Knowledge Areas

A companion to the facilitator guide for Core Competencies of Civility in Nursing & Healthcare, the learner activities workbook helps students apply the concepts in the book to real-life situations.

This course is available for FREE to Sigma Members.
This certificate program aims to develop nurses’ knowledge and skills in advocating for themselves as well as at the organizational, community, regional, or global levels.

Este curso define cárie precoce na infância e aborda a prevalência, a etiologia, os fatores de risco e as consequências da doença bucal em crianças. Os enfermeiros aprenderão seu papel na prevenção da cárie na primeira infância e, como membros da equipe de atendimento, os enfermeiros promoverão a saúde bucal em crianças.

This course defines early childhood caries and addresses the prevalence, etiology, risk factors, and consequences of oral disease in children. Nurses will learn their role in preventing early childhood caries, and as a member of the care team, nurses will promote oral health in children.

In this webinar, we will discuss the history of vaccinations, beginning with the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and ending with the COVID-19 pandemic. We will discuss best practices to address vaccination hesitancy along with other epidemiological principles such as herd immunity.

This webinar will attempt to provide a clearly constructed definition on the concepts that comprise meaning-based nursing care including its antecedents, defining attributes and consequences.