A case study - Implementing a registered nurse professional Recognition program across a Queensland hospital and health service

Anita Bamford-Wade; Samantha Lavender; Deborah Massey; Vinah Anderson; Samantha Clayton; Amy Johnston

doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2019.102689

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A case study - Implementing a registered nurse professional Recognition program across a Queensland hospital and health service

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A case study - Implementing a registered nurse professional Recognition program across a Queensland hospital and health service

Anita Bamford-Wade, Samantha Lavender, Deborah Massey, Vinah Anderson, Samantha Clayton and Amy Johnston

Nurse Education in Practice, Vol.42, 102689

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2019.102689

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continuous professional development

registered nurse (RN)

nurse

Portfolio

education in nursing

magnet

Ongoing advancement and documentation of professional development is required to maintain nursing registration and competency to practise in Australia and many other countries. All Australian registered nurses are required to undertake a minimum of twenty hours of continuing professional development annually and demonstrate competence to practice; this is a criterion for nursing registration. Many health care organisations nationally and internationally develop programs to support such processes, assisting nurses to formally document their ongoing education and commitment to best practice, and clearly demonstrate their ongoing continuing professional development. Such programs align with the MAGNET ® principles of providing structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice and new knowledge, innovations and improvements. This study describes the implementation, evaluation and impact of the registered nurse professional recognition program undertaken by one Hospital and Health Service in South East Queensland using Donabedian's structure, process outcome framework. The registered nurse professional recognition program was implemented to invest in and develop the nursing workforce by providing an opportunity for registered nurses to assess and document their professional skills, knowledge and expertise that are critical to the provision of safe and cost-effective patient and family-centred care.

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Title: A case study - Implementing a registered nurse professional Recognition program across a Queensland hospital and health service
Authors: Anita Bamford-Wade (Author) - Griffith University
Samantha Lavender (Author) - Gold Coast University Hospital
Deborah Massey (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine
Vinah Anderson (Author) - Gold Coast University Hospital
Samantha Clayton (Author) - Gold Coast University Hospital
Amy Johnston (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Nurse Education in Practice, Vol.42, 102689
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2019.102689
ISSN: 1471-5953
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450959602621
Output Type: Journal article

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