title: Professional development for an advanced practice nursing team.
abstract: Since its development in 1998, the Cardiology Advanced Practice Nurse team has been plagued by retention issues. The coordinator for the team developed this leadership project while participating in the 2008 to 2009 Maternal-Child Health Leadership Academy sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau International and Johnson & Johnson. The focus of this project was to develop, implement, and evaluate initiatives to empower the advanced practice nurse team, promote their professional development, and ultimately improve retention of team members. Although evaluation data show progress toward addressing work environment issues, retention remains an ongoing problem.
authors.affiliation: Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202, USA. SEPye@uams.edu
authors.forename: Sherry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pye
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D002309:Cardiology; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009746:Nursing, Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration