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Closing the gap: Team-based care models
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2022-10-06)Staffing challenges have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing nursing leadership to reimagine models of care in both the acute care and ambulatory settings. Learn how two nursing leaders developed a team-based ... -
Engaging with politics, policy, & policymaking: Opportunities and challenges for Sigma members worldwide
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2022-10-04)The webinar will explore the interests and skills of nurses in political decision-making and discuss opportunities to increase the minimal involvement of nurses in legislative policymaking and how to best foster more nurse ... -
Quality of life: The dyad of caregivers and lung transplant candidates
Informal caregivers are essential members of the healthcare team providing care, valued at over $250 billion each year, to millions of individuals who require assistance with health and daily care. It is important to examine ... -
Cross-cultural adaptation and translation of the Functional, Communicative, and Critical Health Literacy (FCCHL) questionnaire
Aim 1: Cross-culturally translate the FCCHL tool into Spanish using appropriate methods inclusive of language and culture. Aim 2: Assess the validity of the Spanish-FCCHL (S-FCCHL) tool with native-Spanish speakers. -
Inner resources (sense of coherence, hope, and spiritual perspective) as predictors of psychological well-being in African American breast cancer survivors
No studies have been found on the psychological effects of applying sense of coherence, hope, and spiritual perspective by African American (AA) breast cancer survivors. These variables have each been positively associated ... -
Elucidation of tacit knowledge that supports the practice of an expert nurse based on the RAM
This study aims to elucidate tacit knowledge that underpins the nursing practice of the expert nurse who implements the Roy Adaptation Model. -
The use of complementary and alternative therapies for pain in fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic pain condition that is not well understood. Many available medications and treatments currently prescribed for fibromyalgia have shown only limited success for pain control. Thus ... -
Effect of change in nursing skill mix on patient and organizational outcomes in one teaching hospital
This study examined the effect of a change in nursing skill mix, RN hours, and total caregiver hours on patient satisfaction, adverse occurrences, mortality, length of stay, and cost on 19 nursing units (N = 46, 664 patients) ... -
Relevance of pain management outcomes in veterans
Despite well-publicized guidelines, acute pain remains a significant problem for medical inpatients, including veterans. Registered nurse staff plays a key role in inpatient pain management: they assess pain, coordinate ... -
My journey as an emerging nursing education leader - One scholar's journey through the Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy
To convey leadership growth of the scholar during NFLA. Leading an accelerated BSN faculty team through integrative team teaching implementation illustrated multiple ways the scholar’s leadership skills improved team ... -
A historical overview of Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing, 1922-1979
Sigma Theta Tau was founded in 1922 by six students at the Indiana University Training School for Nurses, Indianapolis, Indiana. The name was chosen using the initials of the Greek words, STORGA, THAROS, TIME, meaning Love, ... -
Middle Eastern and North African immigrant parents caring for obese children: A phenomenlogical inquiry
Background: Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century in the United States and worldwide. Several studies show that children with migrant backgrounds are more likely to be ... -
Implementation of the Massachusetts policy on youth sport-related mild traumatic brain injuries: Perceptions of key personnel at Massachusetts public and charter schools
Objective: The major purpose of this cross-sectional, descriptive, and explanatory survey research was to assess key school personnel’s perceptions of barriers to and facilitators of implementation of the ... -
NCLEX test taking strategies and practice questions [September 2022 Installment]
(Sigma Theta Tau International, 2022-09-20)This webinar will focus on content that has the highest percentage chance of showing up on your examination. NCLEX expert Dr. Lois Marshall will discuss the use of her unique strategies of "Linking" and "Conceptualization" ... -
Obesity and the university environment: Assessment of the campus and intervention in the student health services
One of the most substantial challenges facing colleges and universities today remains the creation of a healthy campus environment. With more than one-third of college students classified as overweight or obese by body-mass ... -
Organizational factors as barriers to racially and ethnically diverse nursing students
Increasing the nursing profession’s diverse make up is thought to improve health disparities. To improve this diversity, it is essential for nursing students from diverse backgrounds to be successful in nursing school. ... -
Caregiver burden and its relationship to health-related quality of life of spouses of coronary artery bypass patients
Background. With today's aging population and short hospitalizations, patients recovering after coronary artery bypass (CAB) surgery rely on family assistance, usually from their spouse. While caregiving may be meaningful, ... -
Updates to the INACSL Standards of Best Practice: The debriefing process
Debriefing is a key component of all simulation-based educational (SBE) activities and is an activity for which myriad approaches and models have been developed and implemented (Oriot & Alinier, 2018). To improve ... -
Domestic violence screening by nurses in the primary care setting
Domestic violence is one of the most important health care issues in the United States. One of every four women is a victim of domestic violence each year and thirty-one percent of women have a lifetime prevalence of ... -
Taking a break: How rest breaks can reduce acute fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic
The overall purpose was to evaluate the effect of rest breaks during work hours on reducing COVID-19 work strain among hospital nurses. The project was conducted using a cross-sectional design among hospital nurses via ...
