Professional Development

Nurse Mentoring: Key to a Harmonized Future #1093 (1.00 CH)

1093 - Nurse Mentoring: Key to a Harmonized Future #1093 (1.00 CH)

Speaker(s)

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  Daphny Peneza, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM

  RN IV / Neurological Practice Specialist - Education
  Memorial Hermann TMC
  Houston, Texas

Every nurse leader and educator plan for continuous clinical workforce stability. Nursing residency programs for new graduate RNs is a national trend nowadays; however, staff retention issues and frequent turnover is still a significant hurdle. With training costs skyrocketing, not only is program failure a financial burden, it also contributes to a future nursing staffing shortage thereby sabotaging harmonized patient care. This presentation will outline the unique journey of the recruitment, retention, and recognition nursing service shared governance committee leaders used to develop their teaching institution’s nurse mentoring program and improve the new graduate RN staff orientation success rate.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the current trend in new graduate nursing orientation programs in the U.S.
• Summarize the challenging process of establishing a mentoring program for new graduate nurses.
• Discuss the journey of preparing and educating the nurse mentors.
• Discuss the significance of nurse mentoring program in keeping quality perioperative new graduate RNs.