Nursing Orientation: Best Practices for Effective New Hire Programs

Nursing Orientation: Best Practices for Effective New Hire Programs

WEBCAST ON CD OR WEBCAST ON-DEMAND

Sponsored by Designing Nursing Orientation

Presented on October 27, 2009

Improve the outcome of your orientation program for new and experienced nurses

This webcast provides practical, easy-to-implement strategies for enhancing new hire orientation. The speakers present best practices and evidence-based methods to help organizations produce competent, confident nurses.

AGENDA

• It takes a village: Defining role responsibilities for the orientation process
  1. Staff development specialists
  2. Clinical nurse leaders
  3. Preceptors
  4. Nurse managers
  5. Clinical nurse specialists and
  6. Nurse practitioners
• Setting expectations to achieve effective outcomes
  1. Job descriptions
  2. . Competency checklists
  3. Teaching methods
  4. Unit expectations and complex adaptive system model
• Integrating a diverse work force
  1. New graduates
  2. Foreign-trained nurses
  3. Experienced nurses
• Best practices for successful programs and outcomes
  1. Apprenticeships
  2. Mentoring
  3. Precepting
  4. Rubrics
  5. Reflective practice
  6. Portfolios
• Q & A

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this virtual seminar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the roles of the key players in designing a nursing orientation program
• Construct clear expectations to achieve the intended outcomes of the nursing orientation program
• Formulate a strategy to integrate a diverse workforce into your nursing orientation program
• Implement evidence-based tips and tools to build a successful nursing orientation program
• Learn how to incorporate cutting edge techniques including the use of rubrics, reflective practice, and adaptive work systems

BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this virtual seminar, you will receive these valuable tools and takeaways:

1. Sample job descriptions
2. Reflective practice tool
3. Rubrics for measurement
4. Complex adaptive systems- sharp end/blunt end performance framework
5. Nursing professional portfolio example
6. Bibliography and further reading

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Diana Swihart, PhD, DMin, MSN, CS, RN-BC, is the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® Director at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, FL. She is the author of Nurse Preceptor Program Builder: Tools for a Successful Preceptor Program, and speaks nationally on topics such as orientation, preceptorships, shared governance, competency assessment, leadership, accreditation, education and staff development, and evidence-based nursing practice and nursing research.

Debbie Buchwach, MSN, RN-BC, is an education consultant in the Center for Learning and Change Management at the Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland, OR. Buchwach develops curriculum for new employee orientation, preceptor training, new graduate nurse transitions, charge nurse, nursing leadership, and change management.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Directors of education, staff development specialists, chief nursing officers, directors of nursing, VPs of nursing, VPs of patient care services, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®* coordinators/directors, clinical nurse specialists, nurse managers and clinical managers, patient educators, staff nurses, and clinical nurse leaders

Publisher :  HCPro, Inc
 
Product Types :

• Webcasts

Departments :

• Other Nursing Products

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