staff educator’s guide to clinical orientation, third edition: onboarding solutions for nurses

With all the changes in staffing in the past few years due to the pandemic, a high-quality onboarding process is even more important for retention and ensuring a new nurse’s success. In this fully revised third edition of the Staff Educator’s Guide to Clinical Orientation, authors Robin Jarvis, Amy J. Word-Allen, and Alvin Jeffery provide you with all the tools you need to successfully develop a nursing and healthcare workforce.

Whether someone is new to leading orientation efforts or a seasoned nursing staff development specialist, this book will help readers:

• Understand the role of the preceptor in clinical orientation activities
• Incorporate regulatory and legal issues
• Understand and use the ADDIE Model
• Analyze, design, and implement an orientation program
• Evaluate an individual’s competency
• Conduct surveys and focus groups
• Manage orientee errors and personality conflicts