ro, Kumhee
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Shakira L. ...
  • Session 2: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit May 2022 

    Ganz, Freda; Dunlap, Janice; Hantack, Kelly; Lee, Susan; McVerry, Kristen; Young-Brice, Amber
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Freda DeKeyser ...
  • Session 1: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit May 2022 

    Dion, Kenneth W.; Matthews, Nisha; Hernandez, Angelica; Lippe, Megan; Choflet, Amanda; Garlock, Abby
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey.   This session features Kenneth ...
  • Session 3: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit September 2021 

    Kelly, Michelle; Hayden, Alexis; Smith, Jaclyn; Clarissa, Catherine; Dominguez, Karen; Ocho, Oscar
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Michelle Kelly, ...
  • Session 2: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit September 2021 

    Bradley, Kathleen; Tenaglia, Holly; Jedwab, Rebecca M.; O'Grodnick, Madison; Duarte, Fausto; Brissenden, Simonne
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Kathleen ...
  • Session 1: Nurse Leaders Virtual Summit September 2021 

    Mousa, Dania Itani; Cellucci, Cristina; Tariga, Jose Arnold; Burdick, Kailee Lynn; Stallings, Devita; Beck, Julie
    The purpose of the Nurse Leader Virtual Summit is to provide an avenue for nurse leaders from various Sigma Academies and Nightingale Challenge to disseminate their leadership journey. This session features Dania Itani ...
  • An unexpected but powerful leadership experience during a global pandemic 

    Heitzman, Melissa
    To cap off the end of a Sigma Academy cohort, Academy scholars and other Sigma academy participants were charged with sharing their leadership journey and/or their Sigma Academy self-selected projects via a Pecha Kucha ...
  • My leadership journey 

    Camp, Lindsey Horrell
    The purpose of the Nightingale Challenge is to help develop the next generation of young nurses and midwives as leaders, practitioners, and advocates in health, and to demonstrate that nursing and midwifery are exciting ...
  • The 3 E's of faculty engagement (encourage, empower, & energize): From new faculty orientation to continuing professional development 

    Owens, Angela
    This presentation is an overview of Dr. Owens's larger academy project of the same name. To cap off the end of a Sigma Academy cohort, Academy scholars and other Sigma academy participants were charged with sharing their ...

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