title: Collaboration: a community effort to create a standardized orientation program for nursing students.
abstract: Nursing students require orientation to all healthcare facilities where they are assigned for clinical training. The coordination of orientation for the students is time consuming and labor intensive. Seven healthcare facilities and three universities collaborated to develop an online computer orientation program for all nursing students in the community. The program standardized the education content, decreased faculty instruction time, and facilitated the transition of nursing students into the clinical area.
authors.affiliation: Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Melissa.harrelson@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harrelson
authors.forename: Nell
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Britton
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lott
authors.forename: Weatherly
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003256:Community Participation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013022:South Carolina; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration