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Mastering Patient and Family Education book

Nurses as educators within health systems

Lori C. Marshall, Immacolata Dall’Oglio, David Davis, Gloria Verret, Tere Jones |

Chapter from Mastering Patient & Family Education, an STTI book.

Self-reflection: Foundation for meaningful nursing practice

Norman C. Olsen |

Florence Nightingale lived a life of reflection.

Budget development for nurse managers

Al Rundio |

Chapter from The Nurse Manager's Guide to Budgeting & Finance (2nd ed.), an STTI book.

Improving healthcare quality, patient outcomes, and costs with evidence-based practice

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk |

Chapter from Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare, an STTI book.

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Sigma charters first chapters in Saudi Arabia

Yasmin Nadeem Parpio |

Middle East Regional Coordinator Yasmin Nadeem Parpio shares her hopes for Alpha Alpha Theta and Alpha Alpha Eta chapters.

Fear and worry: the dis-eases of aging

Dee Welk |

Perhaps Sigma’s value, “courage,” takes on a new meaning as one grows older.

Threads of violence

Patricia A. Normandin |

A cold winter night in the emergency department changed my life—and my research. Now I'm dedicated to teaching others about my “See, Pull, Cut the Threads of Violence” approach.

How do we fix this?

Neil MacNaughton |

I look back and see how much our group has been able to improve the lives of Marshallese living in the Dubuque area, but then I look forward and see the mountains we’ve yet to cross.

Visions of joy

Carole Liske |

Decreasing burnout sounds impossible. But we’re starting with us and our workplace—learning joy, living it, and ultimately, being better at teaching it.

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From the CEO: Love, honor, and courage—the strong foundation from our beginnings

Elizabeth A. Madigan |

While much of our attention is rightfully focused on the coronavirus crisis and ensuing impact, I believe love, courage, and honor have even more meaning.

Why didn’t he want a chance to live?

Erika Gotway |

With a failing heart, my patient had a tough choice to make. And I, as a nursing student, was suddenly faced with the reality of my first patient death.

Overcoming obstacles to achieve a dream

Nursing Centered editorial staff |

Aisha Faal joined her mom in the US to finish her last year of nursing school. Little did she know that she would hit a roadblock at every corner.

Advancing global health through aerospace nursing research

Aubrey Florom-Smith |

I’m researching how humans are impacted by the challenging conditions of space to benefit astronauts and spaceflight tourists, but realizing at the same time how to help patients here on Earth.

Our Global Leadership Mentorship Experience

Our global leadership mentoring experiences

Nada Lukkahatai |

The Global Leadership Mentoring Community wasn’t technically designed for a peer-mentoring relationship, but that’s how it shook out for us. And it’s made all the difference.

Steps on the journey to leadership

the Leadership Succession Committee |

While our personal paths are all different, each of us began by taking that first step. Are you ready to take a step toward Sigma leadership?

Designing a virtual learning environment takes a village

Janice Hawkins |

Sigma’s Epsilon Chi Chapter members share how they built it and what they learned in the process.

Transforming the way we communicate nursing research

Marie-Louise Luiking |

Since 2015, Sigma’s European Region has hosted PhD Connect, a free virtual conference for researchers to present their work. Here’s how it works (and thrives)!

For me and many of my peers, Helen Dore Boylston's fictional characters influenced us to consider the possibility of nursing as a career, expanding our career choices which were somewhat limited 50 years ago.

An effective approach for difficult, end-of-life communication

Nasreen Sulaiman Lalani |

The COMFORT model focuses on the nurse, the patient, and the family as a holistic method for easing stress and dealing with the grief that impacts all involved (including the nurse).

The big picture

Roosevelt Davis |

Playing college football taught me to see beyond just what’s in play, and I’m a better nurse for it.