{"title":"Human Design and Nursing Professional Development: A New Approach to Preceptor Support.","authors":"Rachel Kelter","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores Human Design, a system that integrates enduring knowledge and modern science, as a tool to enhance the practice of nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners. By understanding the five Human Design energy types-Generator, Manifesting Generator, Projector, Manifestor, and Reflector-NPD practitioners can utilize the strengths, challenges, and communication styles of each type to improve preceptor program development and ongoing preceptor support.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 3","pages":"196-200"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143991779","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":"Addressing Microaggressions-Building the Foundation for Nurse Leaders.","authors":"Vanessa K Cameron, Rachel Kromer, Mamie Williams","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001137","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the methodology and outcomes associated with the development of a synchronous, virtual educational activity designed for nurse leaders to enhance their ability to identify and respond to microaggressions. The engagement strategies and techniques for fostering empathy and awareness discussed can be applied widely. However, they are particularly impactful for activities related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, such as this course that focuses on recognizing and effectively managing microaggressions among nursing leaders.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"145-151"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143617582","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":"Leadership Checkpoint: Getting to Know Your New Board Members.","authors":"Shara Rhodes, Jenny Harshman","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001144","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 3","pages":"201-203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144031974","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}
Shanna Miko, Sarah J Hoffman, Mathika Thongkhamkitcharoen, Susan B Dicker, Warren Dalal, Alexander Klosovsky, Erin M Mann Mph, Michelle Mathiason, Shailey Prasad
{"title":"Standardizing Clinical Nursing Practice and Delivery Method for the Management of United States-Bound Refugees in Uganda: A Quality Improvement Project.","authors":"Shanna Miko, Sarah J Hoffman, Mathika Thongkhamkitcharoen, Susan B Dicker, Warren Dalal, Alexander Klosovsky, Erin M Mann Mph, Michelle Mathiason, Shailey Prasad","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001119","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Continuing education and standard operating procedures contribute to high-quality nursing outcomes. We developed and piloted a comprehensive manual/repository of organizational practice standards and optimized a learning management system in Uganda with 12 refugee health nurses. Post-intervention, nurses reported increased self-efficacy and a high degree of confidence in their mastery of content, and the learning management platform received an above-average usability score. These data support the utility of learning management systems for nursing development in limited-resource settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 2","pages":"108-113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607254","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":"Preparing for the 2025 ANPD Aspire Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.","authors":"Jenny Harshman, Shara Rhodes","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001126","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 2","pages":"133-134"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607252","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":"Inquiry and Innovation: a New Column.","authors":"Cathleen S Opperman","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001124","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 2","pages":"127-128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607248","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":"Nursing Professional Development Practitioners: Catalysts for Advancing Health Equity.","authors":"Sandy Phan, Charlie Dharmasukrit","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000001116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 2","pages":"135-137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607251","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}
Brittany Palmer, Laura Valido, Ahquilah Tucker, Rika Tanda, Cathleen Opperman
{"title":"Collaborative Core Curriculum Initiative: Alignment With Nursing Professional Development Roles.","authors":"Brittany Palmer, Laura Valido, Ahquilah Tucker, Rika Tanda, Cathleen Opperman","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001115","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multiple intensive care units shared core knowledge, skills, and competencies but provided separate orientations leading to inconsistencies in practice, variations in onboarding, and poor use of resources. In this article, the methods of aligning the nursing professional development practitioner roles to the process of standardizing a core curriculum are described. This collaborative initiative sought to increase the knowledge and comfort of the new nurses while setting precedence for collaboration with educational endeavors between the units.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"85-90"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061371","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}
Emily Smith, Lisa Madsen, Carley Swanson, Jeffrey Leichter, Rich Preussler
{"title":"Behavioral Health Education, Awareness, and Response Development (BeHEARD).","authors":"Emily Smith, Lisa Madsen, Carley Swanson, Jeffrey Leichter, Rich Preussler","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001102","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An increased need to support behavioral health concerns such as anxiety and depression was identified in both healthcare employees and patients. To address this gap, a multistate Midwestern healthcare system developed a course to provide education and training on behavioral health for employees in clinical and nonclinical roles. Over 650 participants have attended the course. Participants reported an improved confidence in supporting adults struggling with behavioral health concerns.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":" ","pages":"102-107"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774465","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 Experiences of Internationally Educated Nurses Transitioning to U.S. Nursing Practice.","authors":"Adam T Booth, Kathryn L Robinson, Amanda L Pyles","doi":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001101","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NND.0000000000001101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Internationally educated nurses (IENs) are recruited by U.S. healthcare organizations to fill staffing gaps. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore IENs' experiences during orientation and onboarding in a U.S. healthcare system. Four themes emerged from eight interviews: Theme 1, Orientation and Onboarding; Theme 2, Cultural Differences; Theme 3, Communication; and Theme 4, Coping and Adapting to be Successful. Findings identified barriers and facilitators in IENs' transition to U.S. nursing practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":51695,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Nurses in Professional Development","volume":"41 2","pages":"97-101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607255","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}