Going Boldly…Into Digitally Enabled Care Models.

The health care ecosystem is experiencing a turbulent time, specifically the accelerated churn and attrition among the nursing workforce resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The loss of many long-tenured nurses means that short-staffed units, high utilization of temporary staff, and decreasing experience levels require additional support for nurses to continue to provide safe and quality patient care. The adoption of technology into care delivery models is 1 way to amplify the work of nursing in a safe and consistent manner and should be accelerated for care delivery.

The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Technology: Adoption in Health Care.

SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) has affected nearly every aspect of our lives. It has certainly changed how we deliver health care. In part, it has accelerated the development and use of technology solutions in health care.

The Shillam-Clipper Leadership Minimum Demographic Data Set: A Tool for Advancing Healthcare Research.

Objective: The purpose of this research study was to develop an innovative, standardized taxonomy for leader demographic data to gather consistent and comparable data across healthcare leadership studies.

Background: Minimum data sets help ensure consistent data collection strategies for standardized comparison among similar variables across settings. A standardized approach to collecting demographic data of healthcare workforce leadership will provide the structure necessary for researchers to more adequately compare the role of demographic characteristics in research outcomes.

From Transition Shock to Competent Practice: Developing Preceptors to Support New Nurse Transition.

Background: It is well known that new graduate nurses (NGRNs) are likely to have a difficult transition from nursing school into professional practice and often experience a phenomenon known as transition shock. Evidence suggests using preceptors as an effective method supporting the NGRNs through this difficult transition.

Method: This project evaluated the effectiveness of a structured preceptor development program by measuring perceptions of transition to practice and first-year retention of two groups of former graduate nurses-the first comprising preceptors trained through a preceptor development program, and the second comprising preceptors who did not participate in structured training.