{"title":"Comparing Orientation Programs for Newly Licensed Registered Nurses in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit.","authors":"Hannah Musgrove, Yolanda Thompson","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001159","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001159","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A tiered orientation was developed for newly licensed registered nurses (NLRN) without prior nurse extern (NE) experience and compared to the existing standard orientation designed for NLRN with NE experience. Orientation completion and retention were higher for NLRN who completed standard orientation. While tiered orientation was not as successful, its implementation provided insights into the support needs of NLRNs. Prior NE experience proved invaluable, setting a strong foundation for transition to the NLRN role.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"152-156"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145088105","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}
Chelsey L Best, Martha L Guthmiller, Traci L Moreland, Krista M Salvatore
{"title":"Put Me In Coach: Mentoring for New Graduate Registered Nurses.","authors":"Chelsey L Best, Martha L Guthmiller, Traci L Moreland, Krista M Salvatore","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001227","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this project is to support new graduate registered nurses (NGRNs) through individualized mentorship to enhance confidence, professional growth, and retention. A Transition Coaching Program led by NPDPs provides structured support across a health care system. Retention reached 88%-93%, with 84% of NGRNs reporting a positive first-year experience. The program effectively eases transition shock, fosters professional identity, and strengthens the nursing workforce.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"131-135"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146151218","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":"Transition to Practice as Professional Formation: Applying Professional Role Identity Formation Theory to New Graduate Nurse Development.","authors":"Leah Korkis, Ashley Mata","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001241","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001241","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article presents a transition-to-practice program grounded in O'Rourke's Professional Role Identity Formation Theory. Addressing a persistent gap between technical competency and professional formation, the program explicitly aligns competency, epistemology, and pedagogy within nursing's professional and disciplinary foundations. The article offers nursing professional development practitioners a theory-guided framework for designing transition-to-practice programs that prepare new graduate nurses to perform safelty, and to think, act, and engage in professional nursing practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"167-172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147596154","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 Implementation Journey to a Tier and Competency-Based Orientation Model.","authors":"Kristen Peterson, Meredith McGuffey, Kelsey Cao, Tiffany Pilliow, Erica Benitez, Lindsay Pederson, Mikayla Landowski, Kaitlin Lorge, Brook Weiss, Florine Ndakuya-Fitzgerald","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001234","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article presents the implementation of a structured tier-based orientation model at a midwestern academic healthcare system. Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act QI framework, the model was piloted on two units and expanded across the organization over 4 years. Post implementation data revealed that 97% of orientees and 84% of preceptors felt supported throughout orientation, 89% of orientees reported structured orientation, and 99% reported confidence to provide safe care. Organizational RN turnover rate decreased from 7% to 3%.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147640560","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":"Transforming a Clinical Ladder Program at an Academic Health System Through Process Improvement.","authors":"Carin Resseguie, Jessica Corley","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transforming a Clinical Ladder Program at an Academic Health System Through Process Improvement. Clinical ladder programs support professional development through pathways for career advancement. Clinical ladder candidates experienced delays in reclassification and expressed dissatisfaction with the process. The quality improvement project enhanced a clinical ladder program with electronic portfolio submission and structured candidate support. Interventions reduced delays and improved candidate satisfaction. The initiative increased clinical ladder engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624755","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}
Rachel E Wood, Jennifer L Ellison, Eliezer Urbano, Illania Schmidt, Cynthia Swineford
{"title":"Exploring Diverse Perspectives in Promoting Preceptor Success.","authors":"Rachel E Wood, Jennifer L Ellison, Eliezer Urbano, Illania Schmidt, Cynthia Swineford","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Preceptors are integral to onboarding, developing, and retaining new nurses, yet maintaining a pool of enthusiastic preceptors proves difficult. This study adds to our knowledge of the necessary components for preceptor success and highlights opportunities for bridging the gap between ideal and reality in supporting a pool of thriving preceptors. Nursing professional development practitioners are integral to bridging this gap through encouragement, frequent check-ins, offering education on learning styles, and promoting networks of peer support.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147596136","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":"Bridging the Gap: Advancing Nursing Professional Development Through Theory-Guided Evidence-Based Practice.","authors":"Leah Korkis, Sandy Phan, Janette Moreno","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This manuscript advocates for theory-informed, evidence-based practice (EBP) among nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners. Drawing on patterns of knowing, cognitive psychology, and neuroeducation research, the authors explain how theory supports knowledge retention, contextual understanding, and behavior change. A practical framework and exemplar illustrate how NPD practitioners can operationalize theory-informed, EBP to strengthen professional practice, clinical reasoning, and patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147583101","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}
Francine Snow, Elizabeth M Long, Kimberly V Cheramie
{"title":"Alignment of Nursing Professional Development With Established Nursing Competencies.","authors":"Francine Snow, Elizabeth M Long, Kimberly V Cheramie","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001240","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 2025 American Nurses Credentialling Center updates to Nursing Continuing Professional Development criteria strengthen educational design requirements. These standards provide a framework to create targeted, evidence-based learning experiences that enhance professional competence. By aligning professional development with established competencies, nursing professional development practitioners can deliver higher-quality education that improves practice outcomes, supports career advancement, and ensures regulatory compliance. This article examines the impact of incorporating established nursing competencies into educational activities and offers practical strategies for implementing these standards.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147470218","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 Preceptor Preferences for Professional Development: A Descriptive Study.","authors":"Janice Yao Valadez, Denise Dawkins, Robin Whitney","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001211","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We administered a modified version of the +RN Learning Needs Assessment tool to 24 professional nurse preceptors, yielding data that were analyzed using Qualtrics and Tableau, employing a five-level Likert scale. The participants expressed preference for additional learning modalities (e.g., online learning and independent learning) to supplement what was in place (e.g., an in-person preceptor workshop). We expect that improving understanding of preceptors' learning preferences will enhance engagement, autonomy, curriculum quality, and employee/patient satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"68-73"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145769784","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}
Kathryn L Robinson, Adam T Booth, Amanda Pyles, April Self, Alicia Jones
{"title":"The Experiences of Nurse Preceptors in Orienting Internationally Educated Nurses.","authors":"Kathryn L Robinson, Adam T Booth, Amanda Pyles, April Self, Alicia Jones","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001160","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To adequately support preceptors of internationally educated nurses (IENs), nursing professional development practitioners, functioning as partners in practice transitions, must understand the strategies, barriers, preparation, and overall experience of preceptors. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore nurse preceptors' experiences as they oriented IENs in a United States healthcare system. Three themes emerged from nine participant interviews: Strategies to Facilitate IEN Orientation , Barriers in Precepting an IEN , and Essential Characteristics of Preceptors .</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"86-90"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145088168","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}