Staff Education Toolkit Heightens Nurses Awareness of Professional Development Opportunities
Presenter(s)
Dani M. Edwards
Abstract
Purpose. A toolkit for leaders was designed to assist in the education of nurses on professional development opportunities in alignment with a new nursing clinical ladder program being implemented at a large, academic medical center. The toolkit aimed to ease nurse leaders' span of control, while providing consistent and standardized information and resources to clinical nurses. Method. A pilot was completed on a general internal medicine inpatient unit. One nurse manager used the toolkit to educate clinical nurses on eight professional development opportunities over the course of four weeks. A pre- and post-survey assessing clinical nurses' perception of four professional development opportunity indicators was implemented. Results. Paired t-tests, with Bonferonni adjustments, were used to test for significant differences in each of the four indicators of nurse perception of professional development opportunities before and after the intervention. Survey results showed a statistically significant improvement in clinical nurse perception of 'a clinical ladder opportunity' following nurse leader toolkit education (p=0.02). Conclusions. The method of supporting leaders and educating clinical nurses via a toolkit is an effective strategy to assist in the implementation of a nursing clinical ladder program. Leadership toolkit development and implementation may be helpful in the execution of future change initiatives. Next Steps. To further test the impact of this intervention, leaders from several practice settings will trial the toolkit via established communication mechanisms. Positive outcomes with pilot expansion would promote further application of the toolkit to additional venues requiring leadership support and education of clinical nurses.
College
College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Department
Nursing
Campus
Winona
First Advisor/Mentor
Sandra Paddock
Second Advisor/Mentor
Jen Prochnow
Location
Oak Rooms E/F - Kryzsko Commons
Start Date
4-18-2024 1:20 PM
End Date
4-18-2024 1:39 PM
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Format of Presentation or Performance
In-Person
Staff Education Toolkit Heightens Nurses Awareness of Professional Development Opportunities
Oak Rooms E/F - Kryzsko Commons
Purpose. A toolkit for leaders was designed to assist in the education of nurses on professional development opportunities in alignment with a new nursing clinical ladder program being implemented at a large, academic medical center. The toolkit aimed to ease nurse leaders' span of control, while providing consistent and standardized information and resources to clinical nurses. Method. A pilot was completed on a general internal medicine inpatient unit. One nurse manager used the toolkit to educate clinical nurses on eight professional development opportunities over the course of four weeks. A pre- and post-survey assessing clinical nurses' perception of four professional development opportunity indicators was implemented. Results. Paired t-tests, with Bonferonni adjustments, were used to test for significant differences in each of the four indicators of nurse perception of professional development opportunities before and after the intervention. Survey results showed a statistically significant improvement in clinical nurse perception of 'a clinical ladder opportunity' following nurse leader toolkit education (p=0.02). Conclusions. The method of supporting leaders and educating clinical nurses via a toolkit is an effective strategy to assist in the implementation of a nursing clinical ladder program. Leadership toolkit development and implementation may be helpful in the execution of future change initiatives. Next Steps. To further test the impact of this intervention, leaders from several practice settings will trial the toolkit via established communication mechanisms. Positive outcomes with pilot expansion would promote further application of the toolkit to additional venues requiring leadership support and education of clinical nurses.
