Browsing Sigma Nursing Education Events by Issue Date
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Are We Having Fun Yet?: Instructional Delivery Methods that Enhance Online Student Satisfaction
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: The study determined the relationship between six instructional delivery methods in the Distance Education Learning Environments Survey (DELES) and the satisfaction levels of ... -
Impacting Student Success: The Importance of Gender Diversity within Nursing Education
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: There are factors that affect the nursing profession's ability to recruit, retain and successfully graduate male nurses, including lack of acknowledgement of the diverse needs ... -
Transition to Academic Nurse Educator: How Does Readiness, Confidence, and Number of Children Impact Career Change?
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: The nursing faculty shortage dictates the need to recruit and retain excellence in the academic nurse educator role. This study investigated the relationships among academic ... -
Active Teaching Strategies for a Sense of Salience: End-of-Life Communication
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: The problem addressed was twofold: First, passive lecture prevents transfer to situational decision-making, or a sense of salience (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, & Day, 2010). ... -
Dedicated Education Units: Partnerships that Promote Nursing Leadership Development
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: Recent recommendations for the development of nurse leaders at every level require that we examine how leadership competencies are most effectively developed in nurses. ... -
Student Engagement with Web 2.0 Technology
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: The use of Web 2.0 for educational programs in nursing and healthcare is expanding. The term Web 2.0 refers to the second generation of internet-based services that is 'writable ... -
The Impact of Critical Thinking upon Clinical Judgment during Simulation with Senior Nursing Students
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: The purpose was to examine the impact of critical thinking (CT) upon clinical judgment (CJ) during pediatric medication administration. Objective Structured Clinical Evaluations ... -
A Nursing Specific Undergraduate Student Satisfaction Survey Across a Canadian Collaborative Nursing Program
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: Accurate measurement of university student satisfaction has been associated with later professional attitudes, career commitment, and retention. Universities need to become ... -
Can Nursing Content Standardized Tests Predict NCELX-RN Outcomes?
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: This study was to investigate effective predictors of NCLEX-RN outcomes on the first-attempt among nursing content standardized tests (adult medical-surgical, fundamentals for ... -
Assessment of Nursing Faculty Development Needs: An Evidence-Based Approach
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: As the largest public university in the country, the City University of New York graduates over 1000 nurses each year and is the largest supplier of registered nurses in the New ... -
Faculty Perceptions of Nurse Educator Certification
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Certification is designed to protect the public, recognize and encourage professional achievement, and enhance professionalism. While certification of nurses in areas of clinical ... -
The Perception of Staff Nurses on the Clinical Experience of the BSN Student Before and After the Implementation of a Dedicated Education Unit
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the views of staff nurses on BSN student nurse experiences before and after the implementation of a Dedicated ... -
Evaluation of an Objective Based Formative Clinical Evaluation Tool
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: The co-investigators, as nurse educators, identified a problem with the current formative evaluation tool that was used in a beginning clinical course in a baccalaureate nursing ... -
A Phenomenological Inquiry of the Experiences and Perceptions of Simulation Among ADN Students With Prior Health Care Practice
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: While the development of simulation learning for nursing students has gained national attention among nurse educators, there is a lack of literature to support specific planning ... -
A Qualitative Study to Evaluate an End-of-LIfe Nursing Course
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014 Background: Nurses are crucial for attending to patient and family needs throughout the dying process. Many obstacles hinder a patient's wishes about dying, including how nurses ... -
The Relationship Between Nursing Students' Perceived Sense of Belongingness and Their Willingness to Self-Report Medications Errors in the Clinical Practice Setting: A Feasibility Study
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Medication errors threaten the physical and emotional well-being of the Canadian population (Mayo & Duncan, 2004). There is a paucity of published studies examining medication ... -
Preparation to Provide Spiritual Care: A Qualitative Study of Recent Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Problem/Purpose: Holistic assessment including the spiritual needs of patients is a standard of practice for RNs. There is a paucity of research on preparing nurses for their ... -
Implementing Simulation Courseware in a Pediatric Nursing Practicum
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Background: There is little studies to prove the effect of simulation method on the advancement of critical thinking and clinical judgment. Purpose: This study aims to develop ... -
TIGER-Based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC)
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: Problem: Decision making requires data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in today's data- and technology-rich environments. Nurses need nursing-informatics (NI) competencies ... -
Evaluating the Knowledge of Those Who Teach: Doctorally-Prepared Faculty Members' Performance on the Certified Nurse Educator Examination
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Nursing faculty are charged with the professional responsibility of formally educating nurses to fill entry-level and advanced practice positions. Given their responsibility, ...