Nursing professional development and human resource leaders revised general nursing orientation content and structure based on changes because of COVID-19 in length, focus, and platforms from the early stages of the pandemic. The aim of this quality improvement project was to incorporate best of pandemic modifications with key stakeholders and new-to-practice and experienced nursing hire needs emerging from COVID-19 realities on the workforce. The benefit for nursing professional development practitioners is relatability of general nursing orientation revisions for sustainability of clinical excellence and safety.

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