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Chapter 5: Working With Orientees

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This item record pertains to an excerpt from Staff Educator's Guide to Clinical Orientation, 3rd Edition, which is provided free of charge by the publisher.

About this book:

With all the changes in staffing in the past few years due to the pandemic, a high-quality onboarding process is even more important for retention and ensuring a new nurse's success.

In this fully revised third edition of Staff Educator's Guide to Clinical Orientation, authors Robin Jarvis, Amy J. Word-Allen, and Alvin Jeffery provide readers with all the tools they need to successfully develop a nursing and healthcare workforce.

Whether someone is new to leading orientation efforts or a seasoned nursing staff development specialist, this book will help readers:

· Understand the role of the preceptor in clinical orientation activities

· Incorporate regulatory and legal issues

· Understand and use the ADDIE model

· Analyze, design, and implement an orientation program

· Evaluate an individual's competency

· Conduct surveys and focus groups

· Manage orientee errors and personality conflicts

· NEW: Onboard travel nurses and float staff

· NEW: Accommodate generational differences

To purchase the entire book from the publisher click here.

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Author Details

Robin L. Jarvis, MS, SPHR, GTML, is an expert in adult learning with over 25 years of experience in healthcare, high technology, retail, and consulting companies. Amy J. Word-Allen, BSN, RN, is currently employed with HCA Healthcare in the emergency department. She formerly worked in education, precepting, and onboarding roles. Alvin D. Jeffery, PhD, BC, CCRN, FNP-BC, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he studies how informatics solutions can help with clinical decision-making.

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Type

Book Chapter

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Expert Opinion (nationally/internationally recognized)

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Nursing, Employee orientation, Onboarding programs, Healthcare quality, Teaching models, Regulatory considerations, Evaluation tools, Precepting

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Publisher

Sigma Theta Tau International

Version

Publisher's Version

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Review Type

None: Professionally Edited Material

Acquisition

Publisher-submission

Date of Issue

2024

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