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Understanding newly licensed registered nurses' perceived confidence in the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency domains and corresponding knowledge, skills, and attitudes will help inform clinical leaders to develop successful transition-to-practice programs. Newly licensed registered nurses and prelicensure nursing students had confidence in their understanding of QSEN competencies as they began their transition to practice. Online learning and virtual practicums were effective for attaining QSEN competencies, offering support for using these interventions in academic settings and transition-to-practice programs.
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Clinical Competence , Humans , Clinical Competence/standards , Female , Adult , Male , Nurses/psychology , Surveys and Questionnaires , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate , Patient Safety/standards , Quality of Health Care/standards , Students, NursingABSTRACT
A continuing education program was designed to help nurses stay safe while providing nursing care to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program addressed topics aimed at empowering nurses to advocate for their own health and safety as a result of increased knowledge related to caring for patients and communities during a global pandemic. A four-part, on-demand webinar series was offered from January 2021 through January 2022. The program had 1,025 international participants and 995 contact hours were issued. The Frontline Nursing During COVID-19: A New Paradigm continuing education program provided professional development to nurses around the world. It is critical to offer accessible programs that address safety and empowerment for nurses in clinical settings. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2022;53(9):425-428.].
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COVID-19 , Education, Nursing, Continuing , Humans , PandemicsABSTRACT
Closing the academic-practice gap during a global pandemic.
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Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate , Students, Nursing , Humans , Pandemics , PreceptorshipABSTRACT
The Nursing Quality and Safety Self-Inventory (NQSSI) is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring self-assessment of confidence in attaining Quality and Safety Education for Nurses competencies in student nurses. This article reports on the psychometric analysis of the NQSSI for newly licensed registered nurses. Findings support NQSSI as a valid and reliable instrument for nursing professional development practitioners to use to evaluate newly licensed registered nurses' competency attainment and the effectiveness of transition to practice programs.
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Patient Safety , Psychometrics , Quality of Health Care , Self-Assessment , Adult , Clinical Competence , Female , Humans , Male , Reproducibility of Results , Students, Nursing , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young AdultABSTRACT
AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate effectiveness of transition to practice programs (TPPs) on self-assessment of quality and safety competency development in newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs). BACKGROUND: TPPs are innovative strategies to promote quality and safety competencies. Hospital-based TPPs support and facilitate transition to practice. METHOD: A pretest-posttest design was used to determine if NLRNs' self-assessment of quality and safety knowledge, skills, and attitudes changed significantly over time and by TPP type as measured by the Nursing Quality and Safety Self-Inventory. RESULTS: Sixty-four NLRNs from three TPPs participated. A statistically significant increase in confidence in knowledge and skills was found with no significant changes in confidence attitudes. No significant changes were found based on TPP type or prelicensure program. CONCLUSION: The Nursing Quality and Safety Self-Inventory was a valid and reliable instrument for measuring changes in quality and safety knowledge, skills, and attitudes in NLRNs. TPPs are effective strategies to advance confidence in quality and safety competencies.
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Nurses , Self-Assessment , Clinical Competence , Humans , Nurses/standards , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
AIM: The aim is to explore nurse residency programs described in the literature and evaluate the evidence supporting their use. BACKGROUND: The Institute of medicine and the Joint Commission recommend that organizations provide nurse residency programs for newly licensed nurses. METHOD: An integrative review was conducted of empirical and program development articles published from 2006 to july 2013. RESULTS: Most articles included in this study had limitations, which are discussed. CONCLUSION: The literature demonstrates benefits associated with NRPs. More evidence is needed to determine if NRPs contribute to nurse-sensitive patient outcomes, thereby influencing quality of nursing care.
