Essays on Preceptorship

WGU

A. Table of Contents Professional Resume – presents my clinical knowledge, skills, experience, and philosophy to potential employers Executive Summary – provides an overview of the contents of the portfolio Professional Reference Questionnaire – presents the objective and subjective evaluation of my key behaviors and clinical performance by one of my professional references Importance of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – discusses the need to develop knowledge and skills in quality leadership in order to improve the quality and safety of patient care and promote holistic, patient-centered care

Copy of IHI certificate of completion – serves to validate my completion of the IHI Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership course

Evidence-based Practice – summarizes an evidence-based research project on hand hygiene Applied Leadership – summarizes my ...

Preceptor Models for New Nurse/Student Nurse Orientation

Contemporary health care systems are plagued by numerous problems such as decreasing reimbursements, an aging workforce, and rampant staff shortages that call for increased retention of new staffs (King’s College London, 2008). Research, however, shows that a significant proportion of recently graduated nurses quit their positions within three years due to stressful working environments and inadequate support during their transition from student to proper professional practice. High rates of staff turnover are costly to organizations due to the costs associated with hiring and orientating new nurses. They also lead to discontinuity in patient care and poor patient outcomes (VanWygreen & ...