Journal for Nurses in Professional Development最新文献

Nurse residency programs are crucial for retaining newly licensed nurses and improving organizational retention. These programs offer extensive orientation and support, impacting fiscal resources. Despite a Magnet hospital's 92% one-year retention benchmark, rates fell below expectations. The organization's nurse residency program steering committee addressed and improved turnover through an initiative they titled, "Intentional Rounding." Nursing professional development practitioners may incorporate a similar plan to increase retention in their programs.

This article explores the pivotal role of professional identity (PI) in shaping nurse preceptors, emphasizing how a well-defined PI enhances both preceptor effectiveness and preceptee development. It offers insights for nursing professional development practitioners to intentionally foster PI formation in preceptors and preceptees. Strengthening this foundation elevates preceptor practice, promotes meaningful professional socialization for preceptees, and advances the nursing profession while improving outcomes across the continuum of care.

This quality improvement project aimed to transition a traditional full-day nurse competency format to a flexible, just-in-time training model. Staff feedback of the just-in-time model indicated increased satisfaction as well as greater accessibility. In addition, the leadership found gain in this approach as there was a positive financial impact. This has specific benefits for nurse professional development practitioners as it offers a more efficient and flexible method for delivering competency training, while enhancing staff satisfaction.

Onboarding directly impacts job satisfaction, clinical performance, and patient safety. Nursing professional development (NPD) specialists have a crucial role in onboarding and orientation. This study uniquely examined onboarding experiences among newly licensed (NLRNs) and experienced registered nurses (ERNs) and included those who transferred internally, were promoted, or hired externally. Same site data comparisons identified changes within work environments and the outcomes of educational initiatives. Recommendations include periodic reassessment and evaluation to promote evidence-based practice change.

A quality improvement project to standardize peripheral intravenous catheter insertion, maintenance, and documentation was implemented with the goal of aligning with professional standards for peripheral intravenous catheter removal as clinically indicated. The project team included nursing professional development roles, content experts, and clinical nurses and engaged learners with multimodal strategies including interactive education and competency validation. Nurses successfully adopted practices to align with professional standards and increased dwell time without an increase in related bloodstream infections.

We administered a modified version of the +RN Learning Needs Assessment tool to 24 professional nurse preceptors, yielding data that were analyzed using Qualtrics and Tableau, employing a five-level Likert scale. The participants expressed preference for additional learning modalities (e.g., online learning and independent learning) to supplement what was in place (e.g., an in-person preceptor workshop). We expect that improving understanding of preceptors' learning preferences will enhance engagement, autonomy, curriculum quality, and employee/patient satisfaction.

This article describes an example of nursing professional development (NPD) environmental scanning by gap analysis at the Aspire Convention to determine the learning needs related to NPD certification. The authors led an educational podium presentation that included soliciting feedback about NPD certification through formative assessment. Utilizing active learning strategies, participants were then guided through performing an NPD certification Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis. Results supported the existence of knowledge gaps on the significance, value, and impact of NPD certification.