Saturday, November 1, 2003

This presentation is part of : San Diego Nursing Service-Education Consortium

Established Need - Clinical Focus

Sarah Marlene Ruiz, MA, BSN, RN, Education & Consulting, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA, Ann S. Burgess, MSN, BSN, RN, San Diego Consortium, La Mesa, CA, USA, and Melodie Begnaud-Daniels, RN, BSN, Education & Consulting, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA, USA.

The beginning of our process for improving clinical placement for students,we looked at the impact the "old" method had on the service sector. We then designed a process to decrease the time involvement coordinating clinical placements, and increase the satisfaction for the service sector in both maximizing their opportunities for students and increasing employee satisfaction in the service setting. We dealt with the impact of multiple requests or overlapping requests for the same area. We dealt with the time impact on the person(s) coordinating contracts and requirements to fullfill contract language. We dealt with underutilized resources in the service sector. We dealt with burnout of preceptors from overutilization without time breaks. We established countywide centralized communication system for optimal satisfaction with outcomes.

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