Life After Graduation:

1. Life After Graduation: Continuing Education & Professional Development Lan P. Nguyen

2. Expressed Concerns • December 2008 graduates at Georgia Baptist College of Nursing are not aware of continuing education services that are provided by the vast number of clinical agencies in Atlanta • December 2008 graduating class expressed concerns associated with lack of knowledge and competency in the real world.

3. Continuing Education & Professional Development • What is it? • Why is it important? • How will it benefit you?

4. Contact: Beth Nault Beth.Nault@piedmont.org 404.605.3735 Piedmont Hospital Clinical Levels • Purpose: to encourage and support the personal and professional growth of staff nurses • All registered staff nurses enter as level one nurse and are required to fulfill annual requirements for level one. • Level I – Staff Nurse • Level II – Advanced Competence • Level III – Proficient/Expert http://www.piedmont.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH000083

5. Contact: Beth Nault Beth.Nault@piedmont.org 404.605.3735 Piedmont Hospital Objectives of Clinical Levels: • To support personal and professional growth. • To promote accountability, autonomy, and collaboration between health care professionals. • To afford the clinical bedside nurse an opportunity to advance professionally in his/her career. • To provide increased levels of compensation and rewards for leveled staff nurse. • To improve the process, the system and outcomes of patient care, staff education and compliance on the units and within the hospital.

6. Contact: Marie Gay marie.gay@choa.org Children’s Health Care of Atlanta (CHOA) • Children’s Career Advancement for Nursing (CAN) – helps raise and support professional excellence with a clinical ladder that allows nurses to define their own career path through 5 levels of nursing. • Novice • Colleague • Resource • Leader • Expert http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=317

7. Contact: Marie Gay marie.gay@choa.org CHOA Top 100 Learning Organization for 4 years in a row. • Continuing Education opportunities on campus • Tuition Assistance • Patient Care Provider Orientation • Great FAQ section on website: http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=3348

8. Contact: Marie Gay marie.gay@choa.org CHOA The Patient Care Provider Orientation offers new clinical hires discussions and lectures on the following information: • Family-centered care • Interpreter Services • Patient Education and Family Library Services • Nursing Care • Pharmacy, Lab and Radiology • Documentation

9. Contact: Patrick Shaul patrick.shaul@northside.com 404.851.8181 Northside Hospital • Encourages life-long learning • Budgeted education hours based on number of hours worked. • Tuition reimbursement • “Northside University” • Mentoring Program • Nurse Re-Entry Program http://www.northside.com/careers/main.aspx • Leadership • Customer Service • Teambuilding • Conflict Resolution • Diversity & Clinical Leadership Development • Core Competencies (BLS & ACLS)

10. Contact: Karen Cyres KCyres@sjha.org 404.851.7025 St. Joseph’s Hospital • Nursing Spectrum CE • Unlimited Access to over 400 ANCC accredited online courses • Nursing Levels • Allows nurses more control over their careers, enter at Staff Nurse (Level I) and can pursue professional, clinical, educational and leadership skills. http://www.stjosephsatlanta.org/human_resources/development/index.html

11. Contact: Karen Cyres KCyres@sjha.org 404.851.7025 St. Joseph’s Hospital • Tuition Reimbursement • Compensation for education; extended to every employee with at least 6months of service and satisfactory job performance. • 90% reimbursement up to $2500 depending on years of service (FT & PT). • Shared Governance • Nurses have a voice in performance improvement, practice standards, nursing education, and nursing leadership skills http://www.stjosephsatlanta.org/human_resources/development/index.html

12. Contact: Terrie Summers tsummers@gmh.edu404.616.5220 Grady Memorial Learning Resource Lab • Opened on April 20th, 2004 • Allows staff the opportunity to gain new and develop existing hands on skills using state of the art equipment and mannequins. • Managed by the Department of Patient Care Quality Management & Education • Open from 8A to 4:30p, daily. • 11 simulated patient room areas, self-contained computer lab with internet access, & a TV/VCR with video library Nursing Continuing Education • Encouraged and offered to nurses, both on campus and off campus. http://www.gradyhealthsystem.org/Nursing/education.htm

13. Contact: Terrie Summers tsummers@gmh.edu404.616.5220 Grady Memorial Perioperative 101 • Offered twice a year (February & September) • 4-12 students, limited to make sure that all participants are provided with adequate opprtunities to interact with faculty. • Targeting experienced RNs planning a career change to perioperative nursing, RNs with minimal experience nursing who seek to enhance their knowledge of theory and standards, & recent nurse graduates interested in specializing in perioperative nursing • Fee $2500 http://www.gradyhealthsystem.org/Nursing/PDF/PerioperativeBrochure.pdf

14. Contact Cheryl Beasley Cheryl.Beasley@tenethealth.com404.265.3341 Atlanta Medical Center • Student Loan Repayment (up to $10,000 monthly • Professional Certification Bonuses – Annually $1,000 FT; Part-time (prorated) for CCRN, AORN, TNCC, RN-C, AWHONN, etc • STEPS: recognizes and rewards staff nurses for clinical expertise in delivering direct care to patients http://www.atlantamedcenter.com/CWSContent/atlantamedcenter/Careers/

15. Contact Cheryl Beasley Cheryl.Beasley@tenethealth.com404.265.3341 Atlanta Medical Center • STEPS • STRIVING • TOWARD • EXEMPLIFYING • PROFESSIONAL • SATISFACTION Missy Sullivan 404.265.3709 http://www.atlantamedcenter.com/CWSContent/atlantamedcenter/Careers/

16. Gwinnett MedicalCenter Contact: Lisa Pugsley lpugsley@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org • 1:1 Preceptor • Positive feedback through peer/preceptor critiquing • Individualized clinical orientation • Didactic and case study in-services • Support from the program coordinator  • Education reimbursement • Continuing education  http://www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org/Nurse-Residency-Program.276.0.html

17. Online Resources • Competency & Credentialing Institute • http://www.cc-institute.org/ • Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses • http://www.awhonn.org/ • Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses • http://www.aorn.org • http://www.aorn.org/Education/ContinuingEducation/FREEOnlineEducation/ • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses • http://www.aacn.org • Continuing Education for Nurses • http://www.nurseceu.com/

18. Online CEUs: A Directory for Nurseshttp://www.nurseceu.com/

19. Conclusion

20. Congratulations, Graduates! You’ve made it this far. Keep going!