The Sigma Education Department develops online nursing continuing professional development (NCPD)* materials to help nurses grow and excel in their profession. Along with online courses, the education department offers NCPD through events and now webinars.
Webinars (and accompanying materials) are freely and openly available in the Sigma Repository. Repository login is not necessary.
If a webinar is Sigma NCPD eligible, the item record will contain the necessary information. Look for the Sigma Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) Opportunity heading in the Description field.
This collection contains non-series-based webinars or series of 2 webinars that are not part of an ongoing/open-ended series.
If you are interested in viewing all of the webinar series in this community, please go back to the community homepage to see the complete listing of series-based collections.
*Accreditation: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Submissions from 2024
Mastering the art of abstract and grant review: A comprehensive webinar for nursing professionals, Linda Anders and Riley Kimsey
Navigating the world of abstract and grant reviews: A beginner's guide for nurses, Linda Anders and Riley Kimsey
Practice & process improvement: An integrated evidence-based quality model, Cindy Beckett, Lynn Gallagher-Ford, Lee Ann Strait, and Karey Dufour
Exploring the effect of the academic environment for students and new graduate nurses, Amy Charlton, Paige S. Randall, Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin, and Jennie C. De Garne
Empowered nursing: Balancing staffing challenges, smart delegation, and professional integrity, Madison Edwards
The board of nursing: Demystifying nursing regulation and potential licensure issues, Madison Edwards
Your invisible shield: What does professional liability insurance do for you?, Madison Edwards
Whole-person oral healthcare for rural communities, Elizabeth Flannery
Exploring medication challenges - Implications for nurses, Kelly Freeman
Reflections on research mentoring, Mary A. Highton and Dawn Veltre
Balancing act: How to support students and nurses for the future of healthcare, Leslie Jennings, Regina Wilder Urban, Charlotte Swint, Zach Young, and Adrianna Watson
Complex humans: Quality care and a spirity of inquiry, Rachel A. Joseph and Shanna W. Akers
Healthcare project planning simplified with INQUIRE (innovation, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, research), Alyson Keen, Bethany Radecki, and Tiffany Rader
Building healthy work environments for students and practicing nurses, Kelly Orchard, Tracey L. Nixon, and Danielle Fleming
Medication systems & safety: What's broke & how can we fix it together?, Nikki S. Polis and Allen Flynn
Food as medicine: Care management and nursing role in preventing and remission chronic disease, Nan Robinson
Enhancing clinical professional well-being and satisfaction, Regina Wilder Urban and Bella Savitsky
Submissions from 2023
Food insecurity: What the nurse needs to know related to caring for patients and food insecurity, Linda Anders
Lifestyle medicine for the advanced practice nurse, Josie Bidwell
Empowering the future: Unleashing the potential of young nurse leaders to achieve the sustainable development goals, Kathleen Eviza-Ford and Aimée Horcasitas
Lifestyle medicine: Person-centered, high-value, evidence-based care, Kelly Freeman
Implementation science and nursing: Where are we now?, Claudia K. Y. Lai and Jun-Ah Song
Engaging nurses in global public policy: A conversation with Sigma's UN Liaisons, Charlotte McCardle, Jerry Nutor, Mercy Mumba, and Patrick Chiu
Take leadership to the next level: Global nursing leadership competency framework, Emily McWhirter and Barbara Stilwell
Artificial intelligence: A new paradigm in nursing education, research and practice, Siobhã¡n O'Connor
Psychedelics & nursing: Updates from the Oregon frontier, Andrew Penn and Melanie (King) Kawashima Velez
The nurse policy entrepreneur as a full partner in healthcare policy reform, Michael J. Polacek
The Mountain Model for Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement (EBPQI) initiatives, Julee B. Waldrop and Jayne Jennings Dunlap
Canada's medical assistance in dying: One component of Canada's plan for commpassionate end-of-life care?, Donna M. Wilson
Submissions from 2022
Opioid use and misuse: Pain management, drug dependence, and implications for nurses worldwide in 2022, Jonathan H. Aebischer and Janane E. Hanna
Continuing professional development planning made incredibly easy, Linda Anders and Sarah E. Gray
Trust me! Enhancing trust in today's healthcare environment, Sue A. Behrens
A toolkit for building a high reliability organization, Stephanie Boyd
Engaging with politics, policy, & policymaking: Opportunities and challenges for Sigma members worldwide, Enrique Castro-Sã¡nchez, Roya Haghiri-Vijeh, Brooke Newman, and Michael J. Polacek
Sigma nurses engagement with the sustainable development goals: A call to action, Patrick Chiu, Janice E. Hawkins, and Mercy N. Mumba
The evolution of concepts in creating meaning-based nursing care, Pearl Ed G. Cuevas
The voiceover art of nursing, Shania Dubbert
Advancing the footprint of forensic nursing practice, Diana Faugno, Valerie Sievers, and Stacey Mitchell
Nurse as patient: Individual and system implications, Karen J. Foli
EntrepreNursing: Transforming healthcare, Deborah Hart
RN BSN program incorporation of Nurse Manager Certificate Program, Elizabeth Holman
Trick or treat? The systemic effect of diabetes cause by oral disease, Audrey P. Miller
Improving patient outcomes through understanding belonging, Wendy Morgan and Maggie Hubbell
Realizing potential: From where you are today to where you can be, Cora O'Leary
Family presence during resuscitation, Joanne Porter
Closing the gap: Team-based care models, Melissa Rackmil and Emily Sego
Co-design research in the Pacific: Part one, Michele Rumsey
Co-design research in the Pacific: Part two, Michele Rumsey
Student nurse externships, Lisa A. Ruth-Sahd
Cultivating psychological safety through clinical supervision, Jess Sainsbury, Tony Butterworth, Niki Simbani, Liz Walsh, and Joanne Bosanquet
A shift from hospital care to home care. What changes are needed in the nursing curriculum?, Ruth Sanders
Sustain and retain: Strategies to address the global nursing shortage, Franklin A. Shaffer
Guidelines on prescriptive authority for nurses, David Stewart
Submissions from 2021
The shocking truth regarding job-related problems prior to nurse suicide, Cadie Ayers, Marie Manthey, Amanda Choflet, and Judy Davidson
Global health advocacy: Building a foundation for transformative impact at the United Nations and beyond, Pennie Sessler Branden, Valerie Clary-Muronda, Janice E. Hawkins, Dania Itani Mousa, and Aric Shimek
Offering a path to success for everyone: Creating an inclusive environment in nursing education, Christie Cavallo
Keeping self-care relevant: Creative work-life integration for early career nurses, Tim Cunningham, Dorrie K. Fontaine, and Natalie May
Redefining retirement: Planning for the life you want, Joanne Evans and Patricia A. Tabloski
Put your own mask on first: Protecting nurses from deaths by suicide, Christopher R. Friese
It's ok to not be ok: Mental health is health!, Sara Fung and Amie Varley
The future of nursing 2020-2030: Charting a path to achieve health equity, Susan B. Hassmiller
Children's oral health equity and promotion practices, April Hille
Implementation science for clinicians: Accelerating the uptake of evidence into practice for best outcomes, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Sharon Tucker
Psychological capital: An introduction to the what, why, and now what?, Ashley Singh
Embarking on a professional development journey: Building the future you, Jose Arnold Tariga
Submissions from 2020
What do we teach our daughters? Nurses, women and prosperity, Jennifer L. Breads, Dawn Fitzgerald, Catherine Alicia Georges, and Aric Shimek
Infuse Joy: A call to action in healthcare, Richard Ricciardi
Nursing: A pathway of empowerment for women, Richard Ricciardi, Lisa Little, Elizabeth A. Madigan, Pamela Frances Cipriano, Aisha Faal, and Ana Quiroga
