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Revitalizing A Chapter: One Chapter's Roadmap To Success, Kady L. Martini

Leadership Connection

The mission of Sigma Theta Tau International is to advance world health and celebrate nursing excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service. Many chapters struggle and are challenged with how to achieve this mission in their local setting. According to the literature basic keys to organization's success are leadership, member commitment and involvement, and meaningful purpose. In the past 2 to 3 years the Epsilon Chapter has made significant progress. Leaders recognized the need for reorganizing the chapter's focus and energy in order to increase momentum. Inspired by a core group of dedicated leaders, a strategic plan was developed that has …

Pro Level Leadership: People, Purpose, And Possibilities, Ann L. Bianchi, Pamela V. O'Neal, Ellise Adams

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

An innovative, successful leader is one who has a vision, engages others, works toward an identified goal, and achieves higher levels of productivity or outcomes by trying novel solutions while applying the PRO model of leadership. A PRO Level Leader is one who focuses on People, PuRpose, and POssibilities by influencing (Patterson et al., 2008) and effecting change. The purpose of this presentation is to define, describe, and detail a PRO Level Leader as one who knows the People, establishes a common PuRpose, and is open to different POssibilities to solve a problem. …

Preparing Nursing Students As Leaders For Social Change, Catherine Yetter Read, Debra M. Pino Betancourt

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

Nurse educators are in a unique position to prepare graduates who can lead the social change required to eliminate structural and social determinants that are barriers to health equity (Chinn, 2014; Mohammed, Cooke, Ezeonwu & Stevens, 2014). Health disparities are a global and local concern (World Health Organization, 2016). In the United States, health disparities disproportionally affect minority populations (Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). Schools of nursing can contribute to the elimination of health disparities by intentionally including underrepresented and underresourced students in curricular and extracurricular leadership development programs and creating …

Preparing Baccalaureate Nursing Students To Be Microsystem Leaders, Chito Arcos Belchez, David Martin

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Historically leadership courses developed for undergraduate nursing education programs have focused on identifying personal skills deemed essential for students. These skills primarily relate to personal traits and qualities that identify students' self-knowledge, communication skills, risk taking, and delegation. What is lacking is the concept and components of system leadership. Knowledge of system leadership helps nurses identify the structures, processes, and outcomes present in a clinical microsystem. Strong clinical microsystems are the precursor of a healthy work environment. In a clinical microsystem leadership course, there are three main concepts. Those are leadership, microsystem, and …

Prepare Your Students To Publish Using A Scholarly Repository, Kimberly Thompson

Leadership Connection

This presentation will allow those nurse leaders involved in nursing education to instruct students about open access dissemination participation options. Particularly those options offered in scholarly and clinical repositories. The focus will be on STTI's free resource, the Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository (the "Henderson Repository"). This unique resource allows nurses and current nursing students in accredited programs to share their nursing research, research-related items, education objects (including patient, student, continuing education), and evidence-based practice materials in a global platform while retaining controls over those submissions. Publishing is a part of the nursing profession and yet only a fraction of …

Patients Are Never Customers, Jose Angel Torres

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Healthcare, an industry genuinely dedicated to helping others, has not only been cheapened but it has been brutishly forced, by any means necessary and at the cost of so much, into just another customer-driven service industry where satisfaction scores are the driving force and healthcare and healthcare workers are to follow. A driving force without feat as that destructive IDIOTOLOGY [sic] has not moved the needle with regard to customer satisfaction but instead has left behind a trail of overwhelming collateral damage and our nation's greatest silent national crisis. The belief was, and …

On-Boarding Adjunct Faculty In Nursing Programs, Kathyann Marsh

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

Are you struggling with how to engage Adjunct Faculty? Look no further. Dr. Kathy Marsh will share her tips for engaging your adjunct faculty in the academic process. You will leave this presentation with actual advice, strategies and templates to engage your adjunct faculty.

Nurses As Leaders: Connecting Through Board Service, Cynthia B. Dunlap

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Scope of Abstract: Nurses are responsible for acquiring key attributes for board service (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2011). The skills, knowledge, and competencies for effective board service have been presented within the nursing literature; however, no study has been reported to understand from nurses what those are. In addition, methods to acquire the necessary attributes for board service and to create the opportunities to serve on boards will be explored. Significance of Abstract: Nurses have the opportunity to shape and change the health of their community, participate in health care reform, establish health …

Nursing Leadership In A Greenfield Hospital: Strategies For Success, Dawn M. Gubanc-Anderson, Julia Mason

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

A "sea change" has arrived in healthcare- and is certainly here to stay. Changes in healthcare reimbursement, enhanced expectations for improved clinical outcomes, and the consumer demand for an outstanding patient experience make today's nurse leader hungry for effective leadership styles (Oreg & Berson, 2011). This desire can be the greatest when faced with leading in a start-up organization (Mueller, Volery, & Von Siemens, 2012). In healthcare, a start-up organization may include healthcare projects spanning from the creation of a Greenfield hospital, to the development of a new ambulatory clinic or the construction …

Nurses As Leaders In Disaster Preparedness And Response: A Call To Action, Tener Goodwin Veenema, Anne R. Griffin, Alicia R. Gable, Linda M. Macintyre, Elaine L. Larson, Roberta Proffitt Lavin, Mary Pat Couig, John J. Walsh, Nadine Simons, Aram Dobalian

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

This project was an exploratory qualitative study to systematically identify relevant themes in the practice of disaster nursing. The aims of the project were to engage subject matter experts to develop a vision for the future of disaster nursing, to identify barriers to achieving that vision, and to synthesize their collective recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy, and research. The Call to Action includes a broad audience that includes nurses, employers, voluntary organizations, educators, policy makers, and researchers.

Not Just An Invitation: Guidelines For Planning An Induction, Katherine Rogers

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: Induction is important because it is a continuation of the relationship building between the candidate and your chapter. This session will provide tips to plan a ceremony that will set the tone for new members' membership experience.

Newly Licensed Registered Nurses' Experiences With Clinical Simulation, Carrie A. Bailey

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016: The purpose of this study was to understand how new graduate nurses perceive the value of simulation in making the transition into professional practice. This study will use a descriptive qualitative approach with a sample of first year nurses. Kolb's Experiential Learning Model serves as this study's conceptual framework. For the current study, the sample consisted of 10 newly graduated, female nurses with less than one year of experience working in the hospital setting were interviewed. Data analysis included interviews and transcription by the researcher. Finally, participants were asked about themes to increase …

National Early Warning Scores (News): A Quality Improvement Project, Sreedevi Sunil Warrier

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORES (NEWS): A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. ABSTRACT: Research suggests that a patient suffering from a cardiac and/or respiratory arrest usually exhibits physiological deviations, such as changes in vital signs and/or mental status, at least eight hours prior to the need for more intensive care (Stenhouse et al., 2000). Numerous early warning score (EWS) tools are available for use in acute care settings to alert nurses to the need for early intervention to prevent continuing decline and mortality. The National Early Warning Scores (NEWS) is a tool used to predict clinical …

Multi-Dimensional Culture Of Mentoring For Nurse Proteges, Myrna Young, Ashley R. Mickiewicz, Patricia Andrews

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

Effective mentorships provide an environment in which a new graduate nurse can be empowered to implement best practices, collaborate interprofessionally, participate with dissemination of nursing research, all while driving for quality health care delivery.

Mission Possible: Using Kotter's Change Model To Drive Sustainable Change, A Case Study, Beverly A. Bokovitz

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: The presentation demonstrated the benefits of utilizing John Kotter's Change Theory when implementing a multi-modal hand hygiene initiative in a community hospital. The benefits included a decrease in hospital associated infections. The problem was deficiencies of hand hygiene compliance. According to the Joint Commission, hand hygiene compliance should be at 90%. If a hospital is not at 90% compliance, then an action plan is required and an increase in compliance must be demonstrated. In this oral presentation, the hand hygiene process is addressed via John Kotter's eight steps of Model of Change. The …

Missing Nursing Care Data That Represents Disruption To The Neutral Thermal Environment Of Premature Neonates, Lory A. Lewis

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Standardized documentation of nursing care is necessary to describe key components of the care process. The EHR provides a vehicle for nurses to record provision of care that mirrors workflow and care patterns for classifying and quantifying procedures that disrupt the NTE of PNs while in the NICU.

Mentorship: The Ultimate Form Of Leadership, Pennie Sessler Branden

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

A true leader understands the importance of supporting others to be the best they can be and to achieve their professional goals. Nursing leadership and mentorship go hand-in-hand if the nurse leader believes in the importance of lifting up new and/or established leaders so they may achieve their potential. Some experienced nurse clinicians and academicians consider becoming mentors, yet many do not take on this role. What might be the reasons for this? As the nurse leader transitions to the mentor role there are many things to consider including: what the role entails, …

Medication Error Reduction Using Pda Technology By Nursing Students At The Point Of Care, Laly J. Joseph

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this evidence-based pilot study was to determine if nursing students could calculate medications in a case study with greater speed and accuracy using a personal digital assistant (PDA) compared to students using textbooks and a calculator thereby reducing medication errors. Medication errors are a major cause of harm to patients in health care settings and reducing medication errors is a main concern in today's healthcare setting. Nurses are the main professionals involved in administering medications and administration is the part of the medication process with the least safeguards in …

Maximizing Your Abilities As Course Leader, Robyn A. Rice

Leadership Connection

In today's fast paced world of teaching and learning the role of the faculty as Course Leader as "leader" is increasingly emphasized. In such a role, faculty as Course Leaders are faced with a variety of challenges such as orientating faculty and students to the course as well as to university standards of practice. In such a position, Course Leaders are not only asked to coordinate the many sections of a course but to actually evaluate the faculty that co-teach with them. Course Leaders are often responsible for course updates and renovation. They routinely process course issues such as student …

Lived Experiences Of Internationally Educated Nurses Holding Management Positions In Usa: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study, Lilian A. Allen

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016: Understanding the lived experiences of internationally educated nurses (IENs) holding management positions is important because of the changing dynamics of the nursing profession and the increasing ethnic diversity in the United States population. Leaders in health care need insight into the experiences of IENs in order to develop policies and practices that support effective recruitment, retention, and advancement of IENs. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of IENs holding management positions in U.S. health care organizations. Purnell's model of cultural competence was the theoretical framework used …

Leading Transformational Change: An Innovative Preceptor Education Program, Susan A. Seibert, Sheila Hauck

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

New RN retention was a strategic goal of the Education and Professional Development Governance Council. Anecdotal reports indicated that new graduate RNs were dissatisfied with orientation, preceptors, and the processes. Staff Development Specialists reported low attendance in the preceptor courses. Newly employed RNs were often not assigned to the same preceptor with preceptors reporting inadequate time with their orientee due to patient load. What was apparent was that the retention rate for RNs who as students completed their medical surgical clinical on the Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) was far higher than employed RNs …

Leading Through Loss, Robie Victoria Hughes

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Many leaders, including those in healthcare, are not prepared for the challenges that can face an organization when a staff member loses a child through an accident or illness. This presentation focuses on eight steps, supported by evidence-based literature, to guide leaders in promoting a conducive healing environments.

Leading The Way For Change: Engaging Nurses In Family-Centred Adult Critical Care Practice, Jananee Rasiah, Virginia Vandall-Walker

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

There are over 30 years of compelling evidence of the value and importance of Family-centred Adult Critical Care (FcACC), yet there has been slow uptake of these findings in practice. What are the contributing factors to this very evident knowledge-practice gap? How is it that some nurses consistently and effectively support families in adult critical care environments thereby providing family-centred care, while others do not? We conducted a qualitative descriptive study to critically examine the supports and barriers to FcACC, through focus groups and interviews held with 20 registered nurses (RNs) working in …

Leading From The Margin: Nurses' Power And Influence, Berthilde Dufrene

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: NURSING LEADERSHIP LEADING FROM THE MARGIN: NURSES POWER AND INFLUENCE. The institute of Medicine (IOM) has called on nursing to lead health care transformation. Achieving this goal requires a systemic change in thinking, a focus on getting things done despite the obstacles that might stand in the way. The concepts of power and influence have ignited lively interest, debate and occasional skepticism, misperception and envy for decades. In nursing in particular, there has long been discussion on the ideas of nurses' power (personal power) and position power (professional power). Since the initial IOM's …

Leadership Development Programs: Benefits, Outcomes, And Personal Transformations, Susan C. Winters, Janet E. Jackson, Catherine J. Mohammed

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: The development of nursing leaders who can steer and re-invent a rapidly-changing and complex health care environment is crucial for the profession and the nation's health. Indeed, the nursing profession has been tasked with the achievement of recommendations and increased engagement in the healthcare of the country. A focus on intentional leadership growth and development is found in three recommendations of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report The Future of Nursing (IOM, 2010; 2015). Development of leadership skills, however, is an on-going process that requires self-reflection, opportunities for growth, and planning (Porter-O'Grady & …

Leadership And Mentorship, A Likely Pair, Omar Ali, Rebecca Lee

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016.

Healthcare is undergoing unprecedented rapid change. Sweeping reform, advancements in treatment options, an increasingly diverse and aging population, and impending retirements of seasoned direct-care nurses have challenged nursing programs to supply more professionally trained nurses. The faculty shortage continues to be a significant barrier in preparing graduate nurses. In an effort to promote faculty retention and prepare the next generation of nursing education leaders, the Sigma Theta Tau International/Chamberlain College of Nursing Center for Excellence in Nursing Education (Center) offers leadership development programs for full-time nursing faculty who wish to increase their leadership …

Interprofessional Collaboration: A Leadership Imperative To Value-Based Care, Susan Thurman

Leadership Connection

Top priorities in all healthcare organizations are improving patient safety and the patient experience. Nationally, The IOM published concerns with fragmented processes causing harm. The Joint Commission highlighted ineffective communication as a factor in medical errors. It is crucial for leaders to promote
evidence based practices to improve patient outcomes.

Institute For Global Healthcare Leadership, Cynthia Vlasich

Leadership Connection

Global health is in transition, with ever-changing influences, directions, and expanding stakeholders. Healthcare leaders of tomorrow need access to the best ways to navigate this transition. They will need to build teams, identify challenges, invent solutions, and set a shared vision in order to sustain long-term healthcare improvements and address the varying needs of the world's populations. The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) continues work to advance world health and prepare future leaders. STTI's Institute for Global Healthcare Leadership was created to develop innovative leaders in all fields of healthcare. Participation in the Institute for Global …

Insights From Nursing Students About Patient Teaching: Are We Getting A Passing Grade?, Liz Richard, Teresa Evans, Beverly A. Williams

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

The purpose of this focused ethnography study is to determine students' perceptions of their preparation to engage in patient teaching and factors related to its implementation. The general aim of professional education is to be leaders within the profession. A key nursing entry to practice competency identified by many professional nursing practice organizations and undergraduate nursing programs relates to ensuring that patients have the knowledge and skill to achieve optimal health (Canadian Nurses Association, 2015; American Nurses Association, 2010). Patient teaching is recognized as a key component of nursing practice and yet patient …

Influencing Nursing Leadership Excellence: Pedagogy Enrichment Within An Undergraduate Nursing Leadership Modality, Tanya L. Johnson

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: Healthcare organizations and nursing educators recognize the broadening gap between leadership ability of new graduate nurses as compared to actual requirements as they began clinical practice. In spite of nursing programs conveying to healthcare organization not to expect proficient leadership competency in new graduates, hospitals are adamant they are in need of nurses who not only have acquired proficient clinical skills, but those who have documented leadership abilities. Consequently, a recent survey demonstrated that only 25% of nurse managers and 10 % of nurse executives were favorable toward new graduate preparedness related to …