Hawai'i Pacific Health Perinatal Nursing Academy: Preparing the Next Generation of Perinatal Nurses

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Hawai'i Pacific Health Perinatal Nursing Academy: Preparing the Next Generation of Perinatal Nurses

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Bridget Lai, BSN, RNC , Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, HI

Discipline: Professional Issues (PI)

Learning Objectives:
  • Describe the challenges in the current Registered Nurse job market in Hawai'i
  • Describe the implementation of a structured specialty RN training program
  • Describe the outcomes of RNs following training in a specialty academy

    • Submission Description:
    The most critical to fill nursing positions exist in the specialty areas, including perinatal care. Nationally, there exists an overall nursing shortage, and locally, we have a surplus of new graduate nurses. This presentation will explore the innovative approaches that our organization used to enhance our ability to bridge experienced and new graduate nurses into perinatal nursing.

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    The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.