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Set your new graduate nurses up for success by providing ongoing training and support
Increase competency and improve patient outcomes by bridging the gap between nursing school and nursing practice
Reduce turnover by nurturing the staff you’ve already invested in
Estimate costs and return on investment of building a nurse residency program in order to create an effective proposal and gain leadership buy-in

Some tools and forms included with your book:

Calculating costs and return on investment worksheet
Nurse residency program evaluation template
Nurse residency program survey
PowerPoint presentations on transitional, professional, and clinical topics
Handout: PICOT and literature search worksheet
Handout: Evidence-based practice pre- and post-evaluation
Handout: New graduate transition case studies

Nurse Residency Programs and Spanning the Preparation-Practice Gap; The Preparation-Practice Gap; Spanning the Preparation-Practice Gap
Making a Financial Case for Nursing Residency Programs: Learning the Language of the C-Suite; Demonstrating the Benefits of a Nursing Residency Program; New Graduate Nurse Turnover: The Key Metric; Deriving Your New Graduate Turnover; The Cost of Turnover; Estimating the Cost of Designing a Program; Offsetting the Costs: Projecting Return on Investment; Design a Proposal
Concepts and Competencies: Foundation of the Nurse Residency Program; The New Graduate Experience; Conceptual Frameworks: Novice to Expert, Reality Shock, and Transition Shock; Competency Frameworks
Curriculum Design: The Roadmap to Competency; Three Types of Learning; Three Domains of Learning; Passive and Active Learning; Blocked and Threaded Content; Principles for Designing Learning; Teaching Activities
Chapter 5: Setting the Stage; Structuring the NRP Sessions; Three Categories of Offerings; How Adults Learn; The Generation Gap; Andragogy and the Adult Learner; Engaging New Nurses in the Classroom
Chapter 6: Presenting Content: Transitional Topics; Organization; Prioritization; Critical Thinking; Transition Shock
Presenting Content: Professional and Clinical Topics; The Profession of Nursing; From Novice to Expert; Professional Development; Medication Safety; Evidence-Based Practice
Program Evaluation; Presentation; Content; Outcomes; Return on Investment (ROI); Evaluation Frequency
Individual Evaluation; Assessing Clinical Competency in New Graduate Nurses; Orientation Structures; Troubleshooting a Delayed/Stalled Transition
The Future of the NRP; Uniting the NRP With Unit Internship; Findings From the Carnegie and IOM Reports; The Call for a National NRP: NCSBN Experimental Model; Emerging Standards/Regulations and ANCC Accreditation; The Potential for Financial Reimbursement

Learning objectives:

Describe the preparation-practice gap
Differentiate between industry and education efforts to shrink the gap for new graduate nurses
Identify the tangible and intangible benefits of a nurse residency program for an organization
Describe how to calculate new graduate nurse turnover
Identify the adverse effects of high turnover in hospitals
Describe how to calculate return on investment for a nurse residency program
Design a program proposal for designing a nurse residency program
Describe five difficulties new graduates face as they transition into practice
Describe three conceptual frameworks that shape new graduate transition
Differentiate between four different sets of new graduate competencies
Differentiate between training, education, and development
Describe active/passive learning and blocked/threaded content
Identify teaching activities that promote learning in a nurse residency program (NRP)
Describe three ways to structure NRP sessions
Identify three different types of topics
Discuss how adults learn
Explain how to educate new graduate nurses about how to be organized
Discuss ways to teach new graduate nurses prioritization skills
Describe strategies to improve new graduates’ critical thinking skills
Discuss ways to help new graduates through transition stages
Discuss best practices for tackling professional topics in a nurse residency program
Describe how to plan curriculum to cover clinical topics
Describe how to evaluate a nurse residency program
Discuss challenges with individual evaluation of graduate nurses
Create an education plan to address identified individual learning needs
Describe how nurse residency programs may evolve over time

Earn 5 continuing education credits - HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity for 5 nursing contact hours

"I believe that the Nurse Residency Program Builder is one of the most comprehensive resources I have seen that speaks to the whole of the transition experience for the newly graduated nurse. It is foundationally evidence-based but pragmatically focused; a start to finish support for the supporters. I applaud Jim Hansen and his team for producing this comprehensive, and what I believe will be seminal, support resource for the nursing community." —Dr. Judy Boychuk Duchscher, RN, BScN, MN, PhD, Assistant professor, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Jim Hansen, MSN, RN-BC, oversees the department of new graduate and student services at Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, ID, an ANCC Magnet Recognition ProgramÂ®-designated facility. He has a clinical foundation in emergency and critical care nursing and focuses on designing and implementing new graduate transition to practice programs in the acute care hospital environment. He is an active faculty member of several area nursing schools and serves on the editorial board for the Journal for Nurses in Staff Development.

With more than 18 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company's mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing its clients assistance and expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety.

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Some tools and forms included with your book:

Table of Contents:

Nurse Residency Programs and Spanning the Preparation-Practice Gap; The Preparation-Practice Gap; Spanning the Preparation-Practice Gap

Learning objectives:

Earn 5 continuing education credits - HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity for 5 nursing contact hours