Publications by authors named "Kelli Schweitzer"

Succession planning in leadership is a strategic process used to identify and develop future leaders to fill key organizational positions. This process ensures continuity of leadership and helps maintain the organization's performance over time. Succession planning is essential for critical roles and can be part of a broader strategic plan for talent management.

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The American Nurses Credentialing Center outcome-based continuing education model is a method of outcomes-driven professional development that is learner-driven. This model can be used to incorporate the Future of Nursing recommendations into a preceptor development program. The use of this competency-driven model can empower preceptors and nursing professional development practitioners as they work together to facilitate the acquisition of preceptor competencies though learning experiences and achievement of outcomes.

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outlines nine recommendations for achieving health equity in the United States through nursing expertise. This column will explore how organizations accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) can align the NCPD accreditation criteria to help meet recommendations 3 and 7 of report. .

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  • The study investigated how nurse engagement and specific nursing practices relate to patient falls in hospitals.
  • Despite expectations, work engagement among nurses did not correlate with a reduction in patient falls.
  • The findings suggest that while engaged nurses are active participants in fall risk discussions, their increased purposeful rounds may paradoxically lead to more falls with injuries, indicating a need for further research.
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