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Life After Graduation:

Life After Graduation:. Continuing Education & Professional Development Lan P. Nguyen. Expressed Concerns. December 2008 graduates at Georgia Baptist College of Nursing are not aware of continuing education services that are provided by the vast number of clinical agencies in Atlanta

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Life After Graduation:

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  1. Life After Graduation: Continuing Education & Professional Development Lan P. Nguyen

  2. Expressed Concerns • December 2008 graduates at Georgia Baptist College of Nursing are not aware of continuing education services that are provided by the vast number of clinical agencies in Atlanta • December 2008 graduating class expressed concerns associated with lack of knowledge and competency in the real world.

  3. Continuing Education & Professional Development • What is it? • Why is it important? • How will it benefit you?

  4. Contact: Beth Nault Beth.Nault@piedmont.org 404.605.3735 Piedmont Hospital Clinical Levels • Purpose: to encourage and support the personal and professional growth of staff nurses • All registered staff nurses enter as level one nurse and are required to fulfill annual requirements for level one. • Level I – Staff Nurse • Level II – Advanced Competence • Level III – Proficient/Expert http://www.piedmont.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH000083

  5. Contact: Beth Nault Beth.Nault@piedmont.org 404.605.3735 Piedmont Hospital Objectives of Clinical Levels: • To support personal and professional growth. • To promote accountability, autonomy, and collaboration between health care professionals. • To afford the clinical bedside nurse an opportunity to advance professionally in his/her career. • To provide increased levels of compensation and rewards for leveled staff nurse. • To improve the process, the system and outcomes of patient care, staff education and compliance on the units and within the hospital.

  6. Contact: Marie Gay marie.gay@choa.org Children’s Health Care of Atlanta (CHOA) • Children’s Career Advancement for Nursing (CAN) – helps raise and support professional excellence with a clinical ladder that allows nurses to define their own career path through 5 levels of nursing. • Novice • Colleague • Resource • Leader • Expert http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=317

  7. Contact: Marie Gay marie.gay@choa.org CHOA Top 100 Learning Organization for 4 years in a row. • Continuing Education opportunities on campus • Tuition Assistance • Patient Care Provider Orientation • Great FAQ section on website: http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=3348

  8. Contact: Marie Gay marie.gay@choa.org CHOA The Patient Care Provider Orientation offers new clinical hires discussions and lectures on the following information: • Family-centered care • Interpreter Services • Patient Education and Family Library Services • Nursing Care • Pharmacy, Lab and Radiology • Documentation

  9. Contact: Patrick Shaul patrick.shaul@northside.com 404.851.8181 Northside Hospital • Encourages life-long learning • Budgeted education hours based on number of hours worked. • Tuition reimbursement • “Northside University” • Mentoring Program • Nurse Re-Entry Program http://www.northside.com/careers/main.aspx • Leadership • Customer Service • Teambuilding • Conflict Resolution • Diversity & Clinical Leadership Development • Core Competencies (BLS & ACLS)

  10. Contact: Karen Cyres KCyres@sjha.org 404.851.7025 St. Joseph’s Hospital • Nursing Spectrum CE • Unlimited Access to over 400 ANCC accredited online courses • Nursing Levels • Allows nurses more control over their careers, enter at Staff Nurse (Level I) and can pursue professional, clinical, educational and leadership skills. http://www.stjosephsatlanta.org/human_resources/development/index.html

  11. Contact: Karen Cyres KCyres@sjha.org 404.851.7025 St. Joseph’s Hospital • Tuition Reimbursement • Compensation for education; extended to every employee with at least 6months of service and satisfactory job performance. • 90% reimbursement up to $2500 depending on years of service (FT & PT). • Shared Governance • Nurses have a voice in performance improvement, practice standards, nursing education, and nursing leadership skills http://www.stjosephsatlanta.org/human_resources/development/index.html

  12. Contact: Terrie Summers tsummers@gmh.edu404.616.5220 Grady Memorial Learning Resource Lab • Opened on April 20th, 2004 • Allows staff the opportunity to gain new and develop existing hands on skills using state of the art equipment and mannequins. • Managed by the Department of Patient Care Quality Management & Education • Open from 8A to 4:30p, daily. • 11 simulated patient room areas, self-contained computer lab with internet access, & a TV/VCR with video library Nursing Continuing Education • Encouraged and offered to nurses, both on campus and off campus. http://www.gradyhealthsystem.org/Nursing/education.htm

  13. Contact: Terrie Summers tsummers@gmh.edu404.616.5220 Grady Memorial Perioperative 101 • Offered twice a year (February & September) • 4-12 students, limited to make sure that all participants are provided with adequate opprtunities to interact with faculty. • Targeting experienced RNs planning a career change to perioperative nursing, RNs with minimal experience nursing who seek to enhance their knowledge of theory and standards, & recent nurse graduates interested in specializing in perioperative nursing • Fee $2500 http://www.gradyhealthsystem.org/Nursing/PDF/PerioperativeBrochure.pdf

  14. Contact Cheryl Beasley Cheryl.Beasley@tenethealth.com404.265.3341 Atlanta Medical Center • Student Loan Repayment (up to $10,000 monthly • Professional Certification Bonuses – Annually $1,000 FT; Part-time (prorated) for CCRN, AORN, TNCC, RN-C, AWHONN, etc • STEPS: recognizes and rewards staff nurses for clinical expertise in delivering direct care to patients http://www.atlantamedcenter.com/CWSContent/atlantamedcenter/Careers/

  15. Contact Cheryl Beasley Cheryl.Beasley@tenethealth.com404.265.3341 Atlanta Medical Center • STEPS • STRIVING • TOWARD • EXEMPLIFYING • PROFESSIONAL • SATISFACTION Missy Sullivan 404.265.3709 http://www.atlantamedcenter.com/CWSContent/atlantamedcenter/Careers/

  16. Gwinnett MedicalCenter Contact: Lisa Pugsley lpugsley@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org • 1:1 Preceptor • Positive feedback through peer/preceptor critiquing • Individualized clinical orientation • Didactic and case study in-services • Support from the program coordinator  • Education reimbursement • Continuing education  http://www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org/Nurse-Residency-Program.276.0.html

  17. Online Resources • Competency & Credentialing Institute • http://www.cc-institute.org/ • Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses • http://www.awhonn.org/ • Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses • http://www.aorn.org • http://www.aorn.org/Education/ContinuingEducation/FREEOnlineEducation/ • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses • http://www.aacn.org • Continuing Education for Nurses • http://www.nurseceu.com/

  18. Online CEUs: A Directory for Nurseshttp://www.nurseceu.com/

  19. Conclusion

  20. Congratulations, Graduates! You’ve made it this far. Keep going!

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