title: Orientation without walls: opening an acute care hospital.
abstract: Providing holistic orientation for all hospital personnel of a newly constructed acute care facility without patient presence proved challenging and rewarding to staff development educators. Early planning, multidisciplinary involvement of key stakeholders for hospital-wide and nursing orientation, and on-boarding of unit nursing educators shortly after unit nursing managers promoted success. Using an interdisciplinary approach to address hospital policies, procedures, and education ensured a quality healthcare facility in the community.
authors.affiliation: Seton Healthcare Family, Austin, Texas, USA. mwhicker@seton.org
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Whicker
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huebner
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007857:Leadership; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D013781:Texas; D000078329:Workforce