{"title":"Creating a SOARing Strategy: NPDP and Leadership Perspectives in Positive Planning.","authors":"Hannah Snider, Judy Rinella, Mandi Mernin","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001295","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149220670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reframing Mentoring: A Case for Mutual Mentoring in Nursing Professional Development.","authors":"Robin Petersen, Christina Swan","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148992532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Victoria Donatoni, Roxann Llewellyn, Lindsey Ford, Jeff Zabielski
{"title":"Building Expertise in Perianesthesia Nursing Through a Structured Fellowship Program.","authors":"Victoria Donatoni, Roxann Llewellyn, Lindsey Ford, Jeff Zabielski","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nurses transitioning into perianesthesia practice often require specialty-specific development beyond traditional orientation and nurse residency programs. To address this gap, a 4-month Perianesthesia Nurse Fellowship was created using didactic education, simulation, hands-on learning, and critical thinking activities to strengthen specialty knowledge, confidence, competence, and clinical readiness.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148984208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Transition to Transformation: Using Service Learning to Empower Nurse Residents.","authors":"Stephanie Zidek, Veronica Bigott, Susan Storto","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This quality improvement project engaged nurse residents in promoting well-being and health strategies for high school students in the community. Using service-learning principles, an organization implemented a \"Pop-Up\" event, with up to 99% of student participants (1,167) reporting the experience as beneficial.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148914205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Standardizing Nursing Professional Development Roles Using the 2016 NPD Practice Model.","authors":"Omar Ali, Cheryl London","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2017, expansion across a large Midwestern health system prompted a review of Nursing Professional Development Practitioner (NPDP) roles. A system-wide analysis revealed inconsistent role expectations, responsibilities, and alignment with professional standards. The organization restructured its NPDP positions using the 2016 NPD Practice Model and the Scope and Standards of NPD Practice. Following implementation, NPDP certification rates increased, orientation length decreased, and onboarding costs declined. This project demonstrates how aligning roles with frameworks standardizes practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148889065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Behind the Association for Nursing Professional Development Update.","authors":"Andrea Leszko, Ashlee O'Meara","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001287","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148882579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashley L Uggerud, Lynn R Alcock, Katherine A Brady-Schluttner, Nicole R Nelson
{"title":"Efficiency in Action: How AI Drives Advances in Nursing Professional Development.","authors":"Ashley L Uggerud, Lynn R Alcock, Katherine A Brady-Schluttner, Nicole R Nelson","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001270","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001270","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Artificial intelligence is reshaping how nursing professional development practitioners design education, communicate change, and manage complex workflows. This article highlights practical AI applications that can reduce rework, strengthen consistency, and expand educator capacity while preserving ethical safeguards, human oversight, and professional accountability. Used intentionally, AI offers a timely opportunity to improve efficiency without compromising clinical judgment, learner needs, or the standards that guide Nursing Professional Development practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"251-254"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148801302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chris Gazarian, Colleen Molinari, Christopher Reeves
{"title":"Leveraging Automation to Realign Operational Infrastructure and Enable Nursing Professional Development Practice at the Top of Specialty Training.","authors":"Chris Gazarian, Colleen Molinari, Christopher Reeves","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001275","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001275","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners design and evaluate continuing education to improve practice, yet the supporting infrastructure is often manual and burdensome and vulnerable to record-keeping errors. This quality improvement initiative redesigned nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) approval workflows using standardized intake, centralized data management, and automation for administrative tasks while preserving NPD practitioner judgment. The redesigned workflow was associated with an estimated annual reduction of 245 NPD practitioner hours, supporting more sustainable use of professional expertise.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"260-263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148801352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turning Pages Into Pixels: Leveraging Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Nursing Professional Development.","authors":"Diana Alemar, Louie Ang, Elva Barreda, Oreana Cortes, Ariel Teichman, Stephanie Waszmer","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001277","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nursing professional development practitioners manage complex systems supporting onboarding, competency validation, continuing education, and regulatory compliance. Paper-based workflows create inefficiencies and increase administrative burden. Digital technologies and responsible artificial intelligence can modernize practice, improve engagement, and enhance documentation accuracy. This article describes the implementation of QR codes, electronic competencies, cloud-based resources, collaborative e-learning, and generative artificial intelligence across a multi-campus center, demonstrating improved access, streamlined documentation, increased engagement, and reduced instructional design time with ethical governance.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"269-273"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148801375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nurse Led Innovation: How Artificial Intelligence Streamlined Compliance Training and Saved Costs.","authors":"Andrea Heggem, Hannah Nicklas, E Paige Huchro","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001283","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001283","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This improvement project reduced the cost and time associated with regulatory training through artificial intelligence (AI) and technology-enabled workflow optimization. AI-based project management tools, a regulatory tracker, readability analysis, and standardized modules improved compliance training delivery and efficiency. Results included a $6 million reduction in training costs, a more than 25% decrease in NPD practitioner and digital development specialist time, and an average reduction of 5.3 hours of online training per clinical staff member.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"274-277"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148801343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}