{"title":"More Than a Game: Heparin Run as a Learning Strategy.","authors":"Jessica Madison, Marwa Ansari, Debbie Casey, Devi Dimalibot, Alanna Dominguez, Gabrielle King, Chelsea Kooyenga, Heidi Markus, Effie Mattison, Kevin Olidan, Shiella Olidan, Criselda Rodolfa, Marissa Tinnemeyer, Jeanine Vaughn","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001118","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article describes an interactive heparin drip learning exercise for nurse residents using concepts similar to \"The Amazing Race.\" The goal of the exercise was to strengthen critical thinking related to heparin drip setup and maintenance in the acute care setting. The game consisted of a start line and five pit stops to solve a puzzle, perform a skill, perform a medication calculation, perform an intervention, and complete a short quiz.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"114-117"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016172","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":"The Lived Experience of Newly Graduated Nurses' Transition to Practice: A Phenomenology Study.","authors":"Denise Norton, Shelly Reeve, Ashley Peacock, Peggy Ward-Smith","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001103","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reflection papers, written by new graduate nurses, at the completion of their 1-year residency program, were qualitatively analyzed. Separating the study population identified academic and/or clinical experiences that were impacted by the pandemic. These findings indicate variances in their transition to practice, which may necessitate an alteration of the content or timing of nurse residency programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"68-74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774480","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}
Kelly Laurent, Vincenza Coughlin, Julie Wan, Michele Rasmussen, Lauren Moran, Karla Estrella, Gabby Bolanos, Nikki-Jo Grossman
{"title":"The Nursing Station Podcast: An Innovative Approach to Connect an Evolving Nursing Workforce.","authors":"Kelly Laurent, Vincenza Coughlin, Julie Wan, Michele Rasmussen, Lauren Moran, Karla Estrella, Gabby Bolanos, Nikki-Jo Grossman","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001125","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Podcasting is an innovative methodology for information exchange and storytelling. Podcasts in nursing can promote communication, education, and recognition across an expansive workforce. A nurse-focused podcast was created at an academic health system in efforts to enhance diversity of information exchange and promote consistency in nursing professional practice. Findings of the implementation of podcasts support their use as relevant, convenient, and satisfactory for clinical nurses in attaining new knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"75-77"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061377","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":"Designing an Inclusive Preceptor Course: An Interprofessional Approach.","authors":"Kristy Johnson, Jennifer L Bodine","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 2","pages":"129-132"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607180","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":"The Nursing Station Podcast: An Innovative Approach to Connect an Evolving Nursing Workforce.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 2","pages":"E3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607257","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}
Lynn M Salmela, Ellen L Dyer, Anna M Bird, Debra A Schiller
{"title":"Are Nurse Residents Ready for Evidence-Based Practice?","authors":"Lynn M Salmela, Ellen L Dyer, Anna M Bird, Debra A Schiller","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001100","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A nursing professional development practitioner and clinical nurse specialists developed a curriculum, including supportive materials to complete evidence-based practice projects, as part of a new nurse residency program. Residents were guided through the evidence-based practice process. Challenges uncovered during the implementation phase suggested a need to reevaluate resident readiness. These findings emphasize the need for educators to consider skill level and experiences of incoming residents, timing, resources, and mentorship availability while planning evidence-based practice curriculum.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"37-42"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774459","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":"Fostering Collaborative Partnerships: A Multisite Approach.","authors":"Mary Beth Russell","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001111","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"64-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803141","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":"Linking Gaps and Outcomes: Why It Matters.","authors":"Pamela S Dickerson","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001082","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001082","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the importance of connecting gaps and outcomes to ensure delivery of quality professional development activities. Designing and implementing activities to close or narrow gaps and produce measurable outcomes supports the value of nursing professional development in advancing goals of departments, organizations, and consumer health. Implications for professional development associates as well as novice, competent, and advanced nursing professional development practitioners are addressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787314","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":"Matching Preceptors to New Grad Nurses for the Purpose of New Nurse Graduate Residency Programs; Not Exactly a Dating App.","authors":"Marianna Sallemi","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001106","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attributes of successful relationships, personal and professional, closely echo those of a successful preceptorship. Applications, or \"apps,\" are responsible for one third of today's relationships; they have been hugely successful in making personal relationships viable. This article explores the possibility of using existing algorithms of dating-style apps to match preceptors to preceptees. Staff development educators can greatly benefit from an innovative application by having a pool of qualified and dedicated preceptors and mentors at their fingertips.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"22-25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774477","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}
Mary C McLellan, Maeve Giangregorio, Adam Homoki, Mary Lou Rogan, Christine DeGray, Christine Donovan, Jean A Connor, Michelle Hurtig
{"title":"An Accelerated Evidence-Based Nursing Orientation: The Hybrid Instructor Preceptor Model.","authors":"Mary C McLellan, Maeve Giangregorio, Adam Homoki, Mary Lou Rogan, Christine DeGray, Christine Donovan, Jean A Connor, Michelle Hurtig","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001107","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Hybrid Instructor Preceptor Model is a novel, accelerated, evidence-based nursing orientation model. The Hybrid Instructor Preceptor Model uses instructor and preceptor phases, which standardize foundational content, approach skills acquisition, and increase clinical experiences for a new hire. A pediatric acute cardiac care unit successfully onboarded 30 nurses in 10 months using the Hybrid model.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"43-49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774455","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}