2022 Stronger - P135 - When All Else Fails Grow Your Own: Nurse Apprentice Program - On Demand

The Labor Nurse Apprentice program was developed to reduce vacancies on the labor and delivery unit. The program consists of a 14-week training schedule, during which time the apprentice obtains Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Fetal Monitoring certifications. Literature shows a specialized training program is effective in recruitment of new nurses.1 It has improved nurse retention by giving nurses outside the labor and delivery unit an opportunity for growth within the facility and has also improved nurse engagement and built a strong team environment. This program has proven to be the most successful recruitment strategy for labor and delivery nurses over the past two years and could easily be replicated for use in other specialty areas within the facility to reduce vacancies and increase retention and engagement.

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

Outline a workforce plan to reduce unit vacancies using an apprentice program.

Describe strategies to increase professional growth opportunities for staff nurses.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 General CE – Attendance
Course opens: 
09/14/2022
Course expires: 
09/21/2023

Faculty

Cindy Ingram, MN, RN, NEA-BC, Assistant Vice President of Women and Children’s Services, St. Tammany Health System, Covington, LA

Jamie Romage, MSN, RN, Director of Lactation Services, Mother, Baby and New Family Center, St. Tammany Health System, Covington, LA

Disclosure

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Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
 
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
 

Credit Types

 

Nurses (CNE)

Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 ANCC contacts hours.

 

Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)

Vizient, Inc. will award a maximum of 0.50 contact hours to all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity. These individuals will receive a Certificate of Participation indicating the maximum credits available.

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Available Credit

  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 General CE – Attendance
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