{"id":624,"date":"2024-04-08T20:22:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T00:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=624"},"modified":"2024-04-08T20:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T00:22:30","slug":"6-3-1-orienting-new-nps","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/6-3-1-orienting-new-nps\/","title":{"raw":"6.3.1 Orienting New NPs","rendered":"6.3.1 Orienting New NPs"},"content":{"raw":"Orientation of NPs new to LTC provides a chance to develop mentorship within your organization to grow and retain a NP team. Orientation and peer support facilitate successful transition into new NP roles.\u00a0Mentoring new NPs in LTC practice involves:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Modelling<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Encouraging<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Nurturing<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Teaching<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Opportunity Seeking<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Relationship Building[footnote]El Hussein &amp; Ha, 2023[\/footnote][footnote]Speight et al., 2019[\/footnote][footnote]Daniele, 2017[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOrientation for nurse practitioners new to LTC (including students) involves:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Understanding LTC\u00a0 in your province<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reading &amp; understanding legislative acts specific to province\/territory<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Canadian Association of LTC<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Data collection and mandatory reporting<\/li>\r\n \t<li>LTC home specific<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Mandatory education<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Documentation &amp; EMR orientation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Medication management<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Diagnostic testing and laboratory test ordering<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Meeting the team<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Leadership<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Medical &amp; allied health team<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Becoming familiar with the role and responsibilities of NPs in LTC<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Provincial\/territorial roles &amp; responsibilities<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Legislative requirements &amp; guiding documents[footnote]Canadian Association for Long Term Care, n.d.[\/footnote][footnote]Canadian Nurses Association, n.d[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Recommended Review<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csusm.edu\/fmp\/fmp-students\/mentee-self-assessment.pdf\">Mentee Self-Assessment | CSUSM<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Orientation of NPs new to LTC provides a chance to develop mentorship within your organization to grow and retain a NP team. Orientation and peer support facilitate successful transition into new NP roles.\u00a0Mentoring new NPs in LTC practice involves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modelling<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging<\/li>\n<li>Nurturing<\/li>\n<li>Teaching<\/li>\n<li>Opportunity Seeking<\/li>\n<li>Relationship Building<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"El Hussein &amp; Ha, 2023\" id=\"return-footnote-624-1\" href=\"#footnote-624-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Speight et al., 2019\" id=\"return-footnote-624-2\" href=\"#footnote-624-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Daniele, 2017\" id=\"return-footnote-624-3\" href=\"#footnote-624-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orientation for nurse practitioners new to LTC (including students) involves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding LTC\u00a0 in your province<\/li>\n<li>Reading &amp; understanding legislative acts specific to province\/territory<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Association of LTC<\/li>\n<li>Data collection and mandatory reporting<\/li>\n<li>LTC home specific<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory education<\/li>\n<li>Documentation &amp; EMR orientation<\/li>\n<li>Medication management<\/li>\n<li>Diagnostic testing and laboratory test ordering<\/li>\n<li>Meeting the team<\/li>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Medical &amp; allied health team<\/li>\n<li>Becoming familiar with the role and responsibilities of NPs in LTC<\/li>\n<li>Provincial\/territorial roles &amp; responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>Legislative requirements &amp; guiding documents<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Association for Long Term Care, n.d.\" id=\"return-footnote-624-4\" href=\"#footnote-624-4\" aria-label=\"Footnote 4\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Canadian Nurses Association, n.d\" id=\"return-footnote-624-5\" href=\"#footnote-624-5\" aria-label=\"Footnote 5\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Recommended Review<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csusm.edu\/fmp\/fmp-students\/mentee-self-assessment.pdf\">Mentee Self-Assessment | CSUSM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-624-1\">El Hussein &amp; Ha, 2023 <a href=\"#return-footnote-624-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-624-2\">Speight et al., 2019 <a href=\"#return-footnote-624-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-624-3\">Daniele, 2017 <a href=\"#return-footnote-624-3\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 3\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-624-4\">Canadian Association for Long Term Care, n.d. <a href=\"#return-footnote-624-4\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 4\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-624-5\">Canadian Nurses Association, n.d <a href=\"#return-footnote-624-5\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 5\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":16,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-624","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":61,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/624\/revisions\/625"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/61"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/624\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=624"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=624"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}