Creating a registered nurse advancement program that works.
Helping staff adapt to changing organizational and role demands is a key responsibility of nurse leaders. Using Benner's philosophy that identifies the importance of acknowledging one's accomplishments and being acknowledged by others, the authors present the design implementation, and evaluation of a Professional Nurse Advancement Program (PNAP). The PNAP offering a single job description that differentiates among three levels of horizontal advancement encompassing four do mains of practice is used in both the promotion and performance appraisal process.
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Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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D002322:Career Mobility; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008824:Michigan; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration*