JUNE 2010 Versant Newsletter

Versant RN Residency News

Research Basics Webinar

Hosted by Sean Early, PhD and Beth Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAAN 

The Versant Business Analytics and Research team will host a sixty-minute webinar reviewing research terminology, essential research concepts and basic statistical analysis: 

Concepts include: Statistical Significance, Experimental design: "true" experiments, quasi-experiments, and natural experiments, as well as Correlation, Causation, Cronbach's alpha, R-squared, Variance/Standard Deviation, ANOVA, Regression and Imputation.

This webinar is open to all interested Versant RN Residency Clients such as Executive Sponsors, Residency Managers, Nurse Managers, Educators, Preceptors, Mentors, Residents, etc.

July 20, 2010 at 11:00 am Pacific,

(1:00 pm Central, 2:00 pm Eastern)

To participate, visit www.versant.webexone.com

Enter the meeting number: 489166635 in the lower left field that says "Join a Webex Meeting."

You will be prompted to enter a Display Name, Email Address and Password.Please enter your name and email address - leave the Password field blank. The next screen will connect you to the meeting and provide you with a phone number to call in.

If you have not used WebEx before, please arrive 10 to 15 minutes early in order to download the necessary plug-in application. You will also need to disable any pop-up blockers.

10 Year RN Residency Data Presented 

DETROIT, MI.  Cherilyn Ashlock, MSN, RN, 

Versant Business & Analytics Manager presented "Versant

RN Residency as a Best Practice for Sustaining Nursing Workforce Development: Results of a 10-Year Longitudinal Study" poster session at the Eighth National Conference of Nursing Workforce Leaders.  Baptist Health South Florida also presented a poster at the same meeting entitled "Stabilizing and Retaining a Quality Nursing Workforce Through the Use of the Married State Preceptorship and Rounding."

Residents to the Rescue!

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL.  Recently, several floors at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center (PBGMC) were short of Patient Care Techs.  The Versant Residents heard about the problem and offered to work as PCTs for the morning.  They changed into scrubs and demonstrated what teamwork is all about.  They were finished by Noon, and though they were exhausted, all had smiles on their faces.  

In other news, PBGMC is collaborating with Baptist

Health South Florida to 

implement the "married state preceptor" concept starting

with the August 2010 Cohort.  "We are very thankful for the help that Solimar Figueroa and her team have given us" said

Deb Hilliard White, RN, Versant RN Residency Manager. 

Versant RN Residency Graduates Shine in Nursing Excellence Awards at White Memorial Medical Center

LOS ANGELES, CA.  Six Versant RN Residency Graduates received Nursing Excellence Awards during National Nurses Week at White Memorial Medical Center. 

• Joan Alonzo, Tele Dept, for Clinical Care
• Emily Rogers, CVDOU Dept, for Patient Advocacy
• Victor Galarza, Emergency Dept, for Clinical Care
• Azucena "Suzie" Moreno, NICU Dept, for Clinical Care
• Shani Emmanuel, Peds Dept, for Patient Advocacy
• Norma Diaz, Ortho Dept, for Clinical Care

Graduation Ceremony at Baptist Health South Florida

Excerpt from a speech by Kiley Martinez, RN.

My name is Kiley Martinez and I am a graduate from the eighth cohort as well   as a proud nurse on 2Tower.First and foremost, I would like to begin by thanking (on behalf of all the "Versants") all of you for our successful achievement in the Residency Program.We owe it to all of  you for our accomplishments: Marjorie, Solimar, Jesse, Suzy, all of our mentors, debriefers, instructors, staff members, clinicians, managers and most importantly - our preceptors.Without the guidance of our preceptors we would not have been able to succeed.

 You, as preceptors, are the main reason why we, as new nurses, are standing on our units with so much confidence and readiness to hit the real world of nursing.We feel nervous and anxious but at the same time, well prepared and with the knowledge to handle whatever situation comes our way.Sure it is very nerve racking to know that we don't have you all by our side but we know that you have prepared us well enough to overcome many obstacles and taught us that when in doubt: just ask!I was blessed to have such a wonderful preceptor and now I'm proud to say that I have gained a new friend and mentor, and I'm sure that many of the new nurses feel the same way.

On behalf of all of the cohorts, we would like to thank all of the preceptors for their time, patience, empathy, and lack of sleep (due to clocking out late because we caused you to run behind schedule).Without you, this would not be possible.I am very thankful for the Versant RN Residency.I know that many other hospitals throw their young to the wolves and expect them to figure out how to survive.Hopefully this Versant Program has impacted all new nurses and made them think of ways to contribute and maybe even become preceptors for upcoming cohorts.Once again we thank you all for your dedication and passion to teaching.I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and in your career in nursing.

Versant RN Residency Graduates  Honored as "Nurses of The Year" at Baptist Health South Florida!

Maria J. Cullen, RN, (3rd Cohort),

Nurse of the Year  SMH 5PAV 

   Clara Gomez, RN, (3rd Cohort),

   Nurse of the Year  SMH CVCU