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Lifelong Leadership: Revitalizing Your Role In The Clinical Setting, Cynthia D. Adams, Dana Bjarnason

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: This session will provide nurses who practice in a clinical setting with the techniques to improve their professional leadership and to motivate and challenge them to expand their impact.

Lifelong Leadership: Revitalizing Your Role In Academe, Kay E. Hodson-Carlton

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: This session will provide nurse educators with the techniques to improve their professional leadership and to motivate and challenge them to expand their impact.

Lifelong Leadership: Making An Impact Through Service Learning, L. B. Wong, Safiya George Dalmida

Leadership Connection

This presentation will highlight the benefits of service learning to the personal leadership journey and provide resources for participating in service learning opportunities.

Lifelong Leadership: It Begins Now, Tiffany M. Montgomery

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012:

This session will provide students information to help them understand that leadership development is lifelong. It will also help them identify and develop long-term leadership plans.

Leading The Technology Charge: Telehealth Systems, Kimberly Radant, David Yanez

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: This session will outline the benefits, strategies and tools to incorporate simulation and technology in order to enhance healthcare to consumers.

Leading The Technology Charge: Student Perspective, Julie Meek

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: This session will present health care reform issues that are driving changes in health information technology. A review of the IOM report and the TIGER initiative will be presented. The role that nurses play in these reforms, as well as leadership opportunities to shape the future of health information technology will be explored.

Leading The Technology Charge: Incorporating In The Clinical Setting, Elizabeth J. Cerbie, Jennifer Dwyer

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: This session will outline the benefits, strategies and tools to incorporate simulation and technology in order to enhance staff professional development.

Leading The Technology Charge: Incorporating In The Academic Setting, Nan Howland, Paul Collins

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: This session will outline the benefits, strategies and tools to incorporate simulation and technology into the nursing curriculum.

Enhancing Membership With Services And Knowledge Resources, Jenny Paugh Hoffman, Mary Ann Scott, Kimberly Thompson

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: STTI members have access to a wide-variety of services, products and knowledge resources. Attend this session to become familiar with these STTI benefits and learn how to navigate the Nursing Knowledge International and Virginia Henderson International Nursing Research Library websites to enhance your member's experiences.

Giving Back To Move Forward As A Nurse Leader, Suzanne S. Prevost

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012:

This session is designed to promote the professional development of nurses who have assumed leadership roles, as well as nurses who aspire to become future leaders of the profession. The presentation will begin with a discussion of clinical and educational scenarios where nursing leadership is needed. New leadership roles and opportunities will be explored. Participants will learn and discuss strategies to further their own careers as nurse leaders. Finally, participants will consider the purpose and process for becoming a servant leader. The benefits of investing in others will be presented, as well as …

Disaster Nursing: From Headline To Frontline, Cynthia Vlasich, K. Joanne Mcglown

Leadership Connection

LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this presentation, the learner will be able to …. • Describe the global frequency, severity and impact of disasters. • Identify potential roles for nurses in the US Federal response system. • Outline various ways in which nurses may enter the disaster response system. • Describe initial expectations of disaster nurses as part of an effective disaster response.

Directing The Future: Chapter Mentoring Programs, Melissa Crowe, Tiffany M. Montgomery, Kelly Jo Cone, Cynthia G. Stermer

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012:

There is a growing consensus that mentoring programs make a difference in the health and vitality of an organization. Attend this chapter panel presentation to learn the best-practices chapters have developed in their local mentoring programs.

Creating Connections That Last, Janell Jackson

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: STTI has many benefits to help members network and create connections locally and internationally. During this session, you will become familiar with these STTI benefits and learn how to create networking opportunities and connections at the chapter level.

Career Advancement Through Stti Resources, Michelle Coburn

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: Members can advance their careers by utilizing online professional resources available through STTI. During this session, you will become familiar with these STTI benefits and learn how to provide career resources at the chapter level.

Basic Event Planning: It's More Than 'Just Planning A Party', Scott Kerr

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012:

Most professional event planners will tell you that planning an event will be one of the most challenging things you will ever do. It requires a variety of skills covering many details that can make or break the success of your event. In this session, you will receive a birds-eye view of the five broad areas of event planning: organization & needs assessment, goals & objectives, planning, implementation and post event assessment. Together, these areas fit together to create a successful event that has a positive return on investment for your organization.

Awarding Excellence Through Stti, Julie A. Jones, Crystal Slagle

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Thursday, September 20, 2012: STTI recognizes members' achievements through international awards, grants and more. During this session, you will become familiar with these STTI benefits and learn how to honor members' accomplishments at the local level.

Precursors To Violence: Identifying, De-Escalating, And Reducing Women’S Risks, Laura Cox Dzurec, Cheri Clancy, Jacquelyn C. Campbell

Sigma Global Initiatives

Sigma Theta Tau International selected the Review Theme in which one of the agreed conclusions of the sixtieth session state the Commission on the Status of Women strongly condemns all forms of violence against all women and girls. Our topic empowers those who may be affected by violence so they may recognize the risk factors and take proactive actions to potentially avoid the escalation of these behaviors. As we are providing practical applications to workplace, home, and social setting incivility, bullying, and violence, we expect attendees to become more educated about how to recognize, understand the behavior of, and de-escalate …

Women As Subjects, Consumers, And Thought Leaders Of Media, Cynthia Vlasich, Julie J. Adams, Marnie L. Colborne, Aden Hamza, Diana J. Mason

Sigma Global Initiatives

Parallel event presentation from the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women that took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York, NY, United States from 12 to 23 March 2018.

This presentation references Sigma's Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media. The complete study is located in this repository

Maternal-Child Health Crisis: Building The Leadership Framework For Effective Global Interventions, Beth Baldwin Tigges, Chun-Mei Li, Shanda Tichelle Harrison

Sigma Global Initiatives

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 830 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day, 99% occurring in developing countries. Because quality care can save the lives of women and babies, during this panel presentation Sigma Theta Tau International, in partnership with Johnson & Johnson, will discuss the process and project interventions that have reached over 100,000 people through the Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy.

This program is intended to support safe and sustainable communities, ensuring that young nurses are prepared to lead in providing healthy, quality care of women and children and launching interventions …

Women's Empowerment Through Careers In Nursing And Midwifery, Neeru Gupta, Raquel Justiano, Mercy Ngosa Mumba, Ai Tanimizu

Sigma Global Initiatives

Programs insterested in contributing to women's empowerment should consider the importance of early, targeted investment in girls and women to prepare them for a range of opportunities and capabilities in nursing and midwifery, contributing in turn to a future generation of empowered, economically stable women.

Goals:

1. To discuss and eplore what investment in nursing and midwiferey enterprise and associated education and training means for empowering women and strenthening maternal health services.

2. Fosted dialogue centered on incorporating women's empowerment goals and activities as a core of work focused on strengthening health systems worldwide.

3. To share lessons learned, knowledge …

Nurses Take The Lead: Creating Gender Responsive Global Health, Hoi Shan Fokeladeh, Annette Kennedy, Elizabeth A. Madigan, Wanda Montalvo, Bongi Cristabel Sibanda, Cecilia Sironi

Sigma Global Initiatives

90% of nurses and midwives are women. Gender bias has led to underinvestment in nursing and the full potential of nurses not being used. Nurses experience high rates of violence and abuse and during the COVID-19 pandemic have suffered psychological distress, a lack of protection, and burnout. The event will raise the visibility of the work of nurses in creating gender responsive global health by exploring the importance of nurse leadership and full and effective participation in global health decision-making; safe and decent work and fair pay for nurses; and the contribution of nurses in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nursing Students' Views Of Using Virtual Reality In Healthcare: A Qualitative Study, Mohamad M. Saab, Margaret Landers, David Murphy, Billy O'Mahony, Eoghan Cooke, Michelle O'Driscoll, Josephine Hegarty

Individual Articles

Aims and Objectives: This study explored nursing students' views of using virtual reality in healthcare.

Background: The popularity and use of virtual reality in healthcare delivery and education is on the rise. Yet, the views of future nurses regarding this technology remain underexplored.

Design: This is a qualitative descriptive study guided by a naturalistic inquiry and reported using the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research checklist.

Methods: Nursing students (n = 26) were recruited using convenience and snowball sampling. They were first exposed to a virtual reality intervention aimed to enhance men's awareness of testicular diseases. This was attempted to familiarise …

Clinician Education Intervention: Adolescent Depression Management, Gina Botello

Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers

Major depressive disorder is a mental illness that impacts adolescents' mental health. Effective treatments for major depressive disorder are available. Barriers such as clinicians' perceptions that adolescents should be referred to a child and adolescent psychiatrist when seeking mental health services marginalize the value of screening. This evidence-based quality improvement project aimed to implement a clinician-education intervention in an outpatient behavioral health clinic in a border town in Southwest Arizona using established guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments. This quality improvement project aimed to strengthen clinician use of the patient …

Adapting An Evidence-Based Insomnia Practice Guideline For Use In A University Healthcare Setting, Maria M. Denny

Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers

Recent evidence-based practice guidelines (EBPGs) recommend cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as first-line treatment for adults with chronic insomnia, with pharmacotherapy as a secondary option. Pharmacotherapy is often used in primary care settings, which have limited access to specialty CBT-I services. Proven lower-intensity CBT-I components and delivery modes can be customized for primary care.The purpose of this DNP project was to adapt an insomnia EBPG for use at a university health service with integrated primary care and mental health resources. The integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (i-PARIHS) framework guided this project, involving primary care and mental …

Mentorship Impact On Novice Advanced Practice Provider Satisfaction And Turnover, Michelle Gillard

Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers

In response to a healthcare provider shortage, the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) workforce is rapidly expanding with more practitioners entering clinical practice than ever before. Unfortunately, once APRNs enter the workforce, decreased job satisfaction, role strain, and increased job demands may contribute to high turnover rates. To increase institutional support for novice Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) during the transition period, a large academic quaternary pediatric hospital in the southwestern United States developed a mentorship subcommittee for APPs with fewer than two years of advanced practice experience. This quality improvement project evaluated the impact of formal mentorship on job satisfaction …

Adult Adhd: An Assessment Tool For Non-Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Andrew Hoeffler

Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers

Evidence suggests primary care providers, including nurse practitioners (NPs), have deficits in knowledge, use of assessment tools, and management of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Education to familiarize NPs with a valid and reliable adult ADHD assessment tool may improve the initial management of adult ADHD in the primary care setting. An educational intervention, intended to increase NPs awareness of the Adult ADHD Self-Assessment Scale v1.1, was presented to a small convenience sample of non-psychiatric NPs, followed by a survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. Data were collected to determine any differences in diagnostic ability post-intervention.

Obesity Management: A Pilot Test Of An Electronic Health Record Prompt, Tanya M. Tillman

Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers

The project objective was to conduct a pilot study to discover primary care providers' responses to using a newly developed obesity screening and management addition to an electronic health record (EHR). Seven providers at a rural community health center pilot tested a red flag body mass index (BMI) prompt, an obesity template, and a resource list placed in the exam rooms to aid in obesity identification and management. Focus group narrative served as the data. A semi-structured interview obtained information about providers' responses to the EHR addition as well as their recommendations for improvements. The results of the pilot study …

Transparency And Advanced Practice Nurse Value On An Interprofessional Team By Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing, Melissa M. Davis

Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers

To address the current challenge in the United States of increasing access to high quality healthcare, healthcare systems must analyze and understand the value of their resources in terms of patient outcomes achieved per dollar expended (Kaplan & Porter, 2011). A review of the literature supports that advanced practice nurses (APN) are not only in a position to increase access to healthcare, but capable of improving patient care outcomes. There is little available evidence, however, that the APN decreases costs, or impacts value, in healthcare. For this retrospective, longitudinal study, the transparent methodology of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC), guided by …

Promoting Safe Infant Sleep: The Creation And Appraisal Of A Practice Guideline For Nurses, Sharon C. Hitchcock

Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers

Background: Every day in America, healthy infants are dying from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related deaths. Once a terrifying mystery, these deaths, also called sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), are now considered preventable (American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP], 2016). SUID rates in the United States have remained stagnant and unacceptably high since the late 1990’s despite known modifiable risk factors (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017). These rates are higher than most other developed nations (MacDorman, Matthews, Mohangoo, & Zeitlin, 2014). Although prevention strategies are evidence-based and generally known and understood by nurses, studies have …

Impact Of Teaching Breathing Techniques On Patient Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review, Kathleen Benjamin Rickard, Jennifer Reich, Dorothy J. Dunn

Group: Northern Arizona University School of Nursing, DNP Doctoral Papers

The United States has some of the most expensive health care world wide, with an increase in chronic illness, poorer outcomes, and fragmentation of care. Patients seek integrative or alternative methods of care in order to participate and improve their own health outcomes. Promoting cost effective, useful, and safe tools for patients to learn during an office visit allows patients to participate in their own care for improved health. The clinical question for this systematic review is: What is the evidence for teaching breathing techniques in primary care to improve health outcomes? Evidence in the literature shows that while breath …