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Tips from TSE: Plan an effective orientation for your facility

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, August 21, 2008

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Staff development specialists are constantly asked to deliver education in ways that improve job performance quickly and efficiently. It is often an overwhelming task. However, you can make your orientation program flexible and complement existing processes by following these tips:

• Assign responsibility for orientation to specific staff development specialists. Someone must be in charge of the project, but all staff development members should help with orientation.
• Arrange orientation activities in conjunction with other programs as often as possible. For example, if rhythm-strip interpretation is a component of orientation as well as a competency for critical care nurses, arrange to offer competency assessment/reassessment on a regular basis and have it coincide with orientation.
• Establish preceptor programs for all departments, not just those involved in direct patient care. A manager should not assume the role of primary preceptor. Rather, staff members who show an interest and aptitude for the role should be groomed as preceptors.

Editor's note: This excerpt was taken from the August issue of The Staff Educator. Discover all the benefits of subscribing to The Staff Educator!

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