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Redesign of a Clinical Advancement Program to Highlight Clinical Expertise
Alexandra Hamby1, Meghan Worley-Morse, Lisa Peters
1Author Affiliations: Clinical Manager (Hamby), Clinical Nurse (Worley-Morse), Magnet Program Director (Peters), Senior Program Manager-Analytics (Rannie), Chief Nursing Executive (Dr Givens), and Director of Research, Innovation and Professional Practice (Dr Kleiner), Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.
Clinical nurses and leaders created a new advancement program with objective criteria to boost bedside nurse engagement and retention. This evidence-based program successfully increased participation and improved nurse retention rates.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Healthcare Management
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Bedside nurses sought program evaluation for incorporating clinical expertise.
- Leaders and nurses collaborated to address engagement and retention challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and implement a clinical advancement program for bedside nurses.
- To improve nurse engagement and retention through objective advancement criteria.
Main Methods:
- Collaborative development of a clinical advancement program by leaders and nurses.
- Inclusion of objective criteria using a point system for clinical advancement.
Main Results:
- Significant increase in participation in the advancement program.
- Positive impact on nursing retention rates observed post-implementation.
Conclusions:
- The developed clinical advancement program effectively enhances nurse engagement.
- Objective criteria in advancement programs are crucial for improving nurse retention.
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