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Development Of An Advanced Practice Provider Onboarding Structure, Amy Ziegler
Development Of An Advanced Practice Provider Onboarding Structure, Amy Ziegler
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
Advanced practice providers, also referred to as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, are increasingly being employed to function in a variety of healthcare settings. As organizations grow their advanced practice provider staff, they must develop a distinct advanced practice provider orientation and onboarding program. Finding the right staff is only half the battle; if you do not orient and onboard staff properly the will not stay (National Systems Contractors Associations [NSCA], 2017). Administrators, certainly directors of advanced practice providers, are pursuing unique and dynamic ways to facilitate credentialing, privileging, orientation and onboarding of these individuals. The director for advanced practice …
Developing An Electronic Health Record Training Program For New Employees, Crystal D. Figlietti
Developing An Electronic Health Record Training Program For New Employees, Crystal D. Figlietti
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
In May 2015, an electronic health record (EHR) was implemented at an urban, long-term care facility. This facility is part of the county Department of Public Health (DPH) and was one of the last locations to implement the designated EHR system. The unique nature of the facility compared to the smaller, health care centers within the DPH network necessitated development of a customized training and onboarding program for new employees. It was not possible to duplicate an existing training program. The registered nurse (RN) informaticist assigned to the EHR used data from nursing staff surveys and information collected through a …