Nurse Residency....The Final Frontier

  • Inception

    Idea for nurse residency program proposed to CNO by Emily Winters NPD Specialist
  • Interviews for Nurse Residency Coordinator

  • Nurse Residency Coordinator Hired

    Rebecca Knowles BSN, RN hired for the newly created program
  • Development and Planning process

    Creation of the program and development of content and process of implementation for the inaugural group of 40 new nurses that started in July and August Orientation
  • Cohort 1A and 1B

    40 new nurses split into 2 sessions. Session Content
    Meet & Greet/Intro to Mindfulness and Resiliency
    Transition to Practice Self Assessment - 1
    Overview of Residency Program
    Nurse Hand off 101
    New Nurse Panel Discussion
    Wounds
    Keep Calm and Orient on!
    Reflective Journaling
    Policy and procedure scavenger hunt
    Service Recovery
    Reflective Journaling overview and Tales from bedside
  • Period: to

    Presenting and Nurse Leadership Council

    Provide ongoing updates on Residency progress goals and objectives.
  • Session 2

    Focus on: Mindfulness and Resiliency activity
    reflection of last session
    Active Shooter
    Inter-professional Panel Discussion
    Reflective Journaling/tales from bedside
    Library Evidence
    Time management and Patient Experience
    Diabetes FAQ
  • Session 3

    focus on Mindfulness and Resiliency activity
    Conflict Management & Communication
    Cultural Diversity
    Asking the answerable questions
    Safely Administering controlled Medications
    Safe medication practices
    Initiating Pulse for Emergencies
    Reflective Journaling/tales from bedside
  • Period: to

    Refining the Program

    Cohort 2 started 12/2017, Cohort 3 started 4/2018, Cohort 4 A&B started 9/2018, Cohort 5 started 12/2018. Cohort 6 to being 4/2019
  • Session 4

    Mindfulness and Resiliency activity
    Transition to Practice Self-Assessment - 2
    Psych behaviors and management
    Nurse role in infection prevention
    Reflective Journaling
    Library Evidence- picking your topic
    Sepsis
    Notes/Stroke and CHF navigating the nursing process
    New Focus
    Tales from Bedside/Journaling
  • Session 5

    Mindfulness and Resiliency activity
    Review of Evidence Based Nursing Research/Practice
    FAQ on Insulin Pump
    Mock Code – Lecture
    Mock Code Simulation
    Portfolio Development
    Project Identification
    Reflective Journaling
  • Session 6

    Ice Breaker
    Quality & Safety, NDNQI
    Reflective Journaling
    Falls
    autonomy/ moral distress
    Unit Council panel
    Con ED
    Tales from Bedside/Journaling
  • Session 7

    Generational Communication
    Cultural Humility
    Legal Nurse
    IVAD skills/ Sim
    Project Development
    Tales from Bedside/Journaling
  • Session 8

    Respiratory Skills Review – Oxygenation, Devices, BiPAP/CPAP, troubleshooting, ABG
    ABG review
    Respiratory Case Study
    Emotional Intelligence
    Ostomy
    Sepsis IVAD Simulation
    Project Development
    Tales from Bedside/Journaling
  • Session 9

    Transition to Practice Self-Assessment
    Compassion Fatigue
    Intro to Leadership
    Project Development: Critical Appraisal and Evidence Table
    Tales from Bedside/journaling
  • Session 10

    Enhancing Quality of Care and Resiliancy
    Project Development- Dissemination plan
    Traffic Jam Activity- Leadership and communication
    Tshirt Design
    Tales from Bedside/Journaling
  • Session 11

    Human Knot- Communication, leadership and teamwork
    10,000 Pyramid- Look at us NOW
    Project Development- finalization of
    Tales from Bedside/Journaling
  • ANCC PRACTICE TRANSITIONS Conference in Washington, DC August 2018

    Went to the ANCC Practice Transitions Conference to learn about the accreditation process.
  • Graduation

    Final Project presentations: On boarding of New Nurses
    Compassion Fatigue
    Use of Dual IV in Surgical Patients
    Shift Work Disorder
    Debriefing after Critical Incidents
    Team Nursing
    Lunch – Nurse Residents and Directors

    Recreational Therapy
    CAM Therapy for Pain Relief
    Benefits of Early Education for Oncology Nurse
    Inter professional Communication Graduation Celebration-
    Melissa Derleth CNO, Terri Nairn Director, Rebecca Knowles: Coordinator
    Cake and Wrap up
  • Transitions to Practice Advisory Council

    After meeting in Washington it had been suggested to develop a team of leaders, educators, preceptors, nursing recruitment, retentions officer, NPD and nurse residents to discuss and develop a standard process of onboarding, orientation, continued monitoring and goal setting for new nurses as they transition in practice
  • Discuss Timeline of Application for PTAP Accredidation

  • First meeting of PTAP Advisory Council

    Julie Bausch, Jane Kenney, Michelle Carlson, Rita Harstead, Danielle Barry, Terri Nairn, Emily Winters, Pam B. Lorraine Porcello, Shelly Baker, Jess S., Christine Hall, Rachel Davis,
    Discussed current onboarding process for staff, letters, schedules (see notes) Developed action items to begin having a consistent process throughout Highland
  • Goal of Program Established

    Goals of the program were finalized using SMART format Goal include
    1.85% of Nurse Residents will state feeling job fulfillment/satisfaction by the end of nurse residency
    2. 85% of Medsurg nurse residents will remain at highland at the 12-month mark of employment
    3. 90% of Nurse residents will complete EBP by the end of the 12-month program
    4. 90% will have completed clinical competency and decision-making ability as documented on the pathway
    5. Alternate- pain scores documented prior to meds