STM publisher Elsevier and the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD), an association focused on advancing the specialty practice of nursing professional development, have announced that they are collaborating to develop a cutting-edge eLearning course to help nursing professional development specialists successfully transition new nurses to the acute-care, medical-surgical setting.
Nurses leave an organisation for several reasons, including job dissatisfaction from work overload, stress, shortened orientations, and poor physician-nurse relationships. The new product will arm nurses with the professional and clinical information and skills to promote their confidence, competence, and job satisfaction.
Development is underway, and the course is scheduled to launch in late 2015. The course will be rich in interactive elements to promote critical thinking and the application of knowledge in the real world clinical situations. Additionally, nursing professional development specialists will have access to several targeted resources to help implement an effective transition program.
This new product adds to Elsevier's library of exclusive, co-developed products with key nursing associations, including the Emergency Nurses Association and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
