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Do Your New Nurses Have What It Takes To “Escape”?, Kathleen Kingman, Megan Kirchen, Mary Mcmanus

Nursing Research & Professional Development Conference

Background: The Nursing Education Professional Development Team were challenged to limit new hire orientation to one in-person learning day and transition all essential content to self-paced computer-based modules. The Nursing Education Professional Development Team are accountable for supporting new hires to achieve established goals in the clinical setting with less time.

Aim: New tools were needed to support new hires to validate the uptake of the essential content. The Nursing Education Professional Development Team reviewed innovative best practices to reinforce organizational education and orientation needs.

Implementation Plan: The Nursing Education Professional Development Team redesigned the curriculum and created …

Utilizing Simulation To Increase Confidence In Onboarding Care Managers & Social Workers, Tara Nixon, Elena Ochakovski, Jenn Mepham, Kari Congenie

Nursing Research & Professional Development Conference

Background

New hire inpatient care managers and social workers are often overwhelmed with the complexity of their new care coordination role. Role-play is a useful experiential strategy connecting theory to practice in a safe space. Use of standardized patients for communication simulation improves patient centeredness versus role playing, justifying organizational investment. Simulation helps learners reflect and analyze practice within a psychologically safe environment. A simulation-based advanced care transition program was adapted to provide onboarding teammates opportunities to experience complex care coordination situations aligning with organizational and regulatory requirements.

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to provide onboarding Inpatient Care …

Coming Out Of Covid: Resuscitating Live Onboarding, Patricia Shafer, Claire Hackelberg

Nursing Research & Professional Development Conference

Background: Effective onboarding and orientation processes are critical for successful new hire engagement and retention. The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption in the established in-person onboarding process leading to inconsistency and fragmentation. Evidence suggests that structured and supported on-the-job training is the most effective onboarding strategy (Frogeli et al., 2023). A program make-over was needed.

Purpose: To redesign the onboarding and orientation process for new nurses with effective and efficient process to address issues and increase satisfaction.

Method: Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Staff collaborated with the hospital and unit managers to gather input and redesign the on-boarding process for new hires. …

Electronic Orientation Checklist: Click It To Check It!, Rubie Rose Costales, Tonya Pagor, Fran Majca, Candice Spak

Nursing Research & Professional Development Conference

Background/Introduction:

In 2022, approximately 15,000 Registered nurses and 6,000 Nursing assistants were onboarded utilizing paper checklists across 26 hospitals. The 95 identified checklists required printing multiple pages and was cumbersome for leadership to monitor and access.

Purpose or Objective:

Nursing Education and Professional Development launched an electronic orientation checklist initiative. The checklists transitioned to electronic platform delivering an updated, comprehensive, and collaborative approach to system orientation resources. This provides secure access, guarantees timely check off, offers real-time support to teammates, cost savings and fosters ecological consciousness.

Method:

Electronic checklists were piloted at two sites. Feedback from stakeholders, including executive leadership, …