Alencar, M. C., Butler, E., MacIntyre, J., & Wempe, E. P. (2018). Nurse practitioner fellowship: developing a program to address gaps in practice. Clinical journal of oncology nursing, 22(2), 142-145. Web.
The young generation of nurse practitioners (NPs) approaching the challenging profession of cancer might benefit significantly from formal training. Organized oncology training is necessary to facilitate the entry of new advanced practice registered nurses into the area due to the rise in cancer patients and the development of treatment choices. For individuals looking for training focused on the treatment of various cancers, oncology NP fellowships may be the answer. The implementation of an NP fellowship program at an academic cancer center is covered in this article, along with its advantages and disadvantages.
Araghian Mojarad, F., Shirmohammadi, Y., Talebian, F., Malekzadeh, R., & Yaghoubi, T. (2022). Evaluation of challenges and benefits of preceptorship model in nursing clinical education: A review study. Journal of Medical Education Development. Web.
The preceptorship model is a method for teaching and learning, evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of situations, and developing influential nurses. The goal of the current study was to examine the drawbacks and advantages of the practicum model in practical nursing education. Practitioners, prohibitions, and the educational environment were all factors in this research that contributed to the difficulties with the preceptorship paradigm. The advantages of the mentorship approach, on the other hand, were connected to education and students. The study’s findings show that the mentorship model has many advantages despite the multiple obstacles that must be overcome to put it into practice. Findings may thus assist clinical instructors and nursing education institutions in removing obstacles to the model’s adoption, improving the standard of students’ clinical education.
Beeber, A. S., Palmer, C., Waldrop, J., Lynn, M. R., & Jones, C. B. (2019). The role of the doctor of nursing practice-prepared nurses in practice settings. Nursing Outlook, 67(4), 354-364. Web.
The value DNP-prepared nurses contribute to their practice settings is largely unclear since the function of the DNP-prepared nurse (DNP) outside of educational circles has not been distinctly defined or thoroughly investigated. In order to determine the nonacademic contexts in which DNP graduates were engaged, this study surveyed current DNP programs. Determination of the function and worth of the DNP-prepared nurse in nonacademic contexts and semi-structured interviews with employers were done.
Bryan, V., & Vitello-Cicciu, J. (2020). Effective mentoring of novice nurses during a healthcare crisis. ResearchGate. Web.
During a pandemic, the number of new nurses entering the field is unparalleled. Nursing mentoring is essential for assisting new nurses in their transition to the nursing profession. This is even more crucial given the healthcare issue that a pandemic presents and the tremendous rate at which new workers are entering the workforce. This has now highlighted the need for critical reflection on how new nurses are assisted to enter the nursing sector at a challenging period in healthcare. In order to overcome the difficulties of establishing the nursing field during a pandemic, this research explores the nursing mentoring process. It uses the conceptual framework of genuine leadership in order to assist new nurses more smoothly in transitioning into their nursing responsibilities during trying times of a healthcare crisis, this committee report advocates for authentic leadership as practical addition to the nursing mentoring process.
The nursing mentoring culture may be improved by co-creating a genuine atmosphere that enables nurse mentors and beginning nurses to accept their unique selves via consciousness and self-development. In extraordinary times when healthcare professionals must grow accustomed and develop preparedness to undertake professional responsibilities due to the health recession and demands generated by a global pandemic, registered nurse mentorship is essential to the success of novice nurses’ transition into their management positions and into the complicated healthcare setting.
Carpenter, A. E. (2022). The development and implementation of a postgraduate pediatric primary care advanced practice nursing fellowship. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. Web.
Advanced practice nursing internships and fellowships focused on the adult population have increased as a result of recent requests for increasing postgraduate nursing programs. However, pediatric advanced nursing practice fellowships are still few. A postgraduate pediatric general care advanced nursing practice fellowship’s creation and administration, as well as its beneficial effects on the children’s health system, are discussed. Pediatric NPs are essential contributors to improving the quality and safety of the treatment and are well-positioned to make contributions to population health efforts and the shift to value-based care. Within this health system, the primary healthcare APRN internship has helped with strategic efforts that promote value and attract highly talented and educated staff.
Choi, E., & Yu, S. (2022). Effects of preceptors’ mentoring function on novice nurses’ self-efficacy and organizational commitment: A cross-sectional study. Nurse Education in Practice, 64, 103431. Web.
This study looked at how new nurses perceived the influence of supervisors’ mentoring role on their sense of organizational culture and self-efficacy. A mutually advantageous interaction between more seasoned and less seasoned nurses is healthcare mentorship. Mentoring is a powerful strategy in nurse education that may be applied for a smooth transition from a beginner to an experienced nurse. Nurses from Korean medical centers who had been practicing for less than a year following their mentorship participated in a survey questionnaire. The coaching role of preceptors, as seen by new nurses, had an impact on their sense of employee engagement and self-efficacy. This study demonstrated how the preceptors’ mentoring role as viewed by new nurses impacts their organizational citizenship behavior and sense of self-efficacy. Given how beneficial preceptors are as mentors, education is required to enhance supervisor mentoring roles in skills training for improved results for beginning nurses.
Damery, S., Flanagan, S., Jones, J., & Jolly, K. (2021). The effect of providing staff training and enhanced support to care homes on care processes, safety climate, and avoidable harms. Environ. Res, 18. Web.
In this research, a mixed-methods assessment of a significant quality improvement (QI) program that offers staff in 29 care homes supported assistance and skill development is described. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is used to evaluate changes in the protection atmosphere of nursing homes between the foundation and program conclusion, which occurs after 24 months. The authors evaluate preventable harms and hospital enrollment numbers before and after the program using routinely gathered data. Improvements in cooperation, working procedures, information dissemination, knowledge, and abilities are reported by selected respondents. The likelihood of the observed changes being sustained over the long run may be affected by the high rates of care personnel turnover.
Drayton-Brooks, S. M., Gray, P. A., Turner, N. P., & Newland, J. A. (2017). Building clinical education training capacity in nurse practitioner programs. Journal of Professional Nursing, 33(6), 422-428. Web.
Building the primary healthcare profession and resolving the nation’s access to care issue depend on nurse practitioner programs expanding their clinically relevant educational capacity. Although the difficulties in finding appropriate preceptors and clinical locations are widely documented, few workable alternatives are offered. Although there are clinical settings and eager preceptors, nurse practitioner professors must eliminate barriers and bolster resources by uncovering latent potential. Innovative clinical models can be created, tested, and used by nurse practitioner faculty to increase the capacity for clinical instruction. Expanding clinical capacity development is possible through transdisciplinary collaborations, faculty practitioner partnerships, ease of care, distant immersions, penitentiary nursing, and health in the workplace.
Ellis, K. K., Wilkinson, M. R., Kesten, K. S., Anderson, K. M., Lyons, M. C., & Bondmass, M. D. (2017). Partnering to scale a graduate nursing program. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 13(9). Web.
A nonprofit, private university connected to an academic medical center has added an innovative online delivery mechanism to its current on-campus professional nursing programs in response to customer needs. The university’s service goal, which entails expanding the nurse practitioner profession and promoting access to high-quality education in underprivileged and rural areas, was supported by this expansion. The university partnered with a for-profit provider of educational technology to make a long-lasting online curriculum in order to realize these objectives. The writers talk about the difficulties and things they learned through doing this.
Gigli, K. H., Kahn, J., & Martsolf, G. (2020). Availability of acute care pediatric nurse practitioner education in the United States: A challenge to growing the workforce. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 34(5), 481-489. Web.
Acute care pediatric nurse practitioners (NP) courses are not equally accessible throughout the country. Opportunities exist to expand the number of pediatric acute care NP programs in collaboration with PICU-equipped institutions that may perhaps hire these professionals after graduation. The accessibility of pediatric acute care NP education programs in the US are investigated in this study. To assess the location of and degree choices offered in pediatric and family NP graduate nursing programs, as well as the placement of pediatric acute care NP initiatives relative to PICUs, the authors did a qualitative cross-sectional study using secondary data sources.
Harper, D. C., McGuinness, T. M., & Johnson, J. (2017). Clinical residency training: Is it essential to the doctor of nursing practice for nurse practitioner preparation?. Nursing Outlook, 65(1), 50-57. Web.
This article’s objectives were to outline the background of nurse practitioners (NP) permanent resident designs within NP curricula that enhance the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Necessities with a concentrate on Essential VIII and a focus on characteristic clinical specialized knowledge, outline the history and political ramifications of NP residency training as well as given assurance that aid the transformation to practice, and recommend policies for evaluation connected to DNP NP residency. For nursing staff, the first year of practice is a crucial time for career development. Clarifying the need, purpose, and program criteria are crucial. Residencies with an academic affiliation will aid in the creation and regulation of curriculum and competencies to improve clinical rigor. The collaboration between clinical organizations and academic institutions will pool resources and improve nursing in both contexts.
Hoffman, L. A., & Guttendorf, J. (2017). Preparation and evolving role of the acute care nurse practitioner. Chest, 152(6), 1339-1345. Web.
The likelihood of the incorporation of adult acute care nurse practitioners (ACNPs) into intensive care teams increases with the level of training, monitoring, and mentorship provided to practitioners to support their capacity to operate efficiently and safely. Recognizing the educational background and skill set that potential hiring brings to the job is necessary for achieving this aim, as is the creation of an orientation session that integrates the professional into the critical care staff. Although adult ACNPs are often used in critical care settings, pediatric ACNPs are the subject of this discussion.
Jackson, D. C. (2020). Evaluation of a mentor’s training program for nurse practitioners. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 16(4), 286-289. Web.
The transition into the profession continues to be difficult for new nurse practitioners. Formal mentoring has been suggested as a potential remedy; however, the evidence indicates that mentors need sufficient training to enable a fruitful experience. In this research, the usefulness and viability of a recently created mentor training program were evaluated. The suggested training program was sent to six nurse practitioners to study and assess before it was put into action. The majority of the program’s materials and content were deemed beneficial by the evaluators, and only minor changes were recommended. The discussion covers program elements, curriculum, conclusions, and suggestions for the future.
Lim, H., & Yi, Y. (2021). Effects of a web-based education program for nurses using medical malpractice cases: A randomized controlled trial. Nurse Education Today, 104, 104997. Web.
Lack of knowledge of legal responsibilities in healthcare regarding medical negligence might compromise patient safety. In order to increase patient safety, nurses must better grasp their legal duties. Consequently, no readily available educational program that addresses both the ideas of legal responsibilities and patient safety has been produced. This study aimed to create a web-based educational program utilizing medical malpractice cases and assess its efficacy in terms of nurses’ legal responsibilities and improved patient competencies. A newly created web-based teaching package was tested for efficacy in this study using a randomized trial approach.
Luimes, J. (2021). Supporting preceptors of distance nurse practitioner students. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 16(2), 149-155. Web.
Preceptors are crucial in helping nursing students build their clinical skills. To provide the best possible student learning and preceptor engagement, recruiting, and maintenance, preceptor support is crucial. Due to a lack of physical closeness between preceptors and learners, distance education programs confront a particular challenge in assisting preceptors. This quality improvement project looked at the resources that are currently offered to instructors of students in remote nurse practitioner programs and how important they are to them. The results showed that in order to promote preceptorship effectively, human, institutional, and external elements must be simultaneously evaluated. The study facilitates the development of best practices for assisting instructors and students in remote health education programs by offering a Canadian perspective to an expanding corpus of international research on professional nursing student teaching assistantships.
Martsolf, G. R., Nguyen, P., Freund, D., & Poghosyan, L. (2017). What we know about postgraduate nurse practitioner residency and fellowship programs. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 13(7), 482-487. Web.
The ability of nurse practitioner (NP) residency and fellowships programs to prepare NPs for the future of the healthcare system is not well understood. The number of and general features of NP residency and fellowship programs are described by the researchers. They discovered approximately 70 fellowship and residency programs nationwide. The programs vary in length, specialist area, and kind of supervisory organization, in addition to being geographically distributed. Although this study is the first to detail these initiatives, a more thorough analysis is required to grasp the potential significance of these programs going forward entirely.
Olson, C. M. (2022). Nurse practitioner programs: Selection factors and the student experience. Journal of Professional Nursing, 41, 88-99. Web.
The shifting healthcare landscape, a lack of qualified faculty, and a lack of funding have all contributed to multiple difficulties in nurse practitioner (NP) education. Students have been influenced by the changes in NP education in both positive and wrong ways. Choosing an NP program, connections with faculty and peers, program success versus attrition, clinical experiences, and changeover to practice are all topics that will be covered in this review of the research. The authors will look at any gaps in the literature related to NP education. Finally, suggestions for NP educators and potential NP students will be made.
Stojadinovic, B., Schindler, C. A., Callahan, M. F., O’Brien, M., Rice, T. B., & Mikhailov, T. (2019). Creation and implementation of a pediatric advanced practice nurse critical care fellowship program. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 33(5), 595-602. Web.
It may be difficult for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who started their careers in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to function in this setting. Practice obstacles in the PICU setting include working in a fast-paced, high-acuity workplace without previous exposure to critically ill children, having limited possibilities for clinical rotations in the PICU during graduate studies, and having poor prior experience as a staff nurse. The need for CCPNPs with the necessary training is growing. There are currently just a few established programs for postgraduate study and colleague training. The use of a systematic, organized training course, such as a pediatric critical care PNP fellowship program, according to the authors, gives newly graduated acute care PNPs knowledge and expertise that are suitable for starting their career opportunities in the PICU configuration and enables these people to operate at the upper limits of their scope of practice much previously.
Voss, J. G., Alfes, C. M., Clark, A., Lilly, K. D., & Moore, S. (2022). Why mentoring matters for new graduates transitioning to practice: Implications for nurse leaders. Nurse Leader. Web.
The present and future nursing workforce are directly impacted by the low engagement of newly graduated nurses in the workplace. In order to create an atmosphere that promotes the smooth transition from school to novice nurse to seasoned nurse, mentoring is a potent tool that may be used in academic programs as well as in the health care practice context. Together, the mentor and mentee may share information to improve support, resilience, motivation, and work satisfaction. These elements lead to higher rates of nursing practice retention, which benefits our communities’ long-term health as well as the health of the employment pipeline.
Whitehead, L., Twigg, D. E., Carman, R., Glass, C., Halton, H., & Duffield, C. (2022). Factors influencing the development and implementation of nurse practitioner candidacy programs: A scoping review. International journal of nursing studies, 125, 104133. Web.
It is essential that healthcare service delivery is supported by innovative, economic, and ecological services and solutions in order to fulfill the expanding requirements of a varied population. In addition to facilitating increased access to high-quality care, the job of the nurse practitioner presents an opportunity to fulfill the rising needs of complicated care. There will be greater chances to change the delivery of services and enhance healthcare outcomes when nurse practitioner applicants are supported as they transition into the nurse practitioner job. This study aims to pinpoint crucial elements that promote and favorably influence the execution of nurse practitioner candidate courses and candidate experience.