Evolution of Postpandemic Nurse Orientation Through an Academic-Practice Partnership.

An academic-practice partnership engaged in redesigning the postpandemic orientation process for newly hired nurses in a large academic health system. Results from needs assessments and collaboration efforts informed the orientation program redesign, and the National Implementation Research Network framework guided project development. The orientation redesign aimed to enhance efficiency, readiness for unit-specific orientation, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Examining QI Knowledge Among Frontline Nurses and Nurse Leaders.

Background: Frontline nurses deliver direct patient care and by participating in quality improvement (QI) can have an impact on health care quality and safety. Unfortunately, nurses are not participating in QI, which may be due to a lack of QI knowledge.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate nurses QI knowledge utilizing the revised Quality Improvement Knowledge Application Tool (QIKAT-R), with newly created nursing scenarios, among frontline nurses and nurse leaders.