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The findings of this study show a positive return on investment and provide additional evidence to support the business case for implementing a transition to practice (TTP) program in hospitals to decrease new graduate registered nurses (NGRN) turnover. Additionally, the results suggest the immediate investment in a NGRN TTP program has a financial benefit that accrues relatively quickly due to higher nurse retention rates.

Excessive work hours may increase fatigue in registered nurses and reduce performance and fitness to practice. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of excessive work hours among College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia registrants as reported during their licensure renewal as well as the factors associated with excessive hours, including age, sex, Canadian or foreign education, area of specialization, and multiple jobs. The authors found that 6.5% of nurses (2,090 of 32,142) worked more than 2,000 hours during the study year and that 1.4% (466 of 32,142) exceeded 2,500 hours. Males; older nurses; foreign-educated nurses; critical care, operating room, geriatric, administration, education, and research nurses; and nurses with multiple jobs worked excessive hours more frequently than their counterparts. The potential for collaboration between employers and regulators is discussed.

Aims of this study were to identify nurse workarounds during medication administration, to assess changes in the rates of medication events and workarounds after STEP, to assess changes in systems thinking and safety culture after STEP, and to correlate safety culture and systems thinking.

Nurse practitioner (NP) prescribing continues to be a contentious policy issue, and studies systematically examining NP prescribing are lacking. The aim of this study was to conduct a descriptive analysis comparing the prescribing services of NPs with those of primary care physicians (PCPs) in providing care to Medicare beneficiaries.

This study provides empirically derived estimates of the numbers of CNA training hours that yield the best nursing homes resident care outcomes.

The Board Administration WebEx Training Video is an edited version of the live Board Administration WebEx Training conducted on Aug. 28, 2017.

Introduction 00:04
Board Administration Overview 00:36  
Affidavit of Graduation Configuration 00:53  
User Roles Configuration 05:57  
Investigation Configuration 09:54  
Complaint Intake Configuration 17:38  
Discipline Configuration 25:03  
Service Configuration 30:48  
Template Configuration 34:32  
Work Queue Configuration 34:27  

The ORBS Affidavit of Graduation Portal captures initial exam applicant education information and authenticates it from a primary source while automatically updating ORBS Back Office with the results.

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ORBS Back Office provides a mechanism to Record Discipline Action against one or many licenses, including violations and related Board Orders. Additionally, if applicable, the system provides granular options to record the Discipline Action related to the one or many Population Foci / Specialties held by the nurse and/or the Prescriptive Authority. Those with proper authority can enter a Discipline Correction or Discipline Revision. 

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ORBS Nurse Portal provides a secure portal to enable online submission of license applications (i.e. Initial by Exam, Renewal, Reinstatement, etc.)

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ORBS Back Office allows board staff the ability to track case Hearings, case Settlement details, and Monitoring information, along with their respective dates and supportive documentation

ORBS Back Office also features a tab to record alternative to discipline program details

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ORBS Complaint Portal provides a portal to enable online submission of complaints by the public, integrates the typical investigation process while allowing for nearly isotropic customization.

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ORBS Nurse Portal provides Nurses the ability to maintain their personal information.

A nurse will have the ability to update their  Demographic, Education, Employment and Account Profile information, as well as their National Certification details. If preferred, the Board will have the ability to disable these options, restricting Profile updates to the License Application process.

To ensure that the board is aware of the of the ORBS Nurse Portal, there  is an option to receive notifications in ORBS Back Office; the system offers configurable Profile Level Checklists.

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