NEWS & RESEARCH

A message from Director of Galen Center for Professional Development, in partnership with Whisper’s Children’s Hospital Jinja, Uganda, and Healing the Children, Kentucky.

Readiness to Practice Indicators (RPIs) are an evidence-based tool intended as a determinant for independent practice that synthesizes the scope and standards of nursing practice with

a focus on how to manage a patient assignment.

Knowing when newly hired nurses are ready

for inclusion in productive staffing is a

challenge for nurse leaders in all practice settings.

Seeing beyond traditional measurement means knowing the story behind the outcome. It means recognizing the value of the experience of the place, the people, and their work.

This article introduces the concept of evidence-based benchmarks as a mechanism to determine readiness to practice safely, competently and independently among novice and experienced nurses who are in transition.

Nurse leaders say they do not have sufficient financial resources to address the needs of their workforce. 

Mercy Fort Smith (Ark.) Hospital has launched a new 18-bed unit, which will have a 4:1 patient to nurse ratio. The unit is specifically designed to provide close contact, hands-on training for new graduate nurses.

In the midst of staff shortages, health systems and healthcare groups have become more creative and focused on retention strategies.

Plans March 8 for its American Nurses Enterprise Research Council to begin a review and modernization process of its Magnet designation criteria for hospitals.