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      Champions of digital health, literacy, and transformation

      By Mercy Mumba, and Patrick Chiu, and Aimée Giselle Horcasitas-Tovar | 3/24/2023
      • North America
      • Global Impact
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      The role of youth in achieving sustainable development

      By Dania Itani Mousa, and , and | 2/21/2023
      • North America
      • Inspirational
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      My community service inspiration

      By Monica S. Vasquez, and , and | 4/18/2022
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      Champions of digital health, literacy, and transformation
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      • Global Impact
      • North America
      • Featured
      This year’s focus of Sigma’s engagement at The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was on how nurses are uniquely positioned to contribute to digital health literacy and digital transformations in healthcare.
      3/24/2023
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      By
      Mercy Mumba
      PhD, RN, CMSRN, FAAN
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      Patrick Chiu
      PhD, RN, CGNC
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      Aimée Giselle Horcasitas-Tovar
      BSN, RN
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      The Nurse Antigone project and me
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      • Global - Latin America
      • Leadership
      My Nurse Antigone experience was enriching—it was thought provoking, enlightening, and exciting. I’m grateful for the opportunity to participate in this production and would certainly do it again.
      3/10/2023
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      By
      Olivia Williams-Coombs
      RN, RNM, CEN
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      Her first nursing care plan
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      • North America
      • Career
      This poem is a reflection on my personal journey in nursing but also a broader invitation to readers to think about where they started and where they are today in their professional lives.
      3/7/2023
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      By
      Amy Haddad
      PhD, MFA, RN, FAAN
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      The role of youth in achieving sustainable development
      /the-role-of-youth-in-achieving-sustainable-development
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      • North America
      • Global Impact
      • Featured
      To achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we must ensure that young people are actively engaged in decision-making processes and supporting the achievement of the SDGs.
      2/21/2023
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      By
      Dania Itani Mousa
      BSN, RN, CMSRN
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      Spotlight on six Creating Healthy Work Environments 2023 presentations
      /spotlight-on-six-creating-healthy-work-environments-2023-presentations
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      • Research
      Nurse leaders demonstrate how they are inspiring collaboration to improve work environments.
      2/13/2023
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      Nursing Centered Editorial Staff
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      Follow your nursing dreams
      /follow-your-nursing-dreams
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      • North America
      • Career
      As a nurse career coach, it is my duty to infuse unshakable confidence into nurses to believe in their abilities to pursue whatever nursing specialty they desire with a sense of conviction.
      2/9/2023
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      By
      Farah Laurent
      MSN, CPXP, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, TCRN, CPEN, CEN
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      A glimpse of Sigma history
      /a-glimpse-of-sigma-history
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      • Inspirational
      As we look back on the last 100 years, watch Sigma President Ken Dion, Sigma President-elect Sandra Bibb, and Sigma CEO Liz Madigan open the time capsule from the 75th anniversary in 1997.
      https://www.youtube.com/embed/g0pOJU21Q_0
      10/5/2022
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      Celebrating 100 years | Love, courage, honor
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      • Inspirational
      These values that Sigma was founded on 100 years ago are the values we see our members uphold every day. We look forward to continuing this legacy with you for centuries to come.
      https://www.youtube.com/embed/cO1irHgE0I8
      9/27/2022
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      Since 1922
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      • Inspirational
      Since 1922, Sigma nurses like you have made nursing excellence possible. Thank you for being a Sigma nurse!
      https://www.youtube.com/embed/0LBGoEyxf1g
      8/26/2022
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      Dream with the stars | S2 E4
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      • Research
      • Global - Latin America
      Daniel Suárez-Baquero is the person he is today because of his abuela. She inspired his dream to work in women's health, and modeling her courage, he fought his career to do just that.
      https://www.buzzsprout.com/908983/12406822-dream-with-the-stars.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-12406822&player=small
      Featuring Daniel Suárez-Baquero
      3/15/2023
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      Transcript | Dream with the stars
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      Small keys | S2 E3
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      • Career
      • Global - Europe
      With her research in hand and national policy changes on the horizon, Cora O'Leary crafted a new nursing role for herself as Ireland's first Clinical Practice Specialist.
      https://www.buzzsprout.com/908983/12339353-small-keys.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-12339353&player=small
      Featuring Cora O'Leary
      2/28/2023
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      Transcript | Small keys
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      Grow roots |S2 E2
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      • North America
      • Chapters
      Though still very much a new member of Gamma Tau at-Large Chapter, Trish Eusala went all in, volunteering to lead as the chapter's Community Outreach Chair.
      https://www.buzzsprout.com/908983/12210859-grow-roots.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-12210859&player=small
      Featuring Trish Eusala
      2/15/2023
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      Transcript | Grow roots
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      Own it | S2 E1
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      • North America
      • Research
      When Aron King shares that he is an assistant nurse manager, he gets, "How did you get into nursing?" a lot. He's out to change the mold society has formed for healthcare workers.
      https://www.buzzsprout.com/908983/12086652-own-it.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-12086652&player=small
      Featuring Aron King
      2/1/2023
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      Transcript | Own it
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      A dream within reach
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      • North America
      • Membership
      • main-2020-5-12
      • North America Region
      • Member Story
      Joy Okeze is a full-time nursing student who hopes to one day follow in her late mother's footsteps and build a women's clinic in the place she was born—Nigeria.

      Joy Okeze, a full-time nursing student and nurse extern in labor and delivery, was born in Nigeria where her mother worked as a nurse. When her mother passed away when Joy was younger, she knew that she wanted to follow in her footsteps.

      “I wanted to find a way to honor her and to ensure women's and infant services in Nigeria had the technology, expertise, and care they needed so that little girls like me did not have to grow up without a mother,” Joy said.

      Though she’s now less than a semester from graduation, being a student nurse hasn’t been easy. To stay balanced, she relies on a planner that goes with her everywhere. Most importantly, she remembers the importance of being intentional with her time.

      On extra hard days, Joy remembers the saying: no rain, no flowers.

      “Without the tough, gloomy days, the days with the most reward and beauty would simply not exist,” Joy said. She keeps that saying—and the knowledge that her dream is within reach—in mind to stay dedicated and push through every obstacle that comes with working while being a student.

      Joy, who was inducted into Sigma in 2022, is excited to take the next step in her nursing career and use her Sigma membership to grow, develop, and make connections in her field. In five years, she hopes to be thriving in her role in labor and delivery and well on her way to becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife. One day, she hopes to return to Nigeria and build a women’s clinic.

      Through it all, she remembers a valuable piece of advice that was shared with her: “You must always be open to learning and growing. While it is easy to get stuck in your old ways, it is always best to have an open mind and be eager to learn and develop in your career.”

      3/17/2023
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      Student Nurse
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      Helping people achieve recovery: Mental health and the tobacco epidemic
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      • main-2020-5-12
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      • Member Story
      Chizimuzo Okoli, International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame inductee, has dedicated his career to improving mental health and behavioral wellness by addressing the tobacco epidemic. His work has helped people with mental and behavioral health challenges live tobacco-free lives and achieve recovery.

      Chizimuzo Okoli, PhD, MPH, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NCTTP, FAAN, discovered the research path to which he would dedicate his nursing career while pursuing his undergraduate degree. What started as a research internship developed into a passionate goal to improve mental and behavioral wellness through tobacco treatment initiatives.

      Chizimuzo’s nursing journey began in 1999 upon completion of his undergraduate degree. Over the next several years, he went on to complete several master’s and doctorate degrees, and a second degree in philosophy. Afterwards, Chizimuzo spent five years in Canada, where he completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Center of Excellence for Women’s Health. There, he focused on the intersections between tobacco use, mental health and substance use, and sex and gender. Most recently, during COVID-19, he completed a post-master’s certificate to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.

      Chizimuzo embarked on the start of his long career in nursing research when he worked as a research intern on health policy projects related to smoke-free environments. While he was pursuing his graduate degrees and postdoctoral fellowships, he continued this research and focused on examining the effects of smoke-free laws on environmental health and addictive behaviors. The goal was to find ways to address the ‘hidden’ tobacco epidemic among people living with mental and behavioral health challenges.

      “Tobacco use and dependence is the number one cause of preventable disability, disease, and mortality in the US,” Chizimuzo said. “Ultimately, such engagement can greatly reduce the unnecessary and exorbitant tobacco related morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population.”

      His current research program focuses on enhancing mental health and behavioral wellness in diverse populations. Central to this research is a continued focus on finding ways to enhance evidence-based tobacco treatment engagement. This engagement involves enhancing the capacity of mental and behavioral health professionals to deliver tobacco treatment through strategic and innovative training, such as simulated and virtual trainings. It further targets people with mental and behavioral health challenges by increasing their understanding and participation in tailored tobacco treatment programs.

      “I’ve seen many people with mental and behavioral health challenges living lives which are tobacco-free and achieving recovery,” Chizimuzo said. “What I’d really like to see change is the stigma towards people living with mental illnesses and more inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible mental and behavioral health treatment services globally,” he added. 

      Examples of some of the approaches his research has implemented so far include:

      • Behavioral health ‘quit and win’ programs
      • Tailored tobacco treatment programs within community mental health and addiction services
      • The development of tobacco dependence clinics within hospital settings
      • Supporting mental and behavioral health settings in tobacco control initiatives (e.g., becoming tobacco-free environments and instituting tobacco treatment programming)

      His research has helped several mental and behavioral health services incorporate tobacco control efforts within their programming. He’s also seen an increase in illness prevention and wellness adoption in several settings.

      “It is such a privilege to be in a profession where I can walk alongside people as they are actualizing their full potential in life,” Chizimuzo said. “I have a deep belief in the ability of people with mental and behavioral health conditions to achieve recovery; and I work hard, through my practice and research, to reduce impediments to recovery.”

      Chizimuzo Okoli, PhD, MPH, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NCTTP, FAAN, has been a Sigma member since 2004 and is a member of the Delta Psi Chapter. He is a tenured professor at the University of Kentucky. He also currently serves as the executive director of the Behavioral Health and Wellness Environments for Living and Learning (BE WELL) research program at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, the director of Mental and Behavioral Health Research and Evidence-Based Practice at Eastern State Hospital, a Nurse Scientist with UKHealthcare, and a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner at New Horizons Psychiatry. Learn more about Chizimuzo’s research at https://bhwell.uky.edu/research.


      11/7/2022
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      Researching the impact of the pandemic on nursing students to effect change
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      • Foundation
      • Global - Africa
      • Africa Region
      • Foundation Profile
      • main-2020-5-12
      COVID-19 came as a surprise and disrupted the lives of people globally. Rugira Regis Marie Modeste, PhD, RN, NE, RM, noticed the impact on nursing students who needed to complete their training as healthcare workers. Thanks to donors, she received a small research grant to study the impact on students who were learning in environments where COVID-19 patients were being treated.

      Rugira Regis Marie Modeste, PhD, RN, NE, RM, joined Sigma in 2005 as part of the Alpha Beta Beta Chapter. In June 2022, she was awarded a small research grant in June of 2022 to continue her work studying the impact of a pandemic on nursing students, particularly those in a clinical learning environment where patients with COVID-19 were being treated. She is conducting her research at Stellenbosch University, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, in South Africa.

      “Understanding their distress, support, coping, and resilience will be beneficial for nurse educators and nursing institutions; as such, information may be used to put in place programs and processes to [help] students move towards successful completion of the program while developing constructive coping mechanisms and resilience.”

      Rugira’s study is also being conducted at neighboring universities to ensure additional support mechanisms for student nurses in training are being provided. She plans to produce at least two publications and develop further intervention program based on information from the study.

      Small research grants for Sigma members are fully funded by donations made to the Sigma Foundation for Nursing. Donate today.


      6/24/2022
      Rugira Regis Marie Modeste
      PhD, RN, NE, RM
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      Attending convention inspires nurse to look to the future
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      hatter
      • North America
      • Foundation
      • main-2020-5-12
      • North America Region
      • Foundation Profile
      Melissa Hatter, MSN, RN, CNM, had the opportunity to attend Sigma’s 46th Biennial Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and present her research, “Using Nurse-Led Telemedicine Visits to Screen for Postpartum Depression During Worldwide Pandemic,” thanks to an Edith Anderson Leadership Education Grant from the Sigma Foundation for Nursing.
      Melissa Hatter, MSN, RN, CNM, had the opportunity to attend Sigma’s 46th Biennial Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and present her research, “Using Nurse-Led Telemedicine Visits to Screen for Postpartum Depression During Worldwide Pandemic,” thanks to an Edith Anderson Leadership Education Grant from the Sigma Foundation for Nursing. 

      “Sigma has been such an amazing platform for me to develop myself as a professional,” Melissa said. She received a small grant from her local chapter several years ago for a project in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, that she shared as a podium presentation at Sigma’s biennial convention in 2017. She learned about Sigma’s academies at convention and applied in 2019 for the 2020 cohort of Sigma’s Nurse Leadership Academy for Practice. She noted, “The [Nurse Leadership Academy for Practice] was an absolutely amazing opportunity to network with other nurse leaders and develop new skills, and my project has made a real difference in my clinical setting.” 

      This academy focuses on developing the leadership skills of nurses in clinical practice, and one of the ways scholars develop their skills is through designing and implementing a clinical project. Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared shortly after starting the academy, the scholars had to pivot their projects to something that could be done in the new pandemic environment. Melissa was fortunate to work at a practice that quickly embraced telemedicine opportunities, and her supervisors were eager for her project to be incorporated. Melissa implemented a telemedicine postpartum visit model in October 2020, and by the following spring, it had become an integral part of St. Francis OBGYN Associates' postpartum care model.

      At convention, Melissa was able to give two presentations about her experience as a Sigma scholar and the results of her project. Reflecting on her 2021 convention experience, Melissa said, “I have attended Sigma’s biennial convention in the past and have thoroughly appreciated the opportunities to engage with other professional nurses and gain new insight into a variety of topics that pertain to nursing. With the COVID-19 pandemic, travel restrictions, and social distancing, the opportunities to interact with large nursing groups have been severely limited, which has made those few opportunities that much more valuable to me. The energy of attending Sigma’s biennial convention is still with me and has inspired me to look toward future nursing activities, including scholarship, research, and networking with other professionals. I cannot say enough to fully express my appreciation for the funding to support my attendance at convention.”

      Leadership Education Grants are made possible through donations to the Sigma Foundation for Nursing. Donate today.
      3/31/2022
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      MSN, RN, CNM
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      Exploring NCLEX Content With Test Strategies and Practice Questions
      /exploring-nclex-content-with-test-strategies-and-practice-questions-23
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      • North America
      • Education
      Focuses on the content that has the highest percentage chance of showing up on your NCLEX exam.
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      3/16/2023
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      NCLEX
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      NCLEXa10f4d87-072d-411f-a5a1-91fb59f8a8b7
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      Medical Assistance in Dying: One Component of Canada's Plan for Compassionate End-of-Life Care?
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      • North America
      • Education
      This presentation focuses on why this law was passed, how MAID is done in Canada, and related outcomes and developments.
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      1/25/2023
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      Exploring NCLEX Content With Test Strategies and Practice Questions
      /exploring-nclex-content-with-test-strategies-and-practice-questions-22
      exploring-nclex-content-with-test-strategies-and-practice-questions-22
      • North America
      • Education
      Focuses on the content that has the highest percentage chance of showing up on your NCLEX exam.
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      1/24/2023
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      NCLEX
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      Realizing Potential: From Where You Are Today to Where You Can Be
      /realizing-potential-from-where-you-are-today-to-where-you-can-be
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      • Global - Europe
      • Career
      This webinar is designed to help nurses think about their career paths and will demonstrate how to and the importance of seizing opportunities as they appear.
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      12/13/2022
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