With all the changes in staffing in the past few years due to the pandemic, a high-quality onboarding process is even more important for retention and ensuring a new nurse's success. In this fully revised third edition of the Staff Educator's Guide to Clinical Orientation, authors Robin Jarvis, Amy J. Word-Allen, and Alvin Jeffery provide you with all the tools you need to successfully develop a nursing and healthcare workforce.
Whether someone is new to leading orientation efforts or a seasoned nursing staff development specialist, this book will help readers:
- Understand the role of the preceptor in clinical orientation activities
- Incorporate regulatory and legal issues
- Understand and use the ADDIE Model
- Analyze, design, and implement an orientation program
- Evaluate an individual's competency
- Conduct surveys and focus groups
- Manage orientee errors and personality conflicts