Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation, Third Edition (eBook)

Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation helps readers navigate how to create and sustain a high-quality orientation and onboarding program that meets the needs of nurses, patients, and organizations.

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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

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Important Considering for Onboarding and Orientation
Chapter 2: Analysis and Design of an Onboarding Program
Chapter 3: Developing and Implementing an Orientation Program
Chapter 4: Evaluating an Individual’s Competency
Chapter 5: Working with Orientees
Chapter 6: Evaluating an Orientation Program
Chapter 7: Temporary Employees and Students
Chapter 8: Regulatory Considerations
Chapter 9: Practical Tips for Staying Organized
Appendix: Essential Orientation Materials for Your Office 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