The Valuable Role of Off-Shift NPDs

<p class="MsoNormal">Off-shift nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners serve unique but valuable roles in the health care setting. In this episode of NPD Forecast, hosts Stephanie Zidek, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, discuss the successes and challenges of nightshift NPD work with three experts on the subject: Dorothy Chan, DNP, APN, FNP-C, NPD-BC, CEN, CCRN-K, CNEcl, and Donna DellaFemina, MSN, BSN, RN, of Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center, and Hannah Christophersen, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, SCRN, of Allina Health System. Rich discussion on the importance of this role covered the following topics and more:</p> <ul> <li><!-- [if !supportLists]-->Unique experiences as off-shift NPD practitioners</li> <li>The role shifts between working nights versus days as an NPD</li> <li>The most pressing needs during nightshift</li> <li>Fun approaches to nightshift work, from glowsticks to mannequins</li> <li>The challenges of nurse transition to nightshift</li> <li>What’s most rewarding about working the off-shift</li> <li>Advice for future off-shift NPD practitioners</li> </ul> <div style= "mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;">  </p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to <a href= "https://www.elsevier.com/clinical-solutions/nurses/develop-support-and-retain-your-nurses?campid=23N20296&utm_campaign=ns_pianpdconference2023_oa_23N20296&mm=lagnerj&reg=na&prod=ns&utm_medium=OA&utm_source=onlinead&utm_content=pianpdconference2023" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Elsevier</strong></a> for sponsoring this podcast.</p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style= "width: 100.0%; mso-cellspacing: 0in; background: white; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" border="0" width="100%" ce