- Provide an appropriate climate for learning, and facilitate the adult learning process by developing, planning, and presenting educational activities and directly or indirectly fostering the development of competence in the nursing staff
- Assist learners to identify both their learning needs and the effective learning activities required to meet those needs while fostering a positive attitude about the benefits and opportunities of life-long learning.
- Identify changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitating the initiation and adaptation to change.
- Act as both a formal and informal consultant, assisting with the integration of new learning into nursing practice and serving as a resource by assisting nurses in identifying problems
- Identify available internal and external educational resources, and select educational options
- Assist the coordinator in designing, creating and applying research by supporting the integration of research into practice
- Assist nursing staff to develop knowledge and skills in the research process, as well as fostering the use of systematic evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data.
- Model behaviors that reflect affiliations with professional organizations as well as the community
- Provide ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the educational activities to ensure that they maintain and enhance professional development that promotes the delivery of cost-effective high quality healthcare.
- Collaborate with others in the practice of nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional and state levels.
- Participate in evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving career development activities, nursing practice, and patient outcomes.
- Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning, delivering, and managing nursing professional development activities.
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