Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced the addition of the Transition to Practice platform to its complete nursing education offerings, spanning the nursing career continuum – from the critical transition of a newly graduated nurse from academia to practice through orientation and career advancement.
Transition to Practice is built to complement a healthcare organisation’s residency or orientation program or to be a standalone transitional program. This new platform is highly immersive, providing a safe environment for novice nurses to practice on virtual patients without negative repercussions, honing critical thinking, prioritisation, delegation and other professional skills. The assessment of each new nurse allows for a personalised learning experience, while accelerating professional ability. In addition, the platform focuses on ways to improve the core support team’s ability to monitor a new nurse’s feelings of confidence and support. Learning and performance data is combined to provide actionable insights which can then be used to detect at-risk new nurse graduates by tracking changes in nurse’s outcomes, improving communication, and identifying the root cause.
Hospitals struggle to retain newly licensed nurses, seeing an average turnover rate of up to 35 percent and an average cost of $70,000 to onboard each nurse. Transitioning from school to the clinical setting is a real challenge as new nurses often struggle with gaps in professional skills. Providing a comprehensive onboarding experience can reduce new nurse graduate’s anxiety levels and increase satisfaction and engagement.
Transition to Practice complements the existing portfolio which contains the highest quality evidence for best practices in nursing. The Clinical eLearning courses are developed in association with exclusive partnerships and clinical experts. As a new nurse begins their professional career or an experienced nurse transitions to a different specialty, it is important to ensure knowledge and skills are reflective of best practices and current evidence.
Mosby’s Medical-Surgical Nursing Orientation and ENA: Emergency Nursing Orientation 3.0 are just two examples of the didactic courses offered to help nurses during orientation, while building and refining their clinical judgement and critical thinking skills. These courses promote consistent care across a healthcare organisation and consequently decrease the demand on hospital resources.
Support for nurses does not end at orientation. There are a variety of new role transition courses available to nurses advancing their career, such as Mosby’s Preceptor.
Providing authoritative, evidence-based education and engaging support helps to improve satisfaction and retention, standardise care throughout the organisation, and improve patient outcomes. Elsevier is focused on all stages of the nurse’s journey and is leading the way with immersive, personalised education for clinicians from the new nurse graduate to advanced nurses practicing at the top of their license.
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