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The Survival of Staff Development
Measure Outcomes and Demonstrate Value to Establish an Indispensable Department

Adrianne E. Avillion, D.Ed, RN

Quantify the impact of staff development on job performance and patient outcomes

Secure the survival of nursing education at your organization.
High-quality clinical care comes from high-quality education. Prove the value of your staff development program with help from author and staff development expertAdrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, in this new groundbreaking HCPro book. Avillion offers clear guidance to help you put your program's worth into quantifiable terms and align staff development with your organization's goals. Educators of all levels will be able to evaluate the effect of training on retention, staff competency, and patient outcomes.

• Assess outcomes and use evidence to make adjustments to improve your practice
• Effectively calculate and communicate the return on investment of your program to administrators
• Create a departmentwide mission that supports organizational goals
• Evaluate the educational products and services your staff development program offers the organization
• Demonstrate, in quantifiable terms, your program’s contribution to organizational effectiveness
• Learn confident communication and adopt a survivor mentality to ensure that staff development remains essential to organizational success

• Sample classroom evaluation form
• Sample distance learning evaluation form
• Competency assessment
• Behavioral assessment
• Orientation analysis
• In-service template for new equipment
• Continuing education analysis
• Sample staff development mission/vision statement
• Survivor mentality self-analysis
• Sample task accomplishment template
• Administrative report on staff development EBP

Chapter 1: The realities of staff development: Survival

• What is a survivor?
• Characteristics of a survivor mentality
• Focusing on evidence
• Staff development departmental structure and survivorship
  • Staff development positions
  • Departmental scope and reporting mechanisms
  • Nursing staff development responsibilities in a single facility

  Chapter 2: Writing a business plan that helps demonstrate staff development value

  • Mission, vision, and values statements
  • Departmental structure and description
  • Products and services
  • Marketing
  • Action plan
  • Budget
  • Executive summary

  Chapter 3: Linking evidence-based practice (EBP) in staff development to the four levels of evaluation

  • EBP in staff development and job survival
  • EBP in staff development and departmental survival
  • EBP in staff development and the levels of evaluation
    • Reaction
    • Learning or knowledge acquisition
    • Behavior
    • Results
    • Return on investment (ROI)

    Chapter 4: Linking evidence-based practice (EBP) in staff development to specific products and services

    • Orientation
    • In-service education
    • Continuing education
    • Accreditation, committees and councils, and external accomplishments as they relate to EBP in staff development
    • Communicating EBP findings to management and administration

    Chapter 5: Using research to solidify the role of staff development

    • What is staff development research?
    • Conducting staff development research
      • Acquiring the help of experts
      • Accessing best practice data
      Using research findings to solidify the role of staff developmentSteps in the research process

      Chapter 6: Some thoughts on p

Biografía del autor

Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, is the owner of Avillion’s Curriculum Design in York, PA, and specializes in designing continuing education programs for healthcare professionals and freelance medical writing. She is the editor of the e-newsletter Staff Development Weekly and is a frequent presenter at NNSDO and various conferences and conventions devoted to continuing education and staff development. She is the author ofEvidence-Based Staff Development: Strategies to Create, Measure, and Refine Your Program;A Practical Guide to Staff Development: Evidence-Based Tools and Techniques for Effective Education; and theNurse Educator Manual: Essential Skills and Guidelines for Effective Practice.