Journal for Nurses in Professional Development

It's convention time again. The promotional material for the ANPD Annual Convention in Dallas, July 17-20, 2013, is now available on the ANPD website at www.anpd.org

The convention is chock full of educational sessions that promise to educate and entertain nursing professional development specialists from all healthcare settings. Similarly, this issue of JNPD offers cutting edge articles and columns, beginning with the contact hour feature on nurse residency program best practices. Two innovative articles follow: one by Asselin and Fain describes the application of reflective practice education to nursing practice and the other by Valas, Forbes, and White presents a master's education program in nursing professional development.

The remainder of the issue also offers practical, applicable strategies in teaching life support for successful patient outcomes (Krugman and Paston), learning with technology (Pilcher and Bradley), the effects of horizontal violence and bullying on retention (Weaver), performance outcomes using simulation in a military transition program (Smith, Hughes, Sheffield, and Wier), and online continuing education programs (Gormley).

The columns in this issue include Scope and Standards, nurse residency programs, Administration, and the very last Stories, Tips, and Techniques. Thanks to Michele Deck for her excellent work in coordinating the contributions to this latter column.

I'm certain you'll find something both interesting and applicable in this issue.

Happy Reading!

Belinda E. Puetz, PhD, RN
Editor-in-Chief, JNPD

It's convention time again. The promotional material for the ANPD Annual Convention in Dallas, July 17-20, 2013, is now available on the ANPD website at www.anpd.org

The convention is chock full of educational sessions that promise to educate and entertain nursing professional development specialists from all healthcare settings. Similarly, this issue of JNPD offers cutting edge articles and columns, beginning with the contact hour feature on nurse residency program best practices. Two innovative articles follow: one by Asselin and Fain describes the application of reflective practice education to nursing practice and the other by Valas, Forbes, and White presents a master's education program in nursing professional development.

The remainder of the issue also offers practical, applicable strategies in teaching life support for successful patient outcomes (Krugman and Paston), learning with technology (Pilcher and Bradley), the effects of horizontal violence and bullying on retention (Weaver), performance outcomes using simulation in a military transition program (Smith, Hughes, Sheffield, and Wier), and online continuing education programs (Gormley).

The columns in this issue include Scope and Standards, nurse residency programs, Administration, and the very last Stories, Tips, and Techniques. Thanks to Michele Deck for her excellent work in coordinating the contributions to this latter column.

I'm certain you'll find something both interesting and applicable in this issue.

Happy Reading!

Belinda E. Puetz, PhD, RN
Editor-in-Chief, JNPD

This section lists articles that will be published in upcoming issues of JNSD.  Note the Volume and Issue Number in parentheses (e.g., 29.1 means Volume 29, Number 1, or 2013 (Volume), the January/February issue).

An Exploration of the Workplace Bullying Experience: Coping Strategies Used by Nurses (29.5)

The Nursing Research Idea Fair: Fostering Research Interest and Activity Among Nurses (29.5)

The Language of Data: Tools to Translate Evidence for Nurses in Clinical Practice (29.6)

Five Generations in the Nursing Workforce: Implications for Nursing Professional Development (29.6)

Financial, Performance, and Organizational Outcomes of a Nurse Extern Program (29.6)

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The idea for a national specialty organization for staff development educators originated exclusively in 1985 when Belinda Puetz founded the Journal of Nursing Staff Development, then a quarterly publication of the J.B. Lippincott Co. The success of the journal led a group of nursing staff development educators to convene in Minneapolis in 1988 to discuss starting a specialty nursing organization for themselves and their colleagues in this specialty area of practice. 

Read about the National Nursing Staff Development Organization's 20 year history.