Sigma Healthy Work Environments Events
Here you will find posters and presentation slides (when authorized by the authors/presenters) given at past Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) work environment research events on topics of current interest.
Copyright to the materials in this collection remains with the original copyright holder and/or the presenting author(s) and not the conference host(s) unless indicated otherwise.
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Theoretical contributions to a positive work environment
A healthcare environment that supports and nurtures its professionals creates a positive work environment. Creating a positive work environment fosters camaraderie where healthcare professionals can strive to achieve their ... -
Psychological and emotional impact on healthcare workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A concept delineation
The purpose of this poster presentation is to provide a description and concept delineation of psychological and emotional concepts such as compassion fatigue, burnout, and second victimhood impacting healthcare workers ... -
Occupational and personal factors related to burnout in acute care
This study examines factors related to burnout among nurses in the ICU and ED at a tertiary care center and identifies self-care strategies that reduce burnout. Understanding factors that contribute to burnout can assist ... -
Right seat on the bus: Use of float pool as a retention strategy
Learn how one organization was able to retain and re-recruit nurses through the use of a regional float pool to match nurses' life balance needs, skills, and work environment. -
Engaging interprofessional collaboration in the implementation of breastfeeding patient education in the prenatal setting
True collaboration is a crucial component of implementing change and promoting a healthy work environment in the healthcare setting. This project highlights the significance of collaboration in implementing a standardized ... -
Utilizing the AACN Healthy Work Environment Standards to Foster Collaboration and Resilience During COVID-19 Surge
This lecture will utilize the framework of the AACN Healthy Work Environment Standards to outline steps for building team resilience during times of pandemic surge. Strategies for optimizing the work environment and fostering ... -
Impact of a Pandemic on Nurse Intention to Stay or Leave Nursing
A survey examining employment intentions was completed by 850 nurses, which resulted in 25% of respondents indicating that they are likely/extremely likely to leave their current nursing position. This late breaking research ... -
News (2) Bundle: Enhancing the Identification of Patient Decline in Trauma PCU
Nurses play a crucial role in preventing "failure to rescue" critically ill patients through early recognition, escalation of care, and implementing early medical treatment. Strategies such as early warning scores, structured ... -
Commend-a-Friend: One Unit's Journey to Improve Staff Morale
The Unit Council on this medical-surgical unit felt that something needed to be done to improve the moral of the unit staff. Knowing that some things are out of their locus of control, the unit council created a program ... -
Opportunities from the pandemic: Transforming maternity clinical education to hybrid hospital and remote education model
Impacts of COVID-19 on clinical sites provided opportunities to change undergraduate clinical course structure from direct hospital/community clinical to hybrid model including small-group hospital clinical and faculty-facilitated ... -
Analysis of Presidential Executive Order on Requiring COVID-19 Vaccines From a Nursing Perspective
This presentation will analyze the antecedents, impacts, and outcomes of President Biden's executive order and the proposed OSHA regulations requiring COVID-19 vaccines using a policy analysis framework, compare the federal ... -
Changing Perceptions to Optimize Patient Outcomes Through Collaboration, Education, and the Resolution of System Issues
A revitalization of the Medical Staff Excellence Committee (MSEC) Peer Review/OPPE program led to a positive change in perception of the Committee in all areas evaluated. This presentation provides examples of case referrals, ... -
Study on the Development of Organizational Intervention for Alleviating Nurse Burnout Based on Appreciative Inquiry
This project provides a personal-organizational oriented intervention for clinical nurses to discover the strengths and resources of themselves and hospitals to relieve burnout and its related symptoms. -
Tuning into a health work force with intentionality
This presentation will provide an overview of the creation of a Bereavement and Family Support Team that has become an integral component of fostering true collaboration among nurses, staff, and providers. Roles, intentional ... -
The impact of COVID-19: Nurses' occupational stress and strategies to manage it
This presentation will discuss a descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to explore the occupational stress perception of nurses and how they manage it during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Prescription drug misuse and workplace access among Korean hospital nurses
Korean nurses often misuse prescription-type drugs which are easily accessible at work. Hospitals need to make it easier for nurses to receive a proper treatment when needed. To reduce nurses' availability at workplace to ... -
Emotional Intelligence Education and Civility in Nursing Education: Cultivating a Healthy Academic Environment
This original qualitative study explored how nursing faculty incorporate emotional intelligence educational components in undergraduate nursing education. Results suggested that faculty use a combination of formal and ... -
Lessons Learned from a Brief Incivility Educational Intervention for Maternal Child Health Nurses
An educational intervention was conducted as a DNP project for maternal child health nurses about incivility to raise awareness. After project completion, reports of incivility increased along with the use of the word ... -
Cultivating Your Most Precious Resource Through Professional Development
A robust continuous professional development program (CPD) is critical to ensure excellent outcomes. It is essential for leaders to understand the factors that enhance the impact of CPD on its workforce. This presentation ... -
The Journey to Excellence: Obtaining a Beacon Award of Excellence and the Valuable Lessons Learned
This presentation will describe one pediatric medical-surgical unit's journey to promote the six components of the healthy work environment and obtain the Beacon Award of Excellence. Valuable lessons learned on how to ...
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