Orientation Overhaul: Cultivating a High Functioning APP Workforce

1.25 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is $12.50 for NAPNAP Members. For non-members, this continuing education activity rate is $25. This course is a record presentation for NAPNAP's 2025 National Conference. 

Are you ready to build a stronger foundation for new advanced practice providers (APPs) in pediatric specialty disciplines? This presentation aims to dig into how customized orientation programs can lay the groundwork for smoother transitions, enhance job satisfaction and improve patient outcomes. Using Lurie Children’s inpatient hematology/oncology/stem cell transplant (HOT) APP orientation program as a blueprint of success, you can adapt and design an APP specialty orientation model of your own.

This archived presentation from our 2025 national conference is available as part of a bundle of courses recorded during our 2025 conference in Chicago. Purchase the conference bundle and select five of the 2025 conference sessions archived and save. 

This continuing education activity is offered at a member-only discounted rate of $45. Non-members may purchase this bundle for $90. Great news - You can join NAPNAP before purchasing to save. To see the complete listing of courses available for selection in the 2025 conference bundle, click here.

Please note that this program is a recording from a live session from NAPNAP 2025 national conference in Chicago. If you earned CE for this session, this course will be a duplicate.

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Target Audience

Pediatric-focused advanced practice registered nurses.

Learning Objectives

• Describe documented challenges new APPs face in their specialized role training and transition into practice.
• Identify the importance of a specialized APP orientation program.
• Identify current gaps in the literature regarding specialty specific tools to guide orientation processes.
• Conceptualize core content, educational strategies, evaluative processes and feasibility of a standardized and specialized orientation program based on the Lurie Children’s inpatient Hematology/ Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant (H.O.T) new APP orientation model.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 Contact hours
Course opens: 
06/30/2025
Course expires: 
06/30/2027
Cost:
$25.00
Part of: 
2025 National Conference on Pediatric Health Care Bundle
Rating: 
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Yael Derman, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC, CPHON

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Available Credit

  • 1.25 Contact hours

Price

Cost:
$25.00
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