Support

This web application aims to help a Nursing Educator to individualize the Learner’s experience on orientation by focusing on measuring their progress to create a clinical judgment pathway. It also helps the educator identify patterns that support improving the curriculum to better meet fluctuating needs. Finally, the tool assists the educator in communicating the Return on Investment to organization leaders.

Development by: Zach Norman BSN, RN, TNS, CEN, CPEN

The articles are organized into categories that match the menu headings: Dashboard, Colleagues, Reports, Curriculum, and Configurations. Further categories and articles that cover specific topics are organized under their appropriate category. Become familiar with the terms that are used throughout the application and support documentation.

Each page includes the following information:

URL: location of the page
Access: Public (no log-in required, only the link), Private (log-in required)
Accessible: Users types who can view the display

Additional Content

Features and Philosophy

Example: Report Card delivers insights on Learner's progress to develop clinical judgment at a glance

The Learning Center is a web application that leverages technology to refine a learner’s experience on orientation. It also provides opportunities for advanced data analysis to monitor progress and identify opportunities to assist a learner in beco...

Look Up Page

Find the Link for your Learner or Preceptor Page

This page allows a Preceptor or Learner user to receive a link to their page when they have misplaced their reminder messages. The user enters their email address and if that address matches an e-mail in the data tables, they will receive an e-mail w...

Subcategories

Colleagues Article Count: 33

Colleague Records organize all the learning a person has done across multiple Affiliates (departments) and all the contributions made as a Preceptor

Version 1.11.0 introduced the colleague record to simplify the data entry and maintenance across multiple tables. Still, learning is documented under a Learner record and is organized into multiple roles^[1]. A colleague can have multiple learner records nested as their career grows. A preceptor record can also be created/maintained, documenting all the contributions a preceptor makes over time. All records that are nested under the colleague record are created and maintained from the Colleague Add / Edit screens.

The Colleagues listing accessed from the main menu is organized into multiple list views. These list views are searchable and re-sortable. By default, it is organized by the default role title. Use the drop-downs at the top of the page to narrow the data displayed.

Listing of all Colleague Records

There are list views for current colleagues, former colleagues (collapsed by default), Learners on orientation^[1], Learners who've completed orientation (collapsed by default), and current Preceptors. Learners whose orientation is complete are displayed on a list view below.

Refreshing the screen will reset any sorting or searches back to the normal full list of colleagues. On small screens such as cell phones, some columns will be hidden to minimize scrolling.

Access the individual record by clicking their name or ^[2].
Edit the individual record by clicking .

Reports Article Count: 10

Reports - collapsable Quick Links on the left, list-view filter at the top of the page

The reporting capabilities cover many areas, providing data-driven insights to make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement.

Colleague Achievements: A report that can be filtered and sorted in numerous ways allows organizations to determine who is prepared to practice in specific roles, who has received specific education, and other metrics such as tenure.
Learner Action Plans: A group of list views showing Learner Action Plans and their various stages. Learner Action Plans are used to document challenges and the interventions to help get the colleague back on track.
Preceptor Plans: A drag-and-drop visual display of Learners on Orientation for a specific role and the preceptors who will lead their day-to-day orientation.
Review Dashboard: A tool that can be filtered, sorted, and searched to help educators and administrators understand the performance of their orientation program and identify future opportunities.
Formal Evaluations: A searchable list view of Formal Evaluations
Schedules: A visual and searchable list view of upcoming learning events.
Transcripts: A searchable list view of Learner and Preceptor Transcripts as well as their completed competencies.
Curriculum: A set of three list views that can each be searched and sorted showing Course instances, completed Clinical Development Grids, and Knowledge Check assignments.
Weekly Report: Links to the comprehensive reports that are sent each Tuesday to subscribed users regarding upcoming learning, new data that has been collected, and highlights from the previous week.
Export: Five different export options exist to tabulate data from various tables to facilitate further analysis and research, empowering users to delve deeper into the metrics that matter most.

Curriculum Article Count: 12

Hierarchy of Curriculum / Events / Outcomes

This section covers the pages and views related to creating, maintaining, and displaying learning events that will [generally] repeat for multiple groups of Learners / Preceptors^[1]. It starts building the data with Course Template (Curriculum) records. The instances when the learning event is held is a Course record. Finally, each individual Learner and Preceptor have an Event record to fill their schedule. These Event records are converted as they occur to a “Completion” form a Transcript of all the learning that has taken place.

Outcome measures can also be tracked. Outcomes section includes designations for Courses and Topics that was designed to make improvements to an outcome.

The Curriculum, Events, and Outcome sections are an interconnected web of records. Within the Curriculum Section: a Course record is nested under a Course Template record. A series of Event records are then connected to the Course record. Other Events (Shifts / Other) records can be tagged with related Event Topics that relate to an Outcome. Events are tied back to Preceptors and Learners representing the learning that they have accomplished. Finally, the Outcome records are nested under Outcome Template which defines which Course Templates and Topics are related. The Outcome section displays all the records which contributed to developing a Learner / Preceptor’s practice.

Configurations Article Count: 12

Learning Center Process Map

A configuration record organizes, displays, and allows authorized users to update data points on the Configuration records (90 data points), Role records (320 data points), nested underneath, along with templates for the Learner, Preceptor, and Provider Evaluations, as well as the Leader Meeting Template.

Configuration Records and Template Records

As a best practice, a configuration record should exist for each major job function. For example, Acme General Hospital Emergency Department has a configuration record for the RN and the EMS tech. The RN role includes Role Configuration records for the Bedside RN role, Triage RN role, and Charge RN role. The EMS tech has just one Role Configuration record for the tech role. Once an EMS tech becomes an RN, they will never practice as a tech again; their tech role ends, and a brand new role begins.

Each Affiliate Configuration and Role Configuration record requires a key to be issued by the developer. The original configuration of the Affiliate/Role will be provided with the issue of the key. Without the key, the Learning Center cannot function.