NURSE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
Readiness To Practice Indicators
An evidence-based tool to guide the preceptor and orientee with measurable and specific criteria, and as a determinant of readiness to practice.
Don’t Take Our Word for It—Hear from Our Partners
Preceptors
“As a new preceptor, the [RPIs] helped a lot to guide me in becoming an effective preceptor…. [They] helped guide [me] in the steps and actions to help the nurse resident become more competent in their skills and profession as a registered nurse.” Another preceptor stated,“As a preceptor, it [RPIs] guides me to determine if a new graduate can care for their full patient assignment independently.”
Nurse Residents
“Our preceptors were able to easily determine what phase we were in and what level of care we could handle, ”Another resident stated, “It prepared me to work independently, how to prioritize and delegate.”
Nurse Residents
“[RPIs] made me more confident in being able to work independently…. You were able to pause, reflect, and critically think about delivering safe patient care.” Another resident stated, “[They] broke down the various aspects of managing a patient assignment into understandable and concise pieces. [It] ensured I was addressing all aspects of patient care and not glossing over less obvious requirements.”
Watch this short video to see how RPIs accelerate nurses to safe, productive independent practice..
HOW DO RPIs WORK?
Watch Amanda demonstrate how RPIs create confidence on both sides of the orientation experience, giving preceptors assurance that nurses are truly practice-ready and giving new nurses confidence in their ability to provide safe, independent care.
What If Your Workforce Felt This Safe, Confident, and Competent When They Entered Productive Staffing?
Hospitals are challenges to expedite new graduate nurses into productive staffing yet need assurance they are ready to practice safely. Our Readiness to Practice indicators guide preceptors in determining if a new graduate can care for their full patient assignment independently; typically, within 8-10 weeks as opposed to 15-25 weeks.
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Want to decrease your risk of unprepared nurses, retain newly hired nurses, and reduce the high cost of onboarding?
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Talk to us about how you can use our resources to achieve speed to practice while maintaining patient safety and nurse retention. Our clients see immediate financial returns through cost savings and receive the added benefits of increasing their nurse satisfaction and reducing the risk of unprepared nurses.
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Let's Take A Closer Look
Below represents a scenario of precepting with and without Readiness to Practice Indicators RPIs:
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INSTILL CONFIDENCE
Know your newly hired nurses are practice ready and can deliver safe, quality care.
EVIDENCE-BASED
Give your preceptors an evidence-based tool to guide them in determining when an orientee is ready to practice independently using evidence rather than their sense of readiness.
OBSERVABLE CRITERIA
Readiness to Practice Indicators give preceptors observable criteria to determine orientees’ readiness to practice
INCREASE EFFICIENCIES
Readiness to Practice Indicators individualize the onboarding experience reducing non-productive time, saving money.
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Our partnership has helped us transform the nurse residency experience into a more structured, evidence-based, and professional role-driven transition to practice program. By integrating the Readiness to Practice Indicators, clinical competencies, with intentional preceptor support, we have been able to better guide new graduate nurses toward confidence, clinical judgment, and professional role clarity as they move into independent practice. Galen has helped us build a program that reflects the very heart of our intent: to prepare new graduate nurses as confident, accountable professionals rooted in nursing as both a discipline and a profession.
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Leah Korkis, MSN, RN, AGCNS, NPD-BC
Director of Clinical Education and Nursing Excellence
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Our organization is captivated by how easy the Nurse Development Resources electronic platform (Engage) is to navigate. This tool supports me in my Internal Driver role to promote standardization and accountability with nurse leaders, preceptors and RN’s assigned to use system. The design provides a transparency that allows me to easily track RN progress and quickly identify areas that need immediate attention.
Thanks for a great product!
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Carrie Hamilton, MSN, RN, CCRN, Nurse Professional Development
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Our organization was searching for a new platform to document in real time the progress of our onboarding program for nurses. The Engage platform offered us the ability to tailor the orientation process to each staff member but maintain the integrity of the program. The GCPD staff provided incredible support during our transition process.
The team at GCPD also facilitated our creation of a platform that met our needs as a diverse organization.
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Ashley Pond, MSN, RN-BC, Nurse Professional
Development Specialist
UMC Health System
Galen has provided an evidence-based tool that has enhanced our orientation process for nurses. Having this has allowed for open communication for all involved while being a platform to promote positive conversations during the transition period. The modules have been very well received! We have an 8-hour day, and nurses verbalized they are interactive and engaging to do. GCPD has transformed the method by which we assess competency in our organization. We have successfully transitioned from paper “skills checklists” to true competency assessment and documentation. Our users are so pleased with the ease of function, site accessibility, and support of the GCPD platform.
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Kimberley Stunkard, MSN, RN-BC, Nurse Residency Program Coordinator
Accelerating Nurses’ Readiness to Practice
The Center for Professional Resources helps hospitals accelerate the timeline new nurses need to practice independently. GCPD resources can help new nurses move into productive staffing EARLIER:
Readiness timeframe with & without GCPD resources:
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