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Ariella Teater thought she’d buried herself far enough under her grief until a phone call with her dad opened the door to the painful memories of patients she had loved and lost.

She thought her colleagues would be supportive as she neared the end of her master's program. Instead, Amanda Shilo was blindsided with questions like, "Why don't you just go to medical school?" and "You clearly don't want to be a nurse. Why are you here?"

When chest pain interrupts her vacation, former emergency room nurse Diane Sieg finds herself in an ER bed rather than beside it. She's scared, and she's anxious—but from this experience comes an invaluable validation about compassion.

You may have noticed our podcast has taken a bit of a hiatus the past year. Taking this break gave us an opportunity to look at the podcast world with fresh eyes and make way for—surprise—a new start! We hope you'll come along with us.

In this episode we discuss how Kimberly Acquaviva, PhD, MSW, CWE, uses social media to bring together a large interdisciplinary research team to answer a compelling research question. 

In this episode, we discuss the body of nursing research with Linda S. Franck, PhD, RN, FRCPCH, FAAN, a Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame inductee (July 2020), Jack and Elaine Koehn Endowed Chair in pediatric nursing, and professor in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at the University of California San Francisco.

In this episode we discuss the body of nursing research with Peggy Compton, PhD, RN, FAAN, a Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame inductee (July 2020) and  associate professor and van Ameringen Endowed Chair at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

In this episode we discuss the body of nursing research from Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN, a Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Inductee (July 2020) and a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

In this episode we discuss the research of Dr. Bukola (Oladunni) Salami,  Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame inductee (July 2020) and associate professor at the University of Alberta. 

In this episode we discuss the body of nursing research with  Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP, a Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame inductee (July 2020) and professor and dean at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.

In this episode of SigmaCast we discuss research related to the Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing article “Evaluating the outcomes of a Web‐Based Stress Management Program for Nurses and Nursing Assistants.”

This episode discusses research related to the Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing articles “A Longitudinal Analysis of Nurse Suicide in the United States (2005–2016) With Recommendations for Action” and “Sustainability and Outcomes of a Suicide Prevention Program for Nurses.”

In this episode we discuss the need for professional identity and brand recognition in nursing when working with the public and other healthcare professionals. 

This episode we will be discussing clinician burnout, how it has impacted the profession, and what leaders and front-line staff can do to mitigate it. The authors will accomplish this by examining the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience and the report Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Supporting Professional Well-Being.

This episode we will be discussing research related to the Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing article "Prevalence and Correlates of Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Healthy Beliefs, and Lifestyle Behaviors in First‐Year Graduate Health Sciences Students."

In this episode, we discuss research related to the Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing article “Authentic Connections Groups: A Pilot Test of an Intervention Aimed at Enhancing Resilience Among Nurse Leader Mothers.”  

In this episode we will be discussing research related to the Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing article “The MINDBODYSTRONG Intervention for New Nurse Residents: 6-Month Effects on Mental Health Outcomes, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, and Job Satisfaction." Guests in this episode:  Marlene Sampson, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN, Associate Director for Nursing Education, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, Dean and Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing Jacqueline Hoying, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice, The Ohio State University College of Nursing

In this episode, we will discuss how to convert a face to face course into an online/virtual course during COVID-19. 

This episode will discuss how to avoid publishing in predatory journals and at predatory conferences. Avoiding predatory journals is relatively easy yet, as evidenced by the predatory journal websites, academics do publish in them. Avoiding predatory conferences is also easy, but we continue to hear about academics who respond to their ingratiating invitations. 

In this episode, the discussions center around the need for doctoral education and the several types of terminal degrees often seen in nursing.