Browsing Sigma Nursing Education Events by Issue Date
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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 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 ... -
Using Narratives to Inform Nursing Ethics Education
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Background: During end-of-life care, nurses face ethical dilemmas on a daily basis with minimal operative scholastic preparation and professional expertise. The diverse source ... -
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). ... -
Perception of Student Nurses' Bullying Behaviors and Coping Strategies Used in Clinical Settings
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Saturday, April 5, 2014: Purpose: to explore bullying behaviors experienced by Damanhour nursing students in clinical nursing education, and to evaluate resources used to cope with these bullying ... -
Evaluating Student Learning Using the Williams Unfolding Case Study
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors unfolding cases were created to guide the teaching of individualized aging, complexity and life transitions to nursing students. Even though ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
The Effect of Two Preparatory Interventions on Performance on Comprehensive Assessments and the National Council Licensure Examination of Graduating Baccalaureate Nursing Students
(2014-05-13)Session presented on: Friday, April 4, 2014: Purpose: This study compared the effectiveness of two different preparatory interventions on comprehensive assessments by achievement level and degree status of graduating nursing ... -
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 ...
