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The Dedicated Education Unit: A Model For Fostering Healthy Work Environments, Laura Ann Iacono, Launette Woolforde, Deborah Murphy, Patrick Coonan, Celia Marie Wells
The Dedicated Education Unit: A Model For Fostering Healthy Work Environments, Laura Ann Iacono, Launette Woolforde, Deborah Murphy, Patrick Coonan, Celia Marie Wells
Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)
Session presented on Saturday, April 13, 2013:
Background: Healthy work environments are essential to optimize quality patient and family centered care. The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) has identified the irrefutable link between healthy work environments and patient safety, nurse retention, and recruitment.
Method: The Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) model fosters the student nurse (SN) to professional nurse transition by immersing the SN in the clinical environment under the supervision of a consistent staff RN who serves as the Clinical Instructor (CI). North Shore University Hospital and Adelphi University School of Nursing partnered to launch the DEU in …