Implementation and Evaluation of a Nurse Practitioner Onboarding Program at a Large Healthcare Facility.

A comprehensive, evidence-based onboarding program benefits healthcare workers and institutions. Many institutions do not have onboarding programs for new nurse practitioners (NPs). In this quality improvement initiative, a standardized onboarding program was developed.

Retrospective analysis of HEART Score results in cost saving.

Background And Purpose: Chest pain (CP) is one of the most frequent chief complaints of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Diagnoses range from life-threatening acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to less concerning musculoskeletal injury. Patients are frequently admitted for comprehensive cardiac evaluation.