Adoptable Resources Catalog

SPRING 2018

ADOPTABLE RESOURCES CATALOG

WELCOME TO THE SPRING 2018

ADOPTABLE RESOURCES CATALOG The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) has recently launched a new brand and shortened its name to reflect what members and stakeholders were already calling the organization. As a result of the Sigma brand launch, Nursing Knowledge International has decided to become Sigma Marketplace to better align with our parent organization.

Sigma publishes books by, for, and about nurses with topics ranging from education to leadership to lifestyle and inspiration. This year, over 100 schools of nursing have adopted resources from Sigma Marketplace, including:

• Columbia University

• MGH Institute of Health Professions

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SCHOOLS OF NURSING HAVE ADOPTED RESOURCES FROM SIGMA THIS YEAR.

DISCOUNT PRICING IS AVAILABLE FOR INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASES (EXCLUDING ONLINE PURCHASES).

• Saginaw Valley State University • University of Iowa • University of Southern Indiana • University of Utah

Interested in adopting Sigma resources for your academic institution? Contact us at 888.654.4968 or solutions@nursingknowledge.org to get started!

Sigma Marketplace, formerly Nursing Knowledge International (NKI), is the official distributor of Sigma books, knowledge products, and merchandise.

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PUBLICATIONS

Anatomy of Medical Errors: The Patient in Room 2

By Donna Helen Crisp, JD, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC

List price: US $29.95

A surgeon unknowingly damages the intestines of a nurse expecting only an overnight stay after surgery, beginning a chain of more tragic and preventable errors. More than a narrative, this book shines light on the dysfunction that underpins many hospital organizations and teaches nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals how to prevent or avoid potentially dangerous situations, recognize warning signs, and work collaboratively to provide transparent patient care.

Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses, Third Edition » NEW

By Cynthia Saver, MS, RN

List price: US $54.95

A Nurse’s Step-By-Step Guide to Transitioning to the Professional Nurse Role

By Cynthia M. Thomas, EdD, MS, RNc; Constance E. McIntosh, EdD, MBA, RN; and Jennifer S. Mensik, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

List price: US $39.95

Written for student nurses, new nurses, and those returning to the field, this straightforward how-to guide will prepare readers to confidently enter professional practice. From ethical issues to continuing education to coping with stress, the authors provide practical strategies and tools to help everyone reach their greatest nursing potential.

A Nurse’s Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Your Dissertation or Capstone

By Karen Roush, PhD, APN

List price: US $34.95

This book is packed with practical steps and tools and will help you plan, document, organize, and write your dissertation or capstone.

Don’t go it alone; let author and fellow dissertation survivor Dr. Karen Roush help you get from square one to DONE. Discount pricing is available for institutional purchases (excluding online purchases). Contact us at 888.654.4968 or solutions@nursingknowledge.org to get started!

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Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses, Third Edition, has been fully updated to include even more useful information to help prospective authors turn their early drafts into published manuscripts. Lead author Cynthia Saver, joined by 25 expert writers and editors, shares important advice and insight to demystify the writing and publishing process. Learn techniques to write more effectively, collaborate with other healthcare professionals, turn your dissertation or capstone into a published article, and manage contributing authors.

Evidence-Based Practice in Action

By Laura Cullen, DNP, RN, FAAN; Kirsten Hanrahan, DNP, ARNP, CPNP-PC; Michele Farrington, BSN, RN, CPHON; Jennifer DeBerg, OT, MLS; Sharon Tucker, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN; and Charmaine Kleiber, PhD, RN, FAAN

List price: US $89.95

This easy-to-use guide directs healthcare leaders through preparing, implementing, and evaluating EBP and provides tools for topic selection, literature searches, research and evidence review, implementation, and evaluation. The authors provide comprehensive building blocks along with strategies, tools, and tips to guide individuals and teams who make the important day-to-day decisions that ultimately affect patient outcomes.

Evidence-Based Practice in Action Workbook

By Laura Cullen, DNP, RN, FAAN; Kirsten Hanrahan, DNP, ARNP, CPNP-PC; Michele Farrington, BSN, RN, CPHON; Jennifer DeBerg, OT, MLS; Sharon Tucker, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN; and Charmaine Kleiber, PhD, RN, FAAN

List price: US $24.95

This companion workbook to Evidence-Based Practice in Action: Comprehensive Strategies, Tools, and Tips From the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics contains resources to facilitate adoption of EBP practices. While created to work seamlessly with The Iowa Model Revised: Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Excellence in Health Care, these resources are applicable to any EBP change or model.

Interested in adopting this book for your academic institution? Contact us at 888.654.4968 or solutions@nursingknowledge.org to get started!

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A Practical Guide to Forensic Nursing: Incorporating Forensic Principles Into Nursing Practice

By Angela F. Amar, PhD, RN, FAAN, and L. Kathleen Sekula, PhD, PMHCNS, FAAN

List price: US $59.95

Written by two of the top names in forensic nursing, this evidencebased guide helps nurses understand and apply forensic nursing science in their practices. The authors highlight sociocultural diversity and relevant legal, ethical, societal, and policy issues while including challenges and potential solutions in the practice area.

Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare

By Joe Tye, MHA, MBA, and Bob Dent, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE

List price: US $44.95

Using construction as their metaphor, authors Joe Tye and Bob Dent make a compelling case that a healthcare organization’s invisible architecture is no less important than its visible architecture. This book takes readers on a journey from accountability to ownership, providing a proven model, strategies, and practical solutions to help improve organizational culture in a healthcare setting.

Caritas Coaching » COMING SOON

By Sara Horton-Deutsch, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, and Jan Anderson, EdD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC

Through stories of caring moments, transpersonal journeys, and ongoing evolution, Caritas Coaching provides nurses and other caregivers a deep, intimate look into how to integrate Caring Science into their practice.

Developing a Residency in Post-Acute Care

By Edna Cadmus, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN; Susan Salmond, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN; Linda Hassler, DNP, RN, GCNS-BC, FNGNA; Nancy Bohnarczyk, MA, RN, CNE; and Katherine Black, MSN, RN-BC

List price: US $64.95

Today’s healthcare environment is shifting from acute care to postacute and community settings, increasing the demand for postacute care nurses. In this book, Rutgers School of Nursing authors offer practical curricula based on an innovative and successful nurse residency model that positions staff educators and preceptors to support new nurses as they enter post-acute settings.

Fostering a Research-Intensive Organization

By Jeanette Ives Erickson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN; Marianne Ditomassi, DNP, RN, MBA; and Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RN, FAAN, FNI

List price: US $49.95

This book addresses how a strong nursing research agenda can affect patient care and influence the redesign of services needed to effectively respond to a changing healthcare environment. The authors provide a review to support the practice environment as an important place to advance nursing science through research.

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List price: US $49.95

Healthy Places, Healthy People, Third Edition

By Lisa E. Skemp, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN; Melanie C. Dreher, PhD, RN, FAAN; and Susan P. Lehmann, MSN, RN

List price: US $49.95

The latest edition of the popular community health book provides realistic strategies and practical advice on how public health nurses can evaluate and improve a community’s health. Thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate the latest changes in the US healthcare system, the third edition also includes new assignments, activities, and examples for public health nurses.

High Reliability Organizations: A Healthcare Handbook for Patient Safety & Quality

By Cynthia A. Oster, PhD, MBA, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANP, and Jane S. Braaten, PhD, APRN, CNS, ANP, CPPS

List price: US $64.95

Solving patient safety and quality problems in today’s healthcare climate requires a new approach. High reliability is not new, but its concepts can help organizations detect and prevent errors and problems. In this book, the authors provide practical examples that support the five HRO concepts along with useful tools, measurements, and design strategies.

Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Real-Life Success Stories PUBLICAITONS

By Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, and Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN

List price: US $34.95

The authors asked nurses across the country to tell their stories about how they are using EBP. This book is a compilation of 90 of those stories, written by the nurses themselves.

Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety, & Outcomes

By Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN; Lynn Gallagher-Ford, PhD, RN, DPFNAP, NE-BC; and Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN

List price: US $59.95

This new book serves as a guide for clinicians, leaders, faculty, EBP mentors, and students in achieving EBP competency, facilitating evidence-based decision-making in daily practice, and accelerating the speed at which research knowledge is translated into real-world settings.

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Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines, Third Edition » NEW

By Deborah Dang, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, and Sandra L. Dearholt, MS, RN, NEA-BC

List price: US $59.95

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines has proven to be one of the most foundational books on EBP in nursing. This fully revised third edition builds on the strength of the first two editions with updated content based on more than a decade of the model’s use and refinement in real-life settings, with feedback from nurses around the world incorporated.

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Implementation and Translation

By Stephanie S. Poe, DNP, RN, and Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

List price: US $39.95 $19.99

In this follow-up to Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines, the authors provide guidelines for managing the structure, process, and outcomes of EBP projects and evidence translation in a variety of healthcare settings.

Johns Hopkins Nursing Professional Practice Model: Strategies to Advance Nursing Excellence

By Deborah Dang, PhD, RN, NEA-BC; Judith Rohde, ScD, RN, NEA-BC, CSPHA; and Jeannette Suflita, MA, MS

Step into the world of nursing at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where nurses integrate the science of nursing, clinical knowledge, nursing judgment, and passionate commitment to quality care.

Whether you’re a bedside nurse or an executive, this new book provides a road map to building and using the Johns Hopkins Nursing Professional Practice Model in your workplace! Packed with exemplars, self-assessment guides, planning tools, and lessons learned, this book helps you create an environment where professional nursing practice flourishes in your hospital, clinic, or practice.

Mastering Informatics: A Healthcare Handbook for Success

By Patricia Sengstack, DNP, RN-BC, CPHIMS, and Charles Boicey, MS, RN-BC, CLNC, CPHIMS

List price: US $59.95

Mastering Informatics provides informatics nurses, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, dietitians, and other clinical professionals with solid knowledge of each system development lifecycle phase, positioning them for success within any clinical system. Make sure to check out the companion CNE course on page 14.

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List price: US $49.95

Mastering Precepting: A Nurse’s Handbook for Success

By Beth Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAAN

List price: US $39.95

This evidence-based and pragmatic book is written specifically for nurses who are preceptors, nurses who are thinking of becoming preceptors, or nurse managers who must supervise preceptors.

Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual: The Henry Street Model for Nurses, Second Edition

By Carolyn M. Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, PHN; Marjorie A. Schaffer, PhD, MPH, RN, PHN; and Patricia M. Schoon, DNP, MPH, PHN, RN

List price: US $54.95

One of the most important texts in public health for students and practitioners alike, this book focuses on developing a competent public health nursing practice in diverse settings. The text builds on the Henry Street Consortium’s framework of 11 competencies for population-based, entry-level public health nursing.

The Essentials of Clinical Reasoning for Nurses

By RuthAnne Kuiper, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF; Sandra O’Donnell, MSN, RN, CNE; Daniel Pesut, PhD, RN, FAAN; and Stephanie Turrise, PhD, RN, BC, APRN, CNE

PUBLICAITONS

List price: US $59.95

Clinical reasoning is a skill vital to nursing practice and split-second decisions. This book presents and explains the Outcome-Present State-Test (OPT) Model of Clinical Reasoning. OPT emphasizes reflection, outcome specification, testing, and the development of clinical judgment given the context of a client’s or patient’s story.

The Nurse Manager’s Guide to Budgeting & Finance, Second Edition

By Al Rundio, PhD, DNP, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, DPNAP

List price: US $34.95

This easy-to-read primer provides essential information about the financial aspect of running a nursing unit. In addition to providing tools, tips, and strategies for budgeting, the second edition has been updated to include details about the effects of key healthcare legislation on budgeting and reimbursement.

The Nurse Manager’s Guide to Innovative Staffing, Second Edition

By Jennifer Mensik, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

List price: US $34.95

Whether staffing and productivity are part of your current role or next career move, The Nurse Manager’s Guide to Innovative Staffing, Second Edition, is for you. In this new edition, you’ll find detailed examples of staffing plans, policies, and delivery models for different care settings; real-world staffing experiences; calculation formulas and worksheets; and so much more.

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The Nurse Manager’s Survival Guide, Fourth Edition » NEW

By Tina M. Marrelli, MSN, MA, RN, FAAN

List price: US $39.95

This new book provides an overview of a nurse manager’s major roles and responsibilities — all the fundamentals needed for success in one easy-to-use, consolidated, practical reference.

From tips on building the right team to budgeting basics, timemanagement tools, and advice on taking care of one’s self (and one’s team), author Tina Marrelli supplies the resources nurse managers need to excel in day-to-day operations.

The Nurse’s Etiquette Advantage, Second Edition

By Kathleen D. Pagana, PhD, RN

List price: US $34.95

In this highly anticipated, fully revised and expanded second edition, The Nurse’s Etiquette Advantage will prepare you to handle awkward and challenging situations that could potentially diminish your confidence, tarnish your reputation, or derail your career aspirations. Author Kathleen D. Pagana provides you with the tools you need to become a polished and confident professional in a Q&A format filled with practical tips, faux pas, and dos and don’ts.

The Power of Ten, Second Edition List price: US $34.95

What are the biggest challenges the nursing professional currently faces? Educational reform? Care delivery? Professional handoffs?

Authors Jennifer Mensik and Susan Hassmiller have composed responses and essays from more than 50 national and international nurse leaders, bringing to light the top 10 critical priorities in the profession, sharing their wealth of work and knowledge. Addressing the obstacles that are standing in the way of progress, The Power of Ten, Second Edition is a call to action that challenges readers to join the conversation and invest in the future of nursing and the culture of health.

The Road to Leadership » NEW

By Carol J. Huston, DPA, MSN, RN, FAAN

List price: US $24.95

The Road to Leadership presents nine valuable leadership lessons from award-winning author and international nurse leader Carol Huston. This small, full-color book packs big wisdom from a leader who learned her lessons the hard way — and now leads others to their own paths as confident, successful leaders. From finding a mentor to learning the art of communication, this engaging book will help you break free of professional limits and define your own effective leadership skills.

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PUBLICAITONS

By Jennifer S. Mensik, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, and Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN

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Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines, Third Edition

By Deborah Dang, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, and Sandra L. Dearholt, MS, RN, NEA-BC

List price: US $59.95

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines has proven to be one of the most foundational books on EBP in nursing. This fully revised third edition builds on the strength of the first two editions with updated content based on more than a decade of the model’s use and refinement in real-life settings, with feedback from nurses around the world incorporated.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING “In 2006, our organization chose to adopt the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model because of its ease of use and its tools for nurses with diverse educational backgrounds. With each new edition, the authors improve the quality and function of this model. We will continue to use this book as a resource for our nurses and allied health professionals in developing their knowledge and skills in identification and translation of evidence into daily clinical and administrative decision-making.”

— BARBARA L. BUCHKO, DNP, RNC-MNN

Director of Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research

WellSpan Health

» COMING SOON

• Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation, Second Edition • The Nurse’s Healthcare Ethics Committee Handbook • Transforming Nursing though Knowledge

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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Creating & Sustaining Civility in Nursing Education, Second Edition

By Cynthia Clark, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

List price: US $44.95

Has a group of faculty members intentionally isolated a new colleague to make him or her feel uncomfortable or unwanted? This book teaches readers how to prevent, or at least manage, the stress of incivility in nursing education through empirical science, stories, exemplars, and evidence-based strategies. The author provides practical solutions that range from ready-to-use teaching tools to principles for broad-based institutional change.

Designing and Integrating a Disaster Preparedness Curriculum

By Sharon A. R. Stanley, PhD, RN, RS, FAAN, and Thola A. Bennecoff Wolanski, MSN, RN

List price: US $59.95

This book helps ensure that nursing students are as prepared as possible to respond to disasters, whether in their own neighborhoods or around the world, by giving nurse educators strategies and solutions for incorporating disaster preparedness into their curriculum.

By Susan M. Baxley, PhD, RN; Kristina S. Ibitayo, PhD, RN; and Mary Lou Bond, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

List price: US $39.95

Mentoring and coaching are critical components of professional success for nursing students. Today’s student populations are more globally diverse than ever before, adding new challenges for faculty.

This book provides a framework for rethinking mentoring in a new and modern world.

Faculty Knowledge/Skills Development Program

This program offers professional development opportunities for new and experienced nurse faculty, utilizing a series of online courses.

These online courses are ideal for faculty orientation and continuing education.

Topics include: • Creating engaging learning environments • Applying curriculum design basics • Developing academic service partnerships • Implementing innovative curricular models • Evaluating learning outcomes • Integrating technology in the classroom • Identifying students at risk and how to help them succeed • Designing and using effective multiple-option tests • And more!

Visit www.sigmanursing.org/cene for more details.

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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Mentoring Today’s Nurses: A Global Perspective for Success

NEW

A Nurse’s Step-ByStep Guide to Academic Promotion & Tenure » NEW

By Constance E. McIntosh, EdD, MBA, RN; Cynthia M. Thomas, EdD, MS, RNC; and David E. McIntosh, PhD

List price: US $34.95

Using their combined 50 years of experience in higher education, these authors demystify the promotion and tenure process by providing all the tools you need to help you maneuver through the IRB process, select your mentor, navigate the review process, and negotiate an agreement.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING “A Nurses Step-By-Step Guide to Academic Promotion & Tenure will serve as an irreplaceable tool for nurses in tenure track positions nationally and internationally. The book includes clear and helpful step-by-step explanations of common questions and considerations related to tenure and promotion for nurses and others entering higher education in similar fields. I highly recommend this book!”

— MELISSA STORMONT, PHD

Professor of Special Education

University of Missouri

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Nurse Burnout: Overcoming Stress in Nursing

By Suzanne Waddill-Goad, DNP, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN

List price: US $34.95

Although nursing is a rewarding profession, the long hours, physical and mental exhaustion, heavy workloads, and organizational change are stressors that often lead to burnout. Nurses must adopt healthy coping behaviors to ensure a successful career and overall life satisfaction! In this book, author Suzanne Waddill-Goad provides practical solutions and strategies for fresh thinking, including ways to prevent burnout in the first place, harness and manage overwhelming stress, and set new priorities to care for yourself.

Nurse on Board: Planning Your Path to the Boardroom

By Connie Curran, EdD, RN, FAAN

List price: US $39.95

Only a small fraction of healthcare board positions are held by nurses in the United States, and it’s time that changed. Nurse on Board provides all the tools needed to attain and succeed in your first board role — or advance into even greater board responsibilities.

Reflective Practice: Transforming Education and Improving Outcomes, Second Edition

By Sara Horton-Deutsch, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, and Gwen D. Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF

Nursing is a value-based profession chosen by people who want to make a difference in the lives of others. When work becomes counter to values, nurses can become disenfranchised and disengaged, and ultimately that can affect the quality of care. This highly anticipated second edition offers educators and learners a path to incorporate caring science, emotional intelligence, and social justice into nursing education and practice. Sustaining nurses in the profession and improving patient care outcomes requires incorporating innovative new ways to assess and evaluate outcomes. Watson’s Caring Science model permeates this second edition to provide a lens for practitioners to care for self as they care for others.

The Nurse’s Reality Shift: Using History to Transform the Future

By Leslie Neal-Boylan, PhD, CRRN, APRN-BC, FNP, FAAN

List price: US $34.95

While analyzing the past and using modern survey techniques to give voice to current issues, The Nurse’s Reality Shift sheds light on why nurses are where they are and, more importantly, how they can approach the future in a different way. This book asks the hard questions the nursing profession must answer to move past its recurring challenges and offers practical solutions and a road map for moving forward.

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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

List price: US $54.95

ONLINE EDUCATION

Disaster Preparedness and Response List price: US $9.95

Participants will learn about planning for and responding to a mass casualty incident. US $1 from every purchase is donated to the American Red Cross to support natural disaster relief efforts.

CNE Awarded: 2.5

Healthcare Ethics Certificate Program List price: US $400.00

This program is designed to enhance the knowledge and skill of nurses working with patients of all types and ages. This course examines key issues, terms, concepts, and ethical ideas that can become an everyday part of nursing practice. Reflective and guided case studies focus on personal philosophy, values, and working through issues. Learn how to identify when an ethical dilemma exists, what ethical issues are involved, and how an ethical position can be explained to others.

CNE Awarded: 52.5

Mastering Informatics: Companion CNE Course

ONLINE EDUCATION

List price: US $250.00

This companion continuing nursing education (CNE) course to Mastering Informatics: A Healthcare Handbook for Success provides additional content on each of the chapters included in the book. The course provides more than 30 CNE hours and helps prepare participants for the ANCC board certification exam in nursing informatics.

CNE Awarded: 30.6

Nurse’s Clinical Decision Making » NEW List price: US $33.25

Nurses are responsible for accurately identifying patient’s priority needs. Many nurses have been provided with information on developing care plans but not with the wherewithal to identify accurately the priority needs of patients. This course will provide learners with an opportunity to learn and practice clinical reasoning strategies and develop effective “thinking habits” that they can use to make accurate clinical judgments and decisions that lead to implementation of appropriate nursing actions to bridge this gap.

CNE Awarded: 3.5

Discount pricing is available for institutional purchases (excluding online purchases). Contact us at 888.654.4968 or solutions@nursingknowledge.org to get started!

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UPDATED ONLINE COURSE

Nurse Manager Certificate Program List price: US $450.00

The Nurse Manager Certificate Program is a robust web-based educational tool using the latest evidencebased content. It is designed to help develop nursing management competencies necessary to function in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing healthcare environment. Learners who successfully complete the program will receive a Certificate of Completion of Sigma’s Nurse Manager Program.

Features of this program: • Mapped to QSEN competencies and AONE Nurse Manager competencies • Peer-reviewed • Learner development plan • Learning activities • Interactive features • Facilitator’s guide • Audio and video content

Purchase each course separately, or save more when you purchase the entire program! Courses include: • Introduction to Administrative, Management, and Organizational Theories • Using Evidence to Guide Decision-Making and Management Practices • Using Evidence to Guide Strategic Planning • The Art of Leading • Human Resources: Issues and Strategies • Project Management

• Managing the Team • Patient Satisfaction • Facilitating Staff Development • Patient Safety in the Health Care Workplace • Creating Budgets and Business Plans • Safety for the Health Care Worker • Nursing Liability • Legal Documentation and Defenses • Ethical Principles for Nurse Managers • Life Balance for Nurse Managers CNE Awarded: 85

Interested in adopting this course for your academic institution? Discount pricing is available!

Contact us at 888.654.4968 or solutions@nursingknowledge.org to get started.

Sigma Theta Tau International is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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Professional Appearance and Behavior: Putting Your Best Foot Forward With Etiquette List price: US $23.75

From interdisciplinary teams to business meetings, it has become commonplace for nurses to participate in settings where making a professional impression is important. This course provides practical information on dressing appropriately, making introductions, and networking successfully.

CNE Awarded: 1.9

Return to Nursing: A Refresher Program List price: US $300.00

This comprehensive program, consisting of courses and video presentations, enables nurses who have been out of the clinical setting to return to practice. Topics covered include current healthcare trends, pharmacology, and reviews of major body systems.

CNE Awarded: 32.5

Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program

ONLINE EDUCATION

List price: US $375.00

With sexual violence an ever-present reality, this online program prepares forensic and nurse examiners with the tools and knowledge to care for and treat sexual assault victims. The 14 courses in SAFE provide the fundamental information and resources to develop a clinical knowledge base when caring for patients of sexual violence. Pre- and post-assessment tests are included, and the program adheres to the International Association of Forensic Nurses’ educational guidelines for didactic coursework in adolescent/adult SANE. CNE Awarded: 43.8

The Nurse’s Role: Benefit Coverage and Discharge Planning List price: US $21.25

Inaccurate coverage identification and patient education can negatively impact a patient’s transitional care needs once discharged into the community. The content learned in this course will facilitate moving the discharge nurse’s knowledge set from Advanced Beginner to Proficient, allowing for improved workflow processes in discharge patient education.

CNE Awarded: 1.7

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Tips for Successful Publishing From Editors » NEW List price: US $33.75

Publishing in a peer-reviewed journal can give you more recognition and opportunities for advancement. But how do you write and submit a manuscript? Which journal should you submit to? This course provides practical tips to get your work published.

Content created by: • Editor-in-Chief Karen S. Hill, Journal of Nursing Administration • Editor-in-Chief Susan Gennaro, Journal of Nursing Scholarship • Editor-in-Chief Bernadette Melnyk, Worldviews on EvidenceBased Nursing • Editor-in-Chief Roger Watson, Journal of Advanced Nursing and Nursing Open CNE Awarded: 2.7

Trauma-Informed HIV Prevention and the Care Continuum » NEW List price: US $41.25

Individuals living with HIV and at-risk for HIV acquisition are disproportionately affected by trauma. Despite high rates of co-occurrence of these effects on health, morbidities directly and indirectly influenced by trauma experiences are often unrecognized by nurse clinicians because there are current gaps in nursing training and/or non-specific guidelines for practice. This course will provide learners with a foundational understanding of trauma as it is related to HIV prevention and care.

CNE Awarded: 3.3

EVENTS

» International Nursing Research Congress 19-23 July 2018, Melbourne, Australia www.sigmanursing.org/congress2018

» Nursing Education Research Conference 19-21 April 2018, Washington, DC, USA www.sigmanursing.org/nerc

For additional information, visit www.sigmanursing.org/events.

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The Sigma Theta Tau International/Chamberlain College of Nursing Center for Excellence in Nursing Education has a variety of programs and resources available to help nurse faculty members grow and thrive in their careers.

Emerging Educational Administrator Institute (EEAI) Through a combination of online learning activities, two face-to-face workshops, and completion of a leadership project, the EEAI helps participants develop and refine the skills necessary to be successful in an academic administrative role. Topics include role transition, influencing change, the politics of the administrative role, finding balance, team building, and leaving a legacy.

Experienced Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy (ENFLA) Experienced faculty with at least 7 years of full-time employment in a teaching role are encouraged to apply for the ENFLA, a 12-month program that will increase participants’ leadership acumen and further develop the skills necessary to lead in academe, professional organizations, and the community. The curriculum includes two face-to-face workshops, an individual leadership progression plan, and completion of a leadership project. Each leadership scholar is paired with a self-selected mentor who will work collaboratively with academy faculty to accomplish their goals. Applications for the next cohort are open from 1 April until 30 June 2018.

Nurse Educator Mentorship Program (NEMP) Âť NEW This unique, comprehensive online course helps schools of nursing engage in a systematic process to guide the development of a mentorship program that is evidenceinformed and responsive to the needs of faculty members within their specific academic settings. It is designed to enable schools of nursing to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain a mentorship program that meets their needs and reflects their values, style, and culture.

VISIT WWW.SIGMANURSING.ORG/CENE to learn more about the Center for Excellence in Nursing Education.

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SIGMA HAS MORE THAN 400 HOURS OF CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION CONTENT.

Request a review copy by contacting a Business Solutions Specialist.

Email solutions@nursingknowledge.org or call 888.654.4968.

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